AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli is set to stick with the team that produced a much-improved performance against Juventus at the weekend, with one change expected.
Milan got a very impressive 2-0 win against a lacklustre Juventus side on Saturday evening which was the ideal preparation for the match against Chelsea at San Siro which takes place at 21:00 tonight. Revenge will be on the players’ minds after last week’s hiding at Stamford Bridge.
In terms of the starting XI, La Gazzetta dello Sport (as seen below) believe Ciprian Tatarusanu will continue to deputise for the injured Mike Maignan, and Matteo Gabbia will keep his place in the back four along with Fikayo Tomori, Pierre Kalulu and Theo Hernandez.
The midfield three will be Ismael Bennacer, Sandro Tonali and Rade Krunic, who will come in for Tommaso Pobega. The front three will be Rafael Leao, Olivier Giroud and Brahim Diaz.
Probable Milan XI (4-3-3): Tatarusanu; Kalulu, Gabbia, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Tonali, Bennacer, Krunic; Brahim Diaz, Leao, Giroud.
Probable Chelsea XI (3-4-2-1): Kepa; Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Koulibaly; James, Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Chilwell; Sterling, Mount; Aubameyang.
Finally, we are giving Diaz a chance on the right and he is seizing the chance. If he can in the future combine with CDK then this will help both players