Official: Fiorentina vs. AC Milan starting XIs – one change from Leverkusen | OneFootball

AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca has named his starting line-up for the game against Fiorentina tonight, and he has once again opted to go with consistency.

The absentees for the game are as follows: Ismael Bennacer, Marco Sportiello and Alessandro Florenzi who are all recovering from surgery, plus Luka Jovic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Davide Calabria who have minor issues, and Davide Bartesaghi who is suspended.

Fonseca has opted to name Mike Maignan in goal with a back four of Emerson Royal, Matteo Gabbia, Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernandez ahead of the Frenchman. Youssouf Fofana and Tijjani Reijnders keep their places in the midfield engine room.

Christian Pulisic and Rafael Leao are on the right and left wings respectively, with Alvaro Morata returning to the line-up as the only change from the team that lost to Bayer Leverkusen in midweek. He will partner Tammy Abraham up front.

Official Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Emerson Royal, Gabbia, Tomori, Hernandez; Fofana, Reijnders; Pulisic, Morata, Leao; Abraham.

Bench: Torriani, Raveyre, Terracciano, Jimenez, Pavlovic, Thiaw, Musah, Zeroli, Okafor, Chukwueze, Camarda.

Official Fiorentina XI (4-3-3): De Gea; Dodo, Comuzzo, Ranieri, Gosens; Bove, Cataldi, Adli; Colpani, Kean, Gudmundsson.

Bench: Terracciano, Martinelli, Biraghi, Sottil, Beltran, Ikone, Moren, Richardson, Martinez Quarta, Kayode, Parisi, Kouame.