AC Milan take on Udinese tomorrow night at the Dacia Arena hoping to put two bad results in the league behind them and resume winning ways.
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According to this morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (as seen below), Stefano Pioli is expected to line up with the same rearguard as he has done in the last couple of games with Pierre Kalulu, Malick Thiaw and Fikayo Tomori forming a three-man defence in front of Mike Maignan.
Alexis Saelemaekers and Theo Hernandez keep their places as the right and left wing-backs respectively in the 3-4-2-1 system, with Ismael Bennacer and Sandro Tonali reunited as the central midfield pairing.
Rafael Leao is expected to get the nod to start on the left side of the attack with Brahim Diaz on the opposite side and Zlatan Ibrahimovic – who would be starting his first game since January 2020 – is tipped to lead the line.
Probable Milan XI (3-4-2-1): Maignan; Kalulu, Thiaw, Tomori; Saelemaekers, Bennacer, Tonali, Hernandez; Diaz, Leao; Ibrahimovic.
Probable Udinese XI (3-5-2): Silvestri; Becao, Bijol, Perez; Ehizibue, Pereyra, Walace, Lovric, Udogie; Success, Beto.
