GdS: Predicted XIs for Como vs. Milan – changes in each department | OneFootball

AC Milan make the short trip to face Como on Tuesday evening, hoping to get Sergio Conceicao’s first league win since taking over.

That first victory in Serie A should have come on Saturday against a Cagliari side who are in the bottom three, yet Alvaro Morata’s opening goal was cancelled out a few minutes later and the end result was a 1-1 draw.

Milan therefore have to put things right against Como, who are also struggling after returning to the top flight following a 21-year hiatus. The Champions League spots have not disappeared just yet, but the runway gets shorter with each passing week.

The predicted starting XIs

Conceicao will be without three players for the game due to injury: Alessandro Florenzi, Samuel Chukwueze and Ruben Loftus-Cheek. The right-back is expected to be 50 days away from recovery, the winger 15 and the midfielder 10.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Emerson Royal will come back in at right-back after serving a suspension on Saturday. The rest of the rearguard will remain the same.

There will be an alteration in the middle of the park, with Ismael Bennacer expected to be the right mezzala in a three-man midfield alongside Youssouf Fofana and Tijjani Reijnders.

The third and final change will be in attack, with Christian Pulisic and Rafael Leao tipped to flank Tammy Abraham rather than Alvaro Morata, despite the Englishman missing big chances a few days ago.

Predicted Milan XI (4-3-3): Maignan, Emerson, Thiaw, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Bennacer, Fofana, Reijnders; Pulisic, Abraham, Leao.

Predicted Como XI (3-4-2-1): Butez; Goldaniga, Kempf, Dossena; Van der Brempt, Engelhardt, Da Cunha, Fadera; Diao, Strefezza; Cutrone.