Official: Pisa vs. AC Milan starting XIs – one change from Bologna win

AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri has named his starting line-up for the game against Pisa at the Arena Garibaldi.

Strangely, considering there has been no international break, Milan will play their first league game in 10 days tonight. The rescheduled Como game meant not having a fixture at the weekend, after the 3-0 win away against Bologna the Tuesday before last.

Milan face Como away from home in Tuscany for the first time since 1991, with Paolo Maldini getting the winner 35 years ago. The Nerazzurri have won just once all season and it was 14 games ago, but Oscar Hiljemark has taken over and is hoping for a new manager bounce.

Pisa vs. AC Milan: Official starting XIs

The only two absentees for Milan due to injury are Santiago Gimenez and Alexis Saelemaekers. The former is still recovering from ankle surgery, while the latter will not be risked as he nurses an adductor issue, though could be back against Como on Wednesday.

Allegri has opted to go with Mike Maignan in goal and a three-man defence of Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia and Strahinja Pavlovic, which means the in-form Koni De Winter drops to the bench. Zachary Athekame stands in for Saelemaekers, with Davide Bartesaghi on the other flank.

The midfield trio is Youssouf Fofana, Luka Modric and Adrien Rabiot, operating behind a front two of Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Christopher Nkunku. It is the same forward pairing that each scored in Bologna and got the job done.

The bench for once looks relatively strong, with the likes of De Winter, Samuele Ricci, Ardon Jashari, Niclas Füllkrug, Rafael Leao and Christian Pulisic all able to come on.

Official Milan XI (3-5-2): Maignan; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Athekame, Fofana, Modric, Rabiot, Bartesaghi; Nkunku, Loftus-Cheek.

Bench: Terracciano, Pittarella, De Winter, Odogu, Estupinan, Ricci, Jashari, Pulisic, Leao, Fullkrug.

Official Pisa XI (3-4-3):

Bench: