Serie A: Lecce vs. Milan – probable line-ups

Rafael Leao, Olivier Giroud and Theo Hernandez return to Milan‘s line-up today against Lorenzo Colombo’s Lecce.

It kicks off at 17.00 GMT.

The hosts are unbeaten in the last five Serie A games and have won the last two home matches.

Marco Baroni is short of options in defence being without the injured Kastriot Dermaku, Mert Cetin and Marin Pongracic.

Milan loanee Lorenzo Colombo will start up front. Stefano Pioli said yesterday that the Rossoneri are ‘closely monitoring’ the Italian starlet who has scored five goals in 16 appearances across all competitions this season.

Simon Kjaer and Divock Origi are back for Milan, but Mike Maignan, Alessandro Florenzi, Fode Ballo Toure, Rade Krunic, Ante Rebic and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are still on the treatment table.

With Sandro Tonali suspended, Aster Vranckx is favourite over Tommaso Pobega in the middle of the park. Brahim Diaz expected to start over Charles De Ketelaere.

Milan are unbeaten in the last eight games against Lecce in Serie A and scored 20 goals in the process, 2.5 per game.

Lecce-Milan: probable line-ups

Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Baschirotto, Umtiti, Gallo; Gonzalez, Hjulmand, Blin; Strefezza, Colombo, Di Francesco.

Milan (4-2-3-1): Tatarusanu; Calabria, Kalulu, Tomori, Theo; Vranckx , Bennacer; Saelemaekers, Diaz, Leao; Giroud.