AC Milan vs Liverpool preview: Team news, H2H, kick-off, predicted line-ups
Liverpool will travel to San Siro to lock horns with AC Milan on Tuesday night as the Jurgen Klopp’s side hopes to maintain their 100 percent record in the UEFA Champions League this season.
Liverpool tops Group B with 15 points from five matches and has already qualified for the Round of 16.
Their Tuesday’s opponent, AC Milan, has managed to earn just one win and a draw, losing three matches. They are sitting third on the group with four points, one less than second-placed FC Porto.
The Italian side needs nothing other than an outright victory, and hopes result of the other fixture goes in their favour.
Asserting their dominance on the continental stage has not gone at all to plan for the Rossoneri, but in one of the tournament’s heart-warming success stories, former delivery driver Junior Messias scored his first goal for the club on his first Champions League start to hand Milan a crucial 1-0 win.
Injury news
Milan’s attacking forces have taken quite the hit in recent weeks, with Olivier Giroud, Samu Castillejo and Ante Rebic being joined in the medical bay by Pietro Pellegri, who came off after 15 minutes against Salernitana on Saturday with a groin issue.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is therefore sure to lead the line after being rested at the weekend, but Davide Calabria remains out and Simon Kjaer will miss several months with a devastating ACL injury.
For Liverpool, Roberto Firmino, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott and the suspended James Milner are all unavailable, but Joe Gomez and Naby Keita are back in training and could potentially return in midweek.
However, since Liverpool has already qualified, Gomez and Keita will surely not be risked from the kickoff.
Kickoff
The match will kick off by 9pm at the San Siro stadium.Head to headLiverpool has won all of their last three meetings in all competitions, with the last being a 3-2 victory on September 15.
Predicted lineup
AC Milan: Maignan; Kalulu, Tomori, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Kessie, Tonali; Saelemaekers, Diaz, Leao; Ibrahimovic
Liverpool: Alisson; Williams, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Morton, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Salah, Origi, Minamino
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