Sky: Milan’s predicted XI for Inter clash – Fonseca takes risk with new formation

The Derby della Madonnina is scheduled for Sunday evening and AC Milan are desperate for a big win, having struggled at the start of this season. According to a report, Paulo Fonseca is set to make a pretty significant change to the starting XI. 

Milan have won just one of their first five games and the loss against Liverpool last time out sent the fans into fury. Therefore, the derby is Fonseca’s chance to prove that he should remain the coach of the Rossoneri, but it will be far from easy against Inter.

According to Sky Italia (see photo below), the manager is set to deploy a 4-4-2 formation with Tammy Abraham and Alvaro Morata starting up front. Both have impressed so far and the hope is that they can do more good together. Furthermore, this means Ruben Loftus-Cheek is expected to be on the bench.

At the back, Matteo Gabbia has done enough to convince the manager and should start next to Fikayo Tomori, with Strahinja Pavlovic getting some rest after two games from start to finish. Speaking of the defence, Emerson Royal will replace the injured Davide Calabria at right-back.

It remains to be seen if the formation change will be enough to get a result tomorrow, but Fonseca must feel confident that it’s the right move.

Predicted Milan XI (4-4-2): Maignan; Emerson, Gabbia, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Pulisic, Fofana, Reijnders, Leao; Morata, Abraham.