MN: Predicted Milan XI for Lazio clash – Rabiot a doubt with Pulisic minutes expected

AC Milan are on the road again this weekend, with a trip to Lazio scheduled and Ruben Amorim will make a few changes from the draw with Juventus.

The draw with Juventus last week brought some Milan fans back to earth. Yet, with seven points from three games, why should the optimism fade? This weekend’s trip to Rome will be tough, but if they can take 10 points from 12, it would be something worth getting excited about.

The expected Milan XI vs. Lazio

MilanNews writes that the defence, as expected, will remain unchanged. Matteo Gabbia still isn’t close enough to a return, so Koni De Winter gets the nod. Mario Gila is also fine after his scare last weekend in Turin. Mike Maignan and Strahinja Pavlovic, on the other hand, retain their places with no questions.

Samuel Chukwueze will return as a starter this weekend, too, having been replaced by Diego Moreiera last week. There were suggestions that the Belgian would start on the left instead of Pervis Estupinan, but these suggestions are seemingly not true, with the Ecuadorian expected to start.

In ‘the middle’, the box of Luka Modric, Yunus Musah, Adrien Rabiot and Alexis Saelemaekers will be changed only once, with Alphadjo Cisse returning as the left attacking midfielder.

It’s also worth noting that Rabiot is ‘a doubt’, according to the report, but he’s still expected to be given the start. Christian Pulisic is expected to get minutes this weekend, so if the Frenchman doesn’t start, it seems likely that the American could. Up front, Goncalo Ramos will start; there are no questions there.

Predicted Milan XI (3-4-2-1): Maignan; Gila, De Winter, Pavlovic; Chukwueze, Modric, Musah, Estupinan; Rabiot, Cisse; Ramos.