Serie A official Week 3 line-ups: AC Milan vs. Bologna | OneFootball

Adrien Rabiot is thrown straight in for his Milan debut alongside Luka Modric and Santiago Gimenez, hosting Bologna’s Santiago Castro and Riccardo Orsolini.

It kicks off at San Siro at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

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

MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 18: Santiago Gimenez of AC Milan celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Knockout Play-off second leg match between AC Milan and Feyenoord at San Siro Stadium on February 18, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

The Rossoneri suffered a shock home defeat to Cremonese, then won away to Lecce, but Max Allegri insisted their season would start tonight.

There are still problems, as Rafael Leao is again out with a muscular issue he sustained in the Coppa Italia last month, and Ardon Jashari won’t be ready for a few weeks yet.

Deadline day signing Rabiot arrived from Olympique Marseille and makes his debut in the starting XI, sending Christian Pulisic to the bench after international duty with the USMNT.

Pervis Estupinan is passed fit to start despite a small muscular issue.

Curiously, Rabiot was thrown out of Marseille due to an ugly locker room brawl with teammate Jonathan Rowe, who is now on the Bologna bench, so they meet again already.

BOLOGNA, ITALY – AUGUST 30: Riccardo Orsolini of Bologna celebrates with teammate Nadir Zortea after scoring his team’s first goal during the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and Como 1907 at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on August 30, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

This match is also a repeat of last season’s Coppa Italia Final, won by Bologna for their first piece of silverware in decades.

It has been a mixed bag for Vincenzo Italiano this term, losing 1-0 to Roma, then beating Como by the same result.

Ciro Immobile, Tommaso Pobega, Emil Holm, Nicolò Casale and Ibrahim Sulemana are on the treatment table, leaving the coach with limited options.

Castro is therefore supported by Orsolini, Nicolò Cambiaghi and Giovanni Fabbian, the latter linked with a move to Milan this summer.

Milan vs. Bologna line-ups

Milan: Maignan; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Saelemaekers, Fofana, Modric, Rabiot, Estupinan; Loftus-Cheek, Gimenez

Bologna: Skorupski; Zortea, Lucumi, Heggem, Lykogiannis; Ferguson, Freuler; Orsolini, Fabbian, Cambiaghi; Castro

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