Milan cannot afford another slip-up in the race for the top four, so bring Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leao back against second-placed Lazio, who have to reshuffle the midfield and start Mattia Zaccagni with Ciro Immobile.

It kicks off at San Siro at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game, Roma-Inter and Cremonese-Spezia on the LIVEBLOG.

The Rossoneri have fallen down to joint fifth place with Atalanta and Roma after a disappointing draw with Cremonese, so the pressure is on, even with the Champions League semi-final coming up against Inter on Wednesday.

Fikayo Tomori returns from suspension, but Tommaso Pobega, Alessandro Florenzi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are out of action.

Resting stars didn’t pay off midweek, as they only scraped a point against Cremonese, so they all return today including Theo Hernandez, Leao and Giroud, but Brahim Diaz is sent to the bench.

Lazio are in second place and beat the Rossoneri 4-0 at the Olimpico, but are missing both Danilo Cataldi and his natural replacement Matias Vecino, so Marcos Antonio steps in.

There had been reports Zaccagni was not fully fit and Luis Alberto could be benched, but they both start.

Hundreds of Lazio fans are stuck at Termini Station in Rome after technical problems hit the high-speed rail network linking the Capital with Milan.

Milan: Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Tonali, Krunic; Messias, Bennacer, Leao; Giroud

Lazio: Provedel; Marusic, Casale, Romagnoli, Hysaj; Milinkovic-Savic, Marcos Antonio, Luis Alberto; Felipe Anderson, Immobile, Zaccagni

Player statistic

1st half
Ismaël Bennacer
(Assist: Olivier Giroud)
Goal 17'    
    20' Yellow card Alessio Romagnoli
    24' Yellow card Adam Marusic
Theo Hernández
(Assist: Mike Maignan)
Goal 29'    
Davide Calabria Yellow card 42'    
2nd half
    61' Yellow card Nicolò Casale
    88' Yellow card Luca Pellegrini
Malick Thiaw Yellow card 89'    

Match statistic

52
Possession %
48
10
Total shots
8
3
Shots on target
4
Shots off target
5
3
Blocked shots
3
6
Corners
4
2
Offsides
1
10
Fouls
8
Milan
Lazio

Starting lineups

16
Goalkeeper
2
Defender
46'
23
Defender
24
Defender
46'
19
Defender
80'
4
Midfielder
33
Midfielder
8
Midfielder
30
Attacker
9
Attacker
69'
17
Attacker
11'
94
Goalkeeper
77
Defender
56'
13
23
Defender
68'
15
Defender
10
Midfielder
6
Midfielder
21
68'
17
Attacker
81'
7
Attacker
20
Attacker
56'

Substitutes

10
Midfielder
1
Goalkeeper
83
Goalkeeper
14
Midfielder
46
Defender
32
Midfielder
27
Attacker
90
7
Midfielder
40
Midfielder
56
Midfielder
11'
20
Defender
46'
28
Defender
46'
12
Attacker
69'
5
80'
4
Defender
26
Defender
18
Attacker
31
Goalkeeper
50
Midfielder
96
Midfielder
1
Goalkeeper
34
Defender
9
Attacker
56'
29
Defender
56'
88
Midfielder
68'
3
Defender
68'
11
81'

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