Zlatan Ibrahimovic is on the bench, as Krzysztof Piatek, Suso and Hakan Calhanoglu start for Milan against Fabio Quagliarella’s Sampdoria.
It kicks off at San Siro at 14.00 GMT with over 60,000 expected in the stands.
You can follow the build-up and action as it happens from today’s SIX Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is on the bench, as Krzysztof Piatek, Suso and Hakan Calhanoglu start for Milan against Fabio Quagliarella’s Sampdoria.
It kicks off at San Siro at 14.00 GMT with over 60,000 expected in the stands.
You can follow the build-up and action as it happens from today’s SIX Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
Ticket sales shot up for this encounter after news Ibrahimovic had returned, a free agent after his LA Galaxy spell, back in the Rossoneri jersey seven years later.
There had been suggestions the 38-year-old would start this afternoon, but instead Piatek gets the nod with Suso and Calhanoglu.
Stefano Pioli will need more than Ibra to rebuild confidence after ending 2019 with a humiliating 5-0 defeat to Atalanta.
Compared to that match, Theo Hernandez returns from suspension with Lucas Paqueta on the bench, but Lucas Biglia and Leo Duarte are injured.
Sampdoria remain only one point clear of the relegation zone, although Claudio Ranieri has made them more solid in defence compared to the dismal start under Eusebio Di Francesco, when they lost six of the opening seven rounds.
Alex Ferrari had knee surgery last week, so is out of action for a while, along with Andrea Bertolacci, Edgar Barreto and suspended Gianluca Caprari.
Julian Chabot comes in with Omar Colley, leaving Jeison Murillo on the bench. as Bartosz Bereszynski is fit again at right-back.
Gaston Ramirez acts as trequartista in support of both Manolo Gabbiadini and veteran Quagliarella.
Milan: G Donnarumma; Calabria, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Theo Hernandez; Krunic, Bennacer, Bonaventura; Suso, Piatek, Calhanoglu
Milan bench: Reina, A Donnarumma, Caldara, Paqueta, Kessie, Castillejo, Conti, Leao, Ibrahimovic, Gabbia, Brescianini, Maldini
Sampdoria: Audero; Bereszynski, Chabot, Colley, Murru; Thorsby, Vieira, Linetty; Ramirez; Gabbiadini, Quagliarella
Sampdoria bench: Seculin, Falcone, Augello, Ekdal, Bonazzoli, Rigoni, Depaoli, Jankto, Regini, Maroni, Murillo, Leris
Ref: Massa