Rafael Leao and Mike Maignan are able to start for Milan with surprise Noah Okafor as centre-forward in the trip to revitalised Verona.

It kicks off at the Stadio Bentegodi at 14.00 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s five Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

The Rossoneri moved ahead of Juventus into second place last week and secured their passage to the Europa League quarter-finals with Thursday’s 3-1 win away to 10-man Slavia Praha.

Leao scored a stunning solo goal in that match and he returns here from his Serie A ban, as does Alessandro Florenzi.

Maignan limped off in Prague with a bruised knee, but there is no sprain and he is passed fit to start this afternoon.

The big change from Stefano Pioli is that Okafor is used as a centre-forward rather than in the supporting trio, leaving both Olivier Giroud and Luka Jovic on the bench.

Pierre Kalulu had not started since suffering a serious thigh strain on October 29.

Verona are revitalised by back-to-back wins over Sassuolo and Lecce, which propelled them out of the bottom three.

Thomas Henry is suspended after his altercation with Lecce coach Roberto D’Aversa, while Juan Manuel Cruz is injured.

Pawel Dawidowicz returns to the defence from his ban and Michael Folorunsho is celebrating his first Italy call-up.

Verona: Montipò; Centonze, Coppola, Dawidowicz, Cabal; Duda, Serdar; Folorunsho, Suslov, Lazovic; Noslin

Milan: Maignan; Calabria, Kalulu, Tomori, Theo Hernadez; Bennacer, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Okafor

17-03-2024 14:00
MatchDay 29

Player statistic

1st half
Suat Serdar Yellow card 7'    
    30' Yellow card Fikayo Tomori
    44' Goal Theo Hernández
    45' Yellow card Theo Hernández
2nd half
    50' Goal Christian Pulisic
Tijjani Noslin Goal 64'    
Verona
Milan

Starting lineups

1
Goalkeeper
42
Defender
Defender
32
Defender
27
Defender
8
Midfielder
90
Midfielder
33
Midfielder
25
Midfielder
31
Midfielder
17
Attacker
16
Goalkeeper
2
Defender
23
Defender
20
Defender
19
Defender
4
Midfielder
8
Midfielder
14
Midfielder
11
17
Attacker
10
Attacker

Substitutes

23
99
16
Goalkeeper
34
Goalkeeper
Attacker
19
Defender
Attacker
6
Midfielder
38
37
Midfielder
7
Attacker
21
Midfielder
9
Attacker
24
Defender
42
46
Defender
69
Goalkeeper
57
Goalkeeper
38
Midfielder
15
Attacker
21
Attacker
7
Midfielder
28
Defender
80
Midfielder

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