Milan change to a 4-4-2 formation with Patrick Cutrone and Andre Silva together as they host bottom of the table Benevento.

It kicks off at San Siro at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

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

The Rossoneri must do without injured Hakan Calhanoglu, Alessio Romagnoli and Andrea Conti, while Suso is not 100 per cent fit.

Milan change to a 4-4-2 formation with Patrick Cutrone and Andre Silva together as they host bottom of the table Benevento.

It kicks off at San Siro at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

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

The Rossoneri must do without injured Hakan Calhanoglu, Alessio Romagnoli and Andrea Conti, while Suso is not 100 per cent fit.

With this in mind, Gennaro Gattuso switches things up to a 4-4-2 formation with Cristian Zapata at centre-back and Davide Calabria returning on the right side of defence.

Andre Silva and Cutrone tend to fight each other for a starting spot, but with Calhanoglu out of action, Gattuso has decided to try the pair together.

Benevento are bottom of the table and virtually relegated, but have proved they’re more than willing to put up a fight in recent weeks, especially their 4-2 defeat to Juventus and 2-2 draw at Sassuolo.

Milan know this better than anyone, because the first point Le Streghe ever earned in the top flight was a 2-2 thriller against the Rossoneri.

It was decided by a stoppage-time equaliser scored by goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli in a moment that went viral, especially as it was also Gattuso’s debut on the Milan bench.

The team has changed a lot since then, above all with the arrival of players like Christian Puggioni, Bacary Sagna, Sandro and Cheick Diabate.

In fact, Mali international Diabate has scored seven goals in just seven Serie A appearances this season, which makes it particularly surprising that he’s on the bench.

Guilherme, Luca Antei, Marco D’Alessandro and Ledian Memushaj are all injured, with captain Fabio Lucioni on a long-term ban after failing a doping test.

Milan have drawn four in a row for the first time in Serie A since 1994 and risk making it five, a run they haven’t experienced since 1947.

Milan: G Donnarumma; Calabria, Bonucci, Zapata, Rodriguez; Borini, Kessie, Biglia, Bonaventura; Andre Silva, Cutrone

Milan bench: Storari, A Donnarumma, Jose Mauri, Kalinic, Suso, Gustavo Gomez, Montolivo, Abate, Musacchio, Antonelli, Locatelli

Benevento: Puggioni; Sagna, Djimsiti, Tosca, Letizia; Cataldi, Sandro, Djuricic; Viola; Brignola, Iemmello

Benevento bench: Brignoli, Rutjens, Del Pinto, Coda, Gyamfi, Venuti, Diabaté, Parigini, Billong, Sanogo, Volpicelli, Sparandeo

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