Zlatan Ibrahimovic is seeking his 500th club goal and Hakan Calhanoglu returns to the bench as Milan must beat Crotone to retain top spot.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, you can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s five Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is seeking his 500th club goal and Hakan Calhanoglu returns to the bench as Milan must beat Crotone to retain top spot.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, you can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s five Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
Inter already defeated Fiorentina on Friday, so have temporarily taken the leadership and only a win here will do for Milan to snatch it back from their city rivals.
The injury crisis remains ever-present, as Simon Kjaer, Brahim Diaz, Sandro Tonali and Ismael Bennacer are out of action.
Calhanoglu has recovered from COVID-19, but is initially only fit enough for the bench, so Rafael Leao, Alexis Saelemaekers and Ante Rebic support Ibrahimovic.
The Swede has 499 goals in club football throughout his career and hopes to achieve the milestone this afternoon.
Soualiho Meite is the only real option to join Franck Kessie in the middle of the park, with Fikayo Tomori getting his second start.
Crotone are rock bottom with just 12 points from 20 rounds and the pressure is piling up on coach and former Milan midfielder Giovanni Stroppa.
Salvatore Molina and Luca Cigarini are injured, but the biggest lost is Junior Messias, as the talented Brazilian is suspended.
They can therefore throw Adam Ounas straight into the starting XI, as the Napoli-owned winger arrived on transfer deadline day, having interrupted his previous loan at Cagliari.
The Squali also signed Samuel Di Carmine from Verona, who is also thrown in from the start rather than Nwankwo Simy.
Arkadiusz Reca was in the starting XI, but pulled out during the warm-up, so Pedro Pereira plays instead.
Milan: G Donnarumma; Calabria, Tomori, Romagnoli, Theo Hernandez; Meite, Kessie; Saelemaekers, Leao, Rebic; Ibrahimovic
Milan bench: A Donnarumma, Tatarusanu, Dalot, Gabbia, Kalulu, Calhanoglu, Castillejo, Hauge, Krunic, Maldini, Mandzukic
Crotone: Cordaz; Djidji, Golemic, Luperto; Pereira, Zanellato, Benali, Vulic, Rispoli; Ounas, Di Carmine
Crotone bench: Crespi, Festa, D’Aprile, Magallan, Marrone, Eduardo Henrique, Pereira, Petriccione, Rojas, Rivere, Simy
Ref: Pairetto