Official: Lecce vs. AC Milan starting XIs – four changes from Lazio loss | OneFootball

AC Milan are in need of a win to try and calm the crisis that has besieged the club recently, and Sergio Conceicao has opted for some big changes.

It has been a tough season for Milan, but the last few weeks have seen the club hit a new low. As a result of three consecutive defeats, the team are in ninth place and could miss out on European football entirely, which says everything.

They face a Lecce side that are embroiled in a relegation battle under head coach Marco Giampaolo, so they are scrapping for every point too.

Official starting XIs

The good news from the week is that Alessandro Florenzi returned to training with the rest of the squad, but Ruben Loftus-Cheek remains out. Mike Maignan and Strahinja Pavlovic will be suspended after being sent off during the Lazio game.

Conceicao – who is reportedly under pressure to get a result – has gone with Marco Sportiello in goal, Kyle Walker and Theo Hernandez as the full-backs then Malick Thiaw and Matteo Gabbia as the centre-back pairing.

Warren Bondo gets his first start since joining in the winter window and he will be partnered by Yunus Musah in midfield. Alex Jimenez, Tijjani Reijnders and Christian Pulisic operate behind the striker, Santiago Gimenez.

Official Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Sportiello; Walker, Thiaw, Gabbia, Theo Hernandez; Bondo, Musah; Jimenez, Reijnders, Pulisic; Gimenez.

Bench: Nava, Torriani, Tomori, Florenzi, Bartesaghi, Terracciano, Fofana, Sottil, Joao Felix, Chukwueze, Leao, Abraham, Jovic.

Predicted Lecce XI (4-3-3): Falcone; Guilbert, Baschirotto, Jean, Gallo; Coulibaly, Berisha, Helgason; Pierotti, Krstović, Morente.

Bench: Früchtl, Samooja; Gaspar, Sala, Tiago Gabriel, Veiga; Kaba, Pierret, Rafia, Ramadani; Banda, Burnete, Karlsson, N’Dri, Rebic.