AC Milan are expected to start with a different formation against Borussia Dortmund to the 4-3-3 they have used all season and it will see Yacine Adli come into the starting eleven, a report claims.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport (as seen below), Stefano Pioli is ready to tweak his shape slightly in order to ensure that Milan make it through to the Champions League round of 16.
There are no surprises in terms of the defence as Mike Maignan will have Davide Calabria, Malick Thiaw, Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernandez ahead of him, but the formation will be a 4-2-3-1.
Adli and Tijjani Reijnders are the predicted two midfielders, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek in a slightly more advanced role with Samuel Chukwueze and Christian Pulisic on either side of him. Having missed the Fiorentina match through suspension, Olivier Giroud returns as striker.
Probable Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Thiaw, Tomori, Hernandez; Adli, Reijnders; Chukwueze, Loftus-Cheek, Pulisic; Giroud.
Probable Dortmund XI (4-2-3-1): Kobel; Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Ozcan, Can; Reus, Brandt, Bynoe-Gittens; Füllkrug.
