AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli is not expected to field Ismael Bennacer from the first minute in tonight’s game against Spurs, a report claims.
According to the predicted line-ups in today’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (as seen below), Mike Maignan will be back in goal having missed the last five Champions League games and will have a back three of Pierre Kalulu, Malick Thiaw and Fikayo Tomori ahead of his.
Junior Messias and Theo Hernandez are expected to be the right and left wing-backs respectively, while the midfield double pivot is down as Rade Krunic and Sandro Tonali meaning Bennacer would start from the bench.
Brahim Diaz and Olivier Giroud are both fit enough to start in the attacking trident while Rafael Leao should be on the left flank.
Probable Milan XI (3-4-2-1): Maignan; Kalulu, Thiaw, Tomori; Messias, Tonali, Krunic, Theo Hernandez; Diaz, Leao; Giroud.
Probable Tottenham XI (3-4-2-1): Forster; Romero, Lenglet, Davies; Emerson, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Perisic; Kulusevski, Son; Kane.
