Adrien Rabiot, Mario Gila and Diego Moreira are back for Milan vs Inter, while Marcus Thuram and Francesco Pio Esposito lead Inter’s attack in tonight’s Derby della Madonnina.
It kicks off at 20:45 CET [19:45 GMT] at San Siro, with Marco Guida refereeing.
The two sides arrive in very different moods. Milan suffered their first league defeat of the season on Wednesday, losing 4-2 at home to Bologna. Alphadjo Cissé scored twice in the first half, but Samuel Mbangula hit a hat-trick for the visitors. Rúben Amorim’s side are fifth on 18 points, seven behind the leaders, so another defeat would leave them 10 adrift.
Inter beat Venezia 2-0 on Wednesday thanks to two late own goals. That was their third straight league win, and they are unbeaten in Serie A, level on 25 points with Lazio at the top. Lazio don’t play Cagliari until tomorrow, so Cristian Chivu’s side can go top on their own tonight. The Nerazzurri have not won any of the last seven derbies, and Chivu lost both of last season’s.
Milan vs Inter – team news
Amorim has three players back. “Gila, Moreira and Rabiot are ready to join the team,” he said, adding that how they’re used will depend on the game plan. Fikayo Tomori is the latest absentee, though. He suffered a medial hamstring tear in his right thigh against Bologna and will be reassessed in two weeks. Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Samuel Chukwueze, Matteo Gabbia, Alexis Saelemaekers and Pietro Terracciano are also out.
Inter are still without Lautaro Martínez, who is out until after the international break. Benjamin Pavard, John Stones, Curtis Jones and Luis Henrique are also missing.
Neither side has any players suspended.
Amorim’s line-up is the hard one to call. According to Sky Sport Italia and Tuttosport, Milan will go with a 4-4-1-1: Gila and Diawara at full-back, Moreira and Christian Pulisic on the flanks, Yunus Musah alongside Luka Modrić and Rabiot behind Gonçalo Ramos.
Fanpage and MilanPress, however, expect Davide Bartesaghi at left-back, Hutchinson on the wing and Rabiot next to Modrić. Cissé, with seven goals this season, is set to drop to the bench despite his brace on Wednesday.
Josep Martínez is expected back in goal for Inter after two games for Ivan Provedel, although Chivu wouldn’t confirm it. “I don’t know, we’ll see tomorrow,” he said. Henrikh Mkhitaryan is favoured over Piotr Zieliński in midfield, and Federico Dimarco over Carlos Augusto on the left.
Milan vs Inter – where to watch on TV
The match is live on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer in the UK, and on DAZN in the UK and Ireland. In the USA, it’s on Paramount+. Football Italia will provide live updates via a live blog.
Milan vs Inter – probable line-ups
Milan (4-4-1-1): Maignan; Gila, De Winter, Pavlović, Diawara; Moreira, Musah, Modrić, Pulisic; Rabiot; Ramos.
Inter (3-5-2): Martínez; Bisseck, Akanji, Bastoni; Diouf, Barella, Çalhanoğlu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Pio Esposito.
