It will be an all-Italian affair at San Siro as AC Milan play host to Roma in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday. The Rossoneri defeated Slavia Prague 7-3 on aggregate in the last-16, while Daniele De Rossi's side surged into the quarters after beating Brighton & Hove Albion 4-1 over two legs.
Milan boss Stefano Pioli will miss defender Fikayo Tomori due to a European ban, while Tommaso Pobega and Pierre Kalulu are out injured. Ruben Loftus-Cheek returns from a domestic ban, while Malick Thiaw is available for selection after recovering from his knock. However, former Roma man Simon Kjaer is likely to keep his place ahead of Thiaw alongside Matteo Gabbia at centre-back.
AC Milan possible XI: Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Gabbia, Hernandez; Adli, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud
Sardar Azmoun and Houssem Aouar are sidelined with a hamstring injury and a virus, respectively while Evan Ndicka will miss the tie due to suspension. While Dean Huijsen and Rasmus Kristensen were left out of the club's squad for the knockout stages, either Chris Smalling or Marcos Llorente would replace Ndicka at the back. In attack, De Rossi is likely to deploy the trio of Paulo Dybala, Chelsea loanee Romelu Lukaku and former Milan man Stephan El Shaarawy.
Roma possible XI: Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Llorente, Angelino; Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini; Dybala, Lukaku, El Shaarawy
