AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli has made multiple changes to the starting line-up for this evening’s game against Cagliari compared to the team that beat Hellas Verona.
Milan have seemingly reverted to a 4-3-3 after the 3-4-3 used against Verona on Saturday in the 1-0 win, with Marco Sportiello still in goal and a back four of Alessandro Florenzi, Malick Thiaw, Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernandez.
The midfield three sees Yacine Adli replace the injured Rade Krunic as the deep-lying player, with the Frenchman making his first start in 346 days flanked by Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tijjani Reijnders.
In attack, Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leao have been given a rest and will start on the bench, thus meaning a trio of Christian Pulisic, Noah Okafor and Samuel Chukwueze from left to right.
The unavailable players are Krunic (muscle problem), Ismael Bennacer (recovering from knee surgery), Pierre Kalulu (muscle problem), Mattia Caldara (ankle surgery), Mike Maignan (muscle problem) and Luka Jovic (not in condition).
Official Milan XI (4-3-3): Sportiello; Florenzi, Thiaw, Tomori, Theo; Loftus-Cheek, Adli, Reijnders; Pulisic, Okafor, Chukwueze.
Bench: Nava, Mirante, Calabria, Giroud, Leao, Romero, Kjaer, Pellegrino, Pobega, Musah, Bartesaghi.
Official Cagliari XI (4-4-2) Radunovic, Zappa, Wieteske, Dossena, Hatzidiakos, Augello, Nandez, Makoumbou, Sulemana, Petagna, Luvumbo.
Bench: Aresti, Scuffet, Goldaniga, Viola, Deiola, Prati, Oristanio, Pavoletti, Obert, Azzi, Shomurodov, Di Pardo.
