AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli is expected to make a couple of changes to the starting line-up for the game against Empoli compared to the team that beat Empoli, a report claims.
According to MilanNews, Pioli will keep the 4-2-3-1 formation and nine of the 11 players will remain the same including Mike Maignan, Davide Calabria, Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernandez in the rearguard. However, Simon Kjaer will be rested and Malick Thiaw should come back in.
Sandro Tonali and Rade Krunic are expected to be the midfield pairing, with Ismael Bennacer slightly ahead of them as the ‘No.10’. Rafael Leao should be on the left and Alexis Saelemaekers over Brahim Diaz on the right, with Olivier Giroud up front.
Probable Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Thiaw, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Tonali, Krunic; Saelemaekers, Bennacer, Leao; Giroud.
Probable Empoli XI (4-3-1-2): Perisan; Ebuhei, Ismajli, Luperto, Parisi; Fazzini, Marin, Bandinelli; Baldanzi; Caputo, Satriano.
