BOLOGNA, ITALY - AUGUST 21: Theo Hernández of AC Milan during the Serie A TIM match between Bologna FC and AC Milan at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara on August 21, 2023 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)
BOLOGNA, ITALY - AUGUST 21: Theo Hernández of AC Milan during the Serie A TIM match between Bologna FC and AC Milan at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara on August 21, 2023 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

Milan keep Yacine Adli in midfield behind Christian Pulisic, Rafael Leao and Olivier Giroud, while Bologna look to Joshua Zirkzee and Giovanni Fabbian.

It kicks off at San Siro at 19.45 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game, Juventus-Empoli and Atalanta-Udinese on the LIVEBLOG.

The Rossoneri are coming off four consecutive Serie A wins and hope to not only consolidate third place, but potentially even get back into the Scudetto battle.

Ismael Bennacer is not fully fit and Samuel Chukwueze still at the Africa Cup of Nations, with Fikayo Tomori, Malick Thiaw, Pierre Kalulu, Mattia Caldara and Tommaso Pobega injured.

Adli again pulls the midfield strings with Ruben Loftus-Cheek in a more advanced role, using the same starting XI for the third game running.

Expect banners showing solidarity to Mike Maignan, as last week’s 3-2 win over Udinese was suspended for five minutes due to repeated racist abuse towards the goalkeeper.

Bologna had been in fourth place only a couple of weeks ago, but have slipped down to eighth after one point from three rounds.

Stefan Posch is suspended, with Oussama El Azzouzi on international duty, while Dan Ndoye, Adama Soumaoro and Sydney van Hooijdonk are on the treatment table.

The big news is the return of hitman Zirkzee, who sat out a ban for the defeat in Cagliari.

He is supported by Giovanni Fabbian and Kacper Urbanski, as former Milan winger Alexis Saelemaekers is not 100 per cent fit.

Milan: Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Gabbia, Theo Hernandez; Reijnders, Adli; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao, Giroud

Bologna: Skorupski; De Silvestri, Beukema, Calafiori, Kristiansen; Ferguson, Freuler, Aebischer; Fabbian, Zirkzee, Urbanski

Player statistic

1st half
    2' Yellow card Riccardo Calafiori
Rafael Leão Yellow card 22'    
    29' Goal Joshua Zirkzee
(Assist: Riccardo Calafiori)
Davide Calabria Yellow card 36'    
    39' Yellow card Lewis Ferguson
Olivier Giroud Missed penalty 42'    
Yacine Adli Yellow card 44'    
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
(Assist: Davide Calabria)
Goal 45'    
Ruben Loftus-Cheek Yellow card 45+2'    
2nd half
    57' Yellow card Kacper Urbanski
Theo Hernández Missed penalty 74'    
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
(Assist: Alessandro Florenzi)
Goal 83'    
Filippo Terracciano Yellow card 90+1'    
    90+2' Penalty Riccardo Orsolini

Match statistic

50
Possession %
50
14
Total shots
16
4
Shots on target
4
10
Shots off target
5
0
Blocked shots
7
4
Corners
1
1
Offsides
1
16
Fouls
12
Milan
Bologna

Starting lineups

16
Goalkeeper
2
Defender
59'
46
Defender
24
Defender
19
Defender
8
Midfielder
14
Midfielder
7
Midfielder
59'
11
87'
9
Attacker
60'
10
Attacker
87'
28
Goalkeeper
29
82'
33
31
Defender
15
80
Midfielder
82'
82
Midfielder
67'
19
Midfielder
20
Midfielder
67'
8
Midfielder
9
Attacker

Substitutes

83
Goalkeeper
57
Goalkeeper
70
Attacker
85
Midfielder
31
Defender
74
Defender
82
Defender
42
59'
80
Midfielder
59'
15
Attacker
60'
38
Midfielder
87'
17
Attacker
87'
23
Goalkeeper
34
Goalkeeper
10
Attacker
4
Defender
16
Defender
56
Midfielder
67'
6
Midfielder
67'
7
82'
26
Defender
82'

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