Milan give Andre Silva a rare Serie A start as they try to continue their winning streak away to giant-killers Udinese.

It kicks off at the Dacia Arena at 14.00 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all seven Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

The Rossoneri seem to have turned a corner in 2018 under Coach Gennaro Gattuso, reaching the Coppa Italia semi-finals and winning three Serie A matches on the bounce.

Milan give Andre Silva a rare Serie A start as they try to continue their winning streak away to giant-killers Udinese.

It kicks off at the Dacia Arena at 14.00 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all seven Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

The Rossoneri seem to have turned a corner in 2018 under Coach Gennaro Gattuso, reaching the Coppa Italia semi-finals and winning three Serie A matches on the bounce.

Nikola Kalinic and Patrick Cutrone have so far been battling for the centre-forward role, but Gattuso gives Andre Silva a surprise start.

The 22-year-old Portugal international has eight goals in 10 Europa League appearances this season, but is still looking for his first in Serie A.

He is flanked by Suso and Hakan Calhanoglu this afternoon, pushing Jack Bonaventura into a midfield role, with Ignazio Abate in for injured Ricardo Rodriguez.

Udinese were transformed when Massimo Oddo replaced Gigi Del Neri on the bench and are now unbeaten in eight rounds, winning six of them.

Their last defeat was on Oddo’s debut, a slender 1-0 loss to Napoli on November 26.

Some changes are forced, because defender Samir sits out a ban with Ali Adnan injured, so new buy Zampano is thrown straight in for his debut.

Kevin Lasagna leads the attack with support from Jakub Jankto and Rodrigo De Paul.

These two teams have shared the spoils only once in their last 13 meetings, home and away in all competition.

Curiously, this is the first time 2006 World Cup winners have faced off as opposition Coaches.

Udinese: Bizzarri; Nuytinck, Danilo, Larsen; Zampano, Barak, Behrami, Pezzella; Jankto, De Paul; Lasagna

Milan: G Donnarumma; Abate, Bonucci, Romagnoli, Calabria; Kessie, Biglia, Bonaventura; Suso, Andre Silva, Calhanoglu

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