GdS: Predicted XIs for Genoa vs. Milan – Amorim goes with the big guns

The last three weeks have followed a pattern whereby Milan have found themselves needing a result at the weekend having lost in midweek. Against Udinese and Inter they did just that (after losses to Bournemouth and Bologna), and today they must respond again.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport this morning, Ruben Amorim has made his mind up regarding the team that will take to the field, having rotated in the defeat to Ferencvaros at San Siro on Thursday night.

Mike Maignan returns in goal having served his European suspension. Mario Gila, Koni De Winter, Sankhoun Diawara and Pervis Estupinan are expected to make up the four-man defence.

Yunus Musah and Luka Modric are down as the midfield engine room, with Diego Moreira, Adrien Rabiot and Christian Pulisic as the trio operating behind the centre-back Gonçalo Ramos.

The bench features the likes of Davide Bartesaghi, Ardon Jashari, Omari Hutchinson, Alphadjo Cisse and Francesco Camarda, but is still heavily stocked with Futuro players due to the ongoing injury crisis.

Predicted Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Gila, De Winter, Diawara, Estupinan; Musah, Modric; Moreira, Rabiot, Pulisic; Ramos.

Predicted bench: Torriani, Bouyer, F. Terracciano, Vladimirov, M. Cissé, Bartesaghi, Jashari, Vos, Perera, Comotto, Hutchinson, Ossola, Cisse, Menon, Camarda.

Predicted Genoa XI (3-4-2-1): Bijlow; Marcandalli, Ostigard, Vasquez; Ehizibue, Traore, Frendrup, Ellertsson; Baldanzi, El Shaarawy; Osmajic.

Predicted bench: Stolz, Sommariva, Messias, Otoa, Sabelli, Puczka, Amorim, Meichtry, Mitaj, Vitinha, Sow, Drameh, Wiafe, Venturino, Colombo.