How Milan are expected to line up against Genoa with key players missing

Ahead of this weekend’s fixture against Genoa, a report has emerged about how AC Milan are expected to lineup, with several key players missing due to injury.

As reported earlier, Milan are struggling with a few injuries, and it was confirmed that Mike Maignan and Ruben Loftus-Cheek will not feature in the game this weekend. However, Luka Jovic and Pierre Kalulu could return.

Therefore, a few changes are expected from the standard eleven, as Emanuele Baiocchini reported for Sky (via MilanNews). Marco Sportiello will start once again, and this afternoon, he has spoken about the Rossoneri’s season whilst replying to the Curva Sud’s protest statement.

In the defence, Davide Calabria is still suspended, but Theo Hernandez will return to the starting side, so, Alessandro Florenzi will move to right-back. Centrally, it will be Malick Thiaw and Matteo Gabbia, but Pierre Kalulu could feature.

The midfield pivot is still to be decided, with Yacine Adli, Ismael Bennacer and Tijjani Reijnders all offering arguments as to why they should start. However, there are no doubts about the attacking lineup.

Samuel Chukwueze will start on the right-hand side, meaning Christian Pulisic can, again, have the freedom of the Trequartista, Rafael Leao on the left, Olivier Giroud will lead the line, and Luka Jovic could feature at some point after returning to training.