Official: AC Milan vs. Udinese starting eleven

AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca has named his starting lineup for tonight's game against Udinese, opting for several changes from the team that lost to Fiorentina before half-time.

Regarding Milan's absences, Davide Calabria is the only player who is not yet out of the treatment room regarding short-term absences. Ismael Bennacer, Alessandro Florenzi and Marco Sportiello remain out as they continue to recover from surgery.

Mike Maignan lines up in goal with Emerson Royal at right-back, while last night it looked like Matteo Gabbia would play at centre-back alongside Strahinja Pavlovic. However, The former has a muscle problem and it will be Malick Thiaw who pairs up with the Serb.

Filippo Terracciano will take the suspended Theo Hernandez's place at left-back after winning the clash with Alex Jimenez and there are no changes in the double pivot, meaning Youssouf Fofana and Tijjani Reijnders retain their places.

Samuel Chukwueze made an early return from Nigeria duty earlier in the week with an injury scare, but he is fine and starts on the right, with Christian Pulisic as the attacking midfielder and Noah Okafor on the left in place of Rafael Leao.

The Portuguese winger is believed that he had mastered his workload Given that the games will now come close together. Finally, Alvaro Morata takes over from Tammy Abraham and leads the line.

Official Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Emerson, Thiaw, Pavlovic, Terracciano; Fofana, Reijnders; Chukwueze, Pulisic, Okafor; Morata.

Bank: Sportiello, Torriani, Loftus-Cheek, Leao, Jimenez, Tomori, Liberali, Bartesaghi, Musah, Abraham.

Official Udinese XI (3-5-2): Okoye; Kabasele, Bijol, Toure; Ehizibue, Zemura, Lovric, Karlstrom, Ekkelenkamp, ​​​​Zemura; Iker Bravo, Lucca.

Bank: Sava, Padelli, Abankwah, Payero, Davis, Kamara, Palma, Brenner, Ebosse, Giannetti, Ekkelenkamp, ​​​​Rui Modesto, Pizarro.