AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli has made just one change to his starting line-up from the team that drew with Salernitana for tonight’s game against Sassuolo.
There are several absences for Pioli to deal with again as Marco Sportiello, Pierre Kalulu, Malick Thiaw, Fikayo Tomori, Marco Pellegrino, Mattia Caldara, Yunus Musah, Tommaso Pobega and Noah Okafor will all miss the game.
With the crisis at centre-back, Pioli has once again named Theo Hernandez in the middle alongside Simon Kjaer. Alessandro Florenzi takes his spot at left-back, with Davide Calabria the right-back.
In midfield Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tijjani Reijnders are down as the two box-to-box players, with Ismael Bennacer expected to anchor the three in the middle.
Christian Pulisic and Rafael Leao are the right and left wingers respectively either side of the centre-forward Olivier Giroud, which is now the first choice attacking trio.
Official Milan XI (4-3-3): Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Theo, Florenzi; Loftus-Cheek, Bennacer, Reijnders; Pulisic, Giroud, Leao.
Bench: Mirante, Nava, Bartesaghi, Jimenez, Nsiala, Simic, Krunic, Adli, Zeroli, Chaka Traore, Romero, Chukwueze, Jovic
Official Sassuolo XI (4-2-3-1): Consigli, Toljan, Ferrari, Erlic, Pedersen; Matheus Henrique, Thorstved; Berardi, Bajrami, Laurentie; Pinamonti.
Bench: Pegolo, Cragno, Missori, Mulattieri, Ceide, Alvarez, Castillejo, Viti, Volpato, Lipani, Tressoldi.
