Milan are forced to us Samu Castillejo as a False 9, as Sassuolo try to leapfrog Napoli into second place with Kevin-Prince Boateng and Manuel Locatelli.
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Milan are forced to us Samu Castillejo as a False 9, as Sassuolo try to leapfrog Napoli into second place with Kevin-Prince Boateng and Manuel Locatelli.
It kicks off at 19.30 UK time (18.30 GMT), follow the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.
Gennaro Gattuso confessed in his Press conference that he’d have to “invent something” for the attack, as Gonzalo Higuain hasn’t even made the trip due to a muscular problem.
Patrick Cutrone and Fabio Borini are at the Mapei Stadium, but are not risked from the start, as they both have ankle injuries.
This leaves precious few options and summer signing Castillejo becomes a False 9, flanked by Suso and Hakan Calhanoglu in the usual 4-3-3 formation.
The pressure is growing on Gattuso after three stalemates against less than stellar opposition and a marked tendency to fumble leads.
Sassuolo went into this weekend in third place and lost only one game, against Juventus in Turin, but a victory here would put them above Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli into second on 16 points.
They were even able to beat fellow surprise outfit SPAL midweek despite resting several key players, as Boateng and Locatelli sat that one out so they could be fresh against their former club.
Domenico Berardi has a good history against Milan, putting eight goals and three assists past them in just eight meetings, and Federico Di Francesco completes the trident attack.
Sassuolo haven’t beaten Milan since a 2-0 result here in March 2016, managing three consecutive defeats and a 1-1 draw at San Siro in April.
However, last season Sassuolo Coach Roberto De Zerbi was in charge of Benevento when they held Milan to a 2-2 draw on Gattuso’s debut (with a last-gasp goal from the ‘keeper) and then beat them at San Siro.
Sassuolo: Consigli; Lirola, Marlon, Ferrari, Rogerio; Bourabia, Locatelli, Sensi; Berardi, Boateng, Di Francesco
Sassuolo bench: Pegolo, Magnanelli, Lemos, Djuricic, Matri, Sernicola, Boga, Magnani, Babacar, Dell’Orco, Adjapong, Brignola
Milan: G Donnarumma; Abate, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Rodríguez; Kessie, Biglia, Bonaventura; Suso, Castillejo, Calhanoglu
Milan bench: Reina, A Donnarumma, Calabria, Laxalt, Simic, Zapata, Bakayoko, Bertolacci, Mauri, Borini, Cutrone, Halilovic