MN: Probable Milan XI vs. Parma – Okafor for Morata, Musah to start | OneFootball

AC Milan’s second game of the 2024/25 Serie A season takes them south to Parma where they will face the newly-promote side at the Stadio Ennio Tardini.

According to Milan News, the injured Alvaro Morata is going to be replaced by Noah Okafor rather than Luka Jovic.

The Swiss forward has moved ahead of the Serbian in the striker hierarchy and with Morata out until the international break. Okafor starting was confirmed by Paulo Fonseca himself in the pre-match press conference.

There are more decisions to be made elsewhere on the pitch and the lineup could prove very hard to predict on the day.

In the defence, the expectation is that Theo Hernandez will come back into the team and push Alexis Saelemaekers to the bench, whilst Strahinja Pavlovic should get to start alongside Fikayo Tomori which means Malick Thiaw has lost his place.

In the midfield, there is a belief that Yunus Musah and Tijjani Reijnders will start together and Ismael Bennacer will be on the bench.

That means that Ruben Loftus-Cheek would play in the No.10 role, Christian Pulisic would play on the right wing and Samuel Chukwueze would have to take a place on the bench. Rafael Leao will start on the left.

Predicted Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Pavlovic, Hernandez; Reijnders, Musah; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao, Okafor.