Serie A line-ups: Milan vs. Sassuolo - Football Italia
The Milan injury crisis forces another reshuffle in defence behind Olivier Giroud, Christian Pulisic and Rafael Leao, as Sassuolo welcome Domenico Berardi back.
It kicks off at San Siro at 17.00 GMT.
You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s six Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
For the first time, Stefano Pioli faced the genuine prospect of being fired after a 2-2 draw with Salernitana, but hung on also due to a lack of viable alternatives.
Fikayo Tomori and Yunus Musah are the latest additions to the injury list, which includes Malick Thiaw, Pierre Kalulu, Noah Okafor, Tommaso Pobega, Mattia Caldara and Marco Sportiello.
It leaves Simon Kjaer as the only available senior centre-back, so Theo Hernandez again slots into that makeshift role with Alessandro Florenzi on the left.
Sassuolo are struggling after picking up just one point from the last three games, but have already beaten Inter and Juventus this season and famously love playing at San Siro.
The Neroverdi have won each of their last three games away to Milan, including a 5-2 last season, and are unbeaten here since March 2019.
Berardi missed the 2-1 defeat to Genoa with flu symptoms and is back here with ex-Milan winger Samu Castillejo sent to the bench.
Matias Vina, Gregoire Defrel, Uros Racic and Pedro Obiang did not make the trip, while Daniel Boloca needed surgery after fracturing his jawbone.
Milan: Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Theo Hernandez, Florenzi; Loftus-Cheek, Bennacer, Reijnders; Pulisic, Giroud, Leao
Sassuolo: Consigli; Toljan, Erlic, Ferrari, Pedersen; Matheus Henrique, Thorstvedt; Berardi, Bajrami, Laurienté; Pinamonti
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