GdS: Predicted XIs for Milan vs. Bologna – Allegri forced into formation tweak

AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri is expected to tweak the formation slightly for tonight’s game against Bologna.

The big issues for Allegri to battle are in the forward department, given that Rafael Leao is still struggling with a calf injury, Christian Pulisic has come back from the United States with some fatigue and Christopher Nkunku is not yet close to 100% either.

Milan vs. Bologna: Predicted starting XIs

According to this morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport, it will be Santiago Gimenez who leads the line for Milan in a 3-5-1-1 formation. The Mexican scored a last-minute equaliser against South Korea over the international break so will be hoping to build on that.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek is expected to act behind him as the attacking midfielder, with Youssouf Fofana, Luka Modric and Adrien Rabiot as the midfield trio. Alexis Saelemaekers and Pervis Estupinan are expected to be the two wing-backs.

The three-man defence is expected to be unchanged, with Fikayo Tomori as the right centre-back, Matteo Gabbia as the middle centre-back and Strahinja Pavlovic on the left. Mike Maignan will be between the posts, hoping for another clean sheet.

Predicted Milan XI (3-5-1-1): Maignan; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Saelemaekers, Fofana, Modric, Rabiot, Estupinan; Loftus-Cheek; Gimenez.