Milan are forced to make big changes to their line-up against Fabio Quagliarella’s Sampdoria, so Brahim Diaz and Sandro Tonali start.
It kicks off at Marassi at 19.45 GMT.
You can follow the build-up and action as it happens from today’s Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
Milan are forced to make big changes to their line-up against Fabio Quagliarella’s Sampdoria, so Brahim Diaz and Sandro Tonali start.
It kicks off at Marassi at 19.45 GMT.
You can follow the build-up and action as it happens from today’s Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
Stefano Pioli’s men need a win to maintain the five-point gap from Inter, but go into this clash without injured Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Simon Kjaer, Rafael Leao, Ismael Bennacer and Mateo Musacchio.
It means they have to readjust, so Tonali starts in midfield with Franck Kessie, while Matteo Gabbia partners Alessio Romagnoli in defence.
Brahim Diaz and Alexis Saelemaekers join Hakan Calhanoglu to support Ante Rebic, the Croatian still looking for his first goal of the season.
Fatigue could also start to become an issue after Thursday’s hard-fought 4-2 Europa League win over Celtic.
Sampdoria had an excellent October and then completely ran out of steam in November, so are eager to get back on track.
They held Torino to a 2-2 draw on Monday evening and are still missing summer signing Keita Balde Diao.
Manolo Gabbiadini starts with Fabio Quagliarella upfront, while ex-Leicester player Adrien Silva joins Antonio Candreva in the middle of the park.
Samp are wearing special edition jerseys marking 120 years since the foundation of Andrea Doria, one of the clubs that merged with Sampierdarenese to create Sampdoria in 1946.
Sampdoria: Audero; Bereszynski, Ferrari, Tonelli, Augello; Candreva, Adrien Silva, Thorsby, Jankto; Gabbiadini, Quagliarella
Sampdoria bench: Letica, Ravaglia, Colley, Yoshida, Regini, Rocha; Askildsen, Damsgaard, Leris, Ekdal, Verre, La Gumina, Ramirez
Milan: G Donnarumma; Calabria, Gabbia, Romagnoli, Theo Hernandez; Kessie, Tonali; Saelemaekers, Brahim Diaz, Calhanoglu; Rebic
Milan bench: A Donnarumma, Tatarusanu, Conti, Dalot, Duarte, Kalulu, Castillejo, Hauge, Krunic, Mionic, Colombo, Maldini
Ref: Calvarese