Napoli unveil a fascinating new formation with four strikers, while Milan start Patrick Cutrone rather than Krzysztof Piatek.
It kicks off at San Siro at 19.30 GMT.
You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
Napoli unveil a fascinating new formation with four strikers, while Milan start Patrick Cutrone rather than Krzysztof Piatek.
It kicks off at San Siro at 19.30 GMT.
You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
Carlo Ancelotti is certainly not lacking ambition, because he has unveiled an exciting new line-up using Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne, Jose Callejon and Arkadiusz Milik together.
It’s likely to be a 4-2-3-1 formation with the old trident of Maurizio Sarri’s 4-3-3 reunited, but behind on-form centre-forward Arkadiusz Milik.
Another option is for this to be a very attack-minded 4-4-2, effectively a 4-2-4, with Callejon and Insigne on the wings.
Kevin Malcuit is chosen instead of Elseid Hysaj, with Kalidou Koulibaly and Insigne returning from their two-match bans.
David Ospina gets the nod in goal, leaving Alex Meret on the bench.
Allan and Marko Rog have been left out of the squad altogether amid transfer rumours linking them to PSG and Sevilla respectively.
Milan had a chaotic week, as they released Gonzalo Higuain for his move to Chelsea and bought Piatek from Genoa for €35m plus bonuses.
The Poland international is not chosen from the start just days after his arrival, so Patrick Cutrone leads the trident attack with Suso and Hakan Calhanoglu.
Lucas Paquetá has immediately become a regular for the Rossoneri since his €35m move from Flamengo, starting every game in the Coppa Italia, Supercoppa and now Serie A.
Mattia Caldara, Lucas Biglia and Jack Bonaventura are the long-term absentees, joined today by Cristian Zapata and ex-Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina.
Milan: G Donnarumma; Calabria, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Rodriguez; Kessie, Bakayoko, Paquetá; Suso, Cutrone, Calhanoglu
Milan bench: Plizzari, A Donnarumma, Mauri, Castillejo, Borini, Conti, Bertolacci, Montolivo, Piatek, Abate, Laxalt
Napoli: Ospina; Malcuit, Albiol, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Callejon, Fabian, Zielinski, Insigne; Mertens, Milik
Napoli bench: Meret, Karnezis, Ghoulam, Luperto, Maksimovic, Hysaj, Diawara, Hamsik, Ounas, Verdi