Milan are decimated with a makeshift defence including Theo Hernandez as centre-back as they host high-flying Frosinone, including Arijon Ibrahimovic.

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 and Lazio-Cagliari on the LIVEBLOG.

The injury crisis only intensified during the disastrous Champions League defeat to Borussia Dortmund when Malick Thiaw suffered a serious thigh strain.

He joins Rafael Leao, Pierre Kalulu, Simon Kjaer, Marco Pellegrino, Mattia Caldara, Noah Okafor and Marco Sportiello on the treatment table, while Olivier Giroud continues his two-match Serie A ban.

The situation is so bad that Theo Hernandez is used as a centre-back, the only alternative being 18-year-old youth team player Jan-Carlo Simic, Alessandro Florenzi starts at left-back.

Luka Jovic is the only striker in the squad other than 15-year-old Francesco Camarda.

The only positive is the return of Ismael Bennacer to the bench after six months out with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

Frosinone are doing very well for a newly-promoted side, sitting in mid-table, but are also deeply unpredictable after a 4-3 defeat to Cagliari, a game they had been leading 3-0 at the 70th minute.

Soufiane Bidaoui, Pol Lirola, Riccardo Marchizza and Abdou Harroui are still out of action, while Luca Mazzitelli is not at 100 per cent either.

They start 17-year-old Arijon Ibrahimovic upfront – no relation to Zlatan – and Juventus-owned striker Matias Soule, Reinier on loan from Real Madrid and Morocco international Walid Cheddira.

Milan: Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Hernandez, Florenzi; Loftus-Cheek, Reijnders, Musah; Chukwueze, Jovic, Pulisic

Frosinone: Turati; Monterisi, Okoli, Romagnoli, Oyono; Barrenechea, Bourabia; Soulé, Reinier, Ibrahimovic; Cuni

Player statistic

1st half
Luka Jovic Goal 43'    
2nd half
Christian Pulisic
(Assist: Mike Maignan)
Goal 50'    
    63' Yellow card Enzo Barrenechea
Fikayo Tomori
(Assist: Luka Jovic)
Goal 74'    
Luka Jovic Yellow card 80'    
    82' Goal Marco Brescianini

Match statistic

48
Possession %
52
10
Total shots
15
3
Shots on target
3
4
Shots off target
6
3
Blocked shots
6
6
Corners
7
1
Offsides
11
Fouls
6
Milan
Frosinone

Starting lineups

16
Goalkeeper
42
2
Defender
23
Defender
19
Defender
8
Midfielder
79'
14
Midfielder
79'
80
Midfielder
11
78'
15
Attacker
85'
21
Attacker
64'
80
Goalkeeper
22
Defender
5
Defender
30
Defender
86'
6
Defender
45
Midfielder
24
Midfielder
46'
12
Midfielder
57'
27
66'
11
Attacker
66'
18
Attacker

Substitutes

18
Attacker
83
Goalkeeper
33
Midfielder
69
Goalkeeper
95
74
Defender
82
Defender
7
Midfielder
64'
70
Attacker
78'
4
Midfielder
79'
32
Midfielder
79'
73
85'
31
Goalkeeper
16
Midfielder
8
Midfielder
7
Attacker
1
Goalkeeper
17
Attacker
4
Midfielder
46'
14
Midfielder
57'
9
Attacker
66'
10
Attacker
66'
70
Attacker
86'

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