"All three are recovering from injuries, but are hopeful of boarding the plane out to Riyadh during the week. At present, Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia and Strahinja Pavlovic will be the three-man defence again in front of Mike Maignan, with Alexis Saelemaekers and Davide Bartesaghi as the wing-backs. Ruben Loftus-Cheek is expected to join Ardon Jashari and Adrien Rabiot in the midfield trio, with Christopher Nkunku and Christian Pulisic being the duo to lead the line."
"The doubts at the moment concern whether Koni De Winter will start over Tomori, whether Luka Modric could in fact start, or if Samuele Ricci could be in the midfield with Loftus-Cheek presumably pushing up. Predicted Milan XI (3-5-2): Maignan; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Saelemaekers, Loftus-Cheek, Jashari, Rabiot, Bartesaghi; Nkunku, Pulisic. Predicted Sassuolo XI (4-3-3): Muric; Walukiewicz, Idzes, Muharemovic, Doig; Thorstvedt, Matic, Kone; Volpato, Pinamonti, Lauriente."
AC Milan will play their final Serie A match before Christmas against Sassuolo at San Siro in an early kick-off. Milan aim to defend top spot before travelling to Saudi Arabia for the Supercoppa Italiana. Sassuolo have returned to the top flight as one of the season's surprise packages and have historically troubled Milan. Massimiliano Allegri faces absences for Rafael Leao, Youssouf Fofana and Santiago Gimenez, who are injured but hopeful of joining the squad for Riyadh. A predicted Milan XI uses a 3-5-2 with Maignan in goal, Tomori, Gabbia and Pavlovic in defence and Nkunku paired with Pulisic up front.
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