Milan make changes with Lucas Paqueta and Franck Kessie rested, while Krzysztof Piatek faces Fabio Quagliarella’s Sampdoria for the Capocannoniere title.
It kicks off at Marassi at 19.30 GMT, you can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.
Milan make changes with Lucas Paqueta and Franck Kessie rested, while Krzysztof Piatek faces Fabio Quagliarella’s Sampdoria for the Capocannoniere title.
It kicks off at Marassi at 19.30 GMT, you can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.
The Rossoneri went into the break for international duty with a 3-2 defeat to Inter, dropping back down to fourth place, which makes this a particularly tricky match, as Samp are still in the hunt for a Europa League berth.
It is also an exciting head-to-head between two of the top three scorers in Serie A this season, as Quagliarella has 21 goals and Piatek 19.
Piatek scored many of them in this stadium when he was at Genoa for the first six months of the campaign, before his €35m move to Milan.
Gianluca Caprari, Albin Ekdal and Edgar Barreto are out injured, but Gregoire Defrel and Gaston Ramirez get the nod rather than Manolo Gabbiadini and Riccardo Saponara.
Milan have a full squad to choose from other than Jack Bonaventura, but Gennaro Gattuso makes changes ahead of the midweek round against Udinese and next weekend’s showdown with Juventus.
Lucas Paqueta is rested, while Kessie is dropped following his ugly touchline row with Lucas Biglia in the derby, which saw him fined and publicly told off by the Coach.
It is Biglia who takes his place in midfield, joined by Hakan Calhanoglu in a deeper role, allowing Samu Castillejo to complete the trident attack with Suso and Piatek.
The Rossoneri are unbeaten in their last eight Serie A away fixtures, winning half of them, since the defeat to Inter as the ‘visitors’ on October 21.
Sampdoria: Audero; Sala, Colley, Andersen, Murru; Linetty, Praet, Vieira, Linetty; Ramirez; Quagliarella, Defrel
Sampdoria bench: Rafael, Belec, Saponara, Jankto, Sau, Junior Tavares, Gabbiadini, Bereszynski, Ferrari, Tonelli
Milan: G Donnarumma; Calabria, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Rodriguez; Bakayoko, Biglia, Calhanoglu; Suso, Piatek, Castillejo
Milan bench: Reina, A Donnarumma, Borini, Conti, Bertolacci, Zapata, Abate, Caldara, Paqueta, Cutrone, Kessie, Laxalt