AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli has named his starting line-up for the game against Roma at San Siro, with changes compared to the Atalanta game in midweek.
The good news is that Noah Okafor is back and on the bench, but Pierre Kalulu, Malick Thiaw and Fikayo Tomori will be out for some time yet while Ismael Bennacer and Samuel Chukwueze are at the AFCON.
Pioli has chosen a back four of Davide Calabria, Simon Kjaer, Matteo Gabbia and Theo Hernandez in front of the goalkeeper Mike Maignan. Theo therefore returns to playing on the left side, with Gabbia making his first league start since returning.
It appears to be 4-2-3-1 system which features Yacine Adli and Tijjani Reijnders as the deeper-lying midfielders, and therefore with Ruben Loftus-Cheek playing in a more advanced position.
In attack it will be Christian Pulisic on the right wing again, with Rafael Leao on the opposite flank and Olivier Giroud the centre-forward.
Official Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Gabbia, Theo; Adli, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud.
Bench: Mirante, Nava, Simic, Bartesaghi, Jimenez, Terracciano, Musah, Zeroli, Romero, Chaka Traoré, Okafor, Jovic.
Official Roma XI (3-5-2): Svilar; Kristensen, Mancini, Llorente; Celik, Cristante, Paredes, Bove, Zalewski; El Shaarawy, Lukaku.
Bench: Rui Patricio, Boer, Karsdorp, Huijsen, Pellegrini, Belotti, Zalewski, Pisilli, Joao Costa.
