Milan have Simon Kjaer back, but lose Davide Calabria as Rafael Leao and Olivier Giroud lead the way against Monza in what will always be Silvio Berlusconi’s fixture.

It kicks off at San Siro at 11.30 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s five Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

The Rossoneri beat Newcastle United 2-1 at St. James’ Park on Wednesday, not enough to stay in the Champions League, but it did send them into the Europa League knockout play-offs.

Kjaer returns to the defence, but Calabria is suspended, so Theo Hernandez can be a left-back again and Alessandro Florenzi switches to the right.

Yunus Musah, Malick Thiaw, Pierre Kalulu, Marco Sportiello, Mattia Caldara and Marco Pellegrino are still out of action.

Tommaso Pobega steps into midfield and Giroud is preferred upfront to Luka Jovic.

This is the first time these clubs have met since Silvio Berlusconi died, as he was in charge of Milan for over 30 years, then took Monza to their first ever top flight campaign.

Pablo Mari and Gianluca Caprari are on the treatment table, with Papu Gomez sitting out a two-year ban for doping, but Samuele Vignato returns to the squad.

Mattia Pessina, Danilo D’Ambrosio and Andrea Colpani remain the key figures after their 1-0 win over Genoa, but Patrick Ciurria is only fit for the bench.

Milan: Maignan; Florenzi, Kjaer, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Loftus-Cheek, Reijnders, Pobega; Pulisic, Leao; Giroud

Monza: Di Gregorio; D’Ambrosio, Caldirola, A Carboni; Pereira, Pessina, Gagliardini, Kyriakopoulos; Colpani, Mota Carvalho; Colombo

Player statistic

1st half
Tijjani Reijnders
(Assist: Christian Pulisic)
Goal 3'    
Tijjani Reijnders Yellow card 34'    
Jan-Carlo Simic
(Assist: Rafael Leão)
Goal 41'    
2nd half
    55' Yellow card Andrea Carboni
Noah Okafor
(Assist: Olivier Giroud)
Goal 76'    
    90+3' Yellow card Roberto Gagliardini

Match statistic

45
Possession %
55
17
Total shots
21
9
Shots on target
4
5
Shots off target
11
3
Blocked shots
6
4
Corners
5
3
Offsides
8
Fouls
8
Milan
Monza

Starting lineups

16
Goalkeeper
42
23
Defender
24
Defender
67'
19
Defender
8
Midfielder
67'
14
Midfielder
32
Midfielder
24'
11
9
Attacker
10
Attacker
67'
16
Goalkeeper
44
Defender
80'
33
77
54'
5
Defender
28
Midfielder
63'
32
Midfielder
64'
13
Midfielder
6
Midfielder
47
Attacker
9
Attacker
54'

Substitutes

18
Attacker
83
Goalkeeper
33
Midfielder
69
Goalkeeper
15
Attacker
7
Midfielder
74
Defender
84
Defender
82
Defender
24'
4
Midfielder
67'
95
67'
17
Attacker
21
Attacker
80'
46
11
Defender
2
Defender
7
Midfielder
18
Defender
80
Midfielder
19
66
Goalkeeper
23
38
Midfielder
24
Attacker
54'
84
Attacker
54'
21
Midfielder
63'
8
64'
4
Defender
80'

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