Sky: Probable XIs for Dortmund vs. Milan – Rossoneri meet a 3-5-2 again

The Champions League is back and AC Milan – who drew 0-0 in their first group stage game at San Siro against Newcastle – will face Borussia Dortmund away in the second.

Sky have the team news after today’s final training session at Milanello, and the big news is in midfield where Ismael Bennacer, Rade Krunic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are all unavailable due to injury.

Tijjani Reijnders, Yunus Musah and Tommaso Pobega should former the trio, with Yacine Adli initially starting from the bench after getting starts in each of the last two league games. It remains to be seen who will act as the regista between the Dutchman and the American.

In defence, in front of Mike Maignan, there will be Davide Calabria and Theo Hernandez as the full-backs while in the centre Malick Thiaw returns to partner Fikayo Tomori. Christian Pulisic, Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leao will be the front three.

They also give some news on how Dortmund should line-up, with Sule as a starter at centre-back after he only played the last ten minutes in the victory against Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga.

Sabitzer – who missed the match against Hoffenheim due to injury – should return to midfield with Emre Can, Wolf and Adeyemi also coming in.

Probable Milan XI (4-3-3): Maignan; Calabria, Thiaw, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Musah, Reijnders, Pobega; Pulisic, Giroud, Leao.

Unavailable: Bennacer, Kalulu, Krunic, Caldara, Loftus-Cheek.

Probable Dortmund XI (3-5-2): Kobel; Gannets, Hummels, Schlotterbeck; Ryerson, Sabitzer, Emre Can, Brandt, Wolf; Adeyemi, Malen.