Ruben Amorim is expected to send out the same eleven that won at Torino when Milan host Venezia at San Siro tonight, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
It is the Rossoneri's first home outing of the season, and a sell-out 74,000 will be there to see whether the Amorim era can start with six points from six. The visitors arrive as the 2025-26 Serie B champions, so a comfortable evening is not guaranteed.
The team news is shaped mostly by the mercato. Rafael Leão is nearing a sale to either Aston Villa or Galatasaray, while Fikayo Tomori, Youssouf Fofana and Santiago Giménez continue to train away from the group as their own futures are sorted out. None of the four figure in Gazzetta's projected side.
That leaves Amorim leaning on continuity. Gonçalo Ramos is tipped to lead the line, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Alphadjo Cissé, who scored the opener in Turin, behind him in the two attacking midfield roles. Ardon Jashari and Yunus Musah are expected to reprise the double pivot, Samuel Chukwueze and Pervis Estupiñán fill the wing-back berths, and a back three of Mario Gila, Koni De Winter and Strahinja Pavlović sits in front of Mike Maignan.
The predicted Milan XI (3-4-2-1): Maignan; Gila, De Winter, Pavlović; Chukwueze, Jashari, Musah, Estupiñán; Loftus-Cheek, Cissé; Ramos. There are no injuries or suspensions to work around, so the selection is a straight tactical call rather than one forced by absences.
The bench carries the depth for changes if the game demands them, with Luka Modrić, Adrien Rabiot, Alexis Saelemaekers, Christian Pulisic and Francesco Camarda all named among the substitutes.
Venezia are expected to set up in a 3-5-2 built around Stanković in goal and the strike pairing of Adams and Yeboah, with Šverko and Adorante out and Moreno a doubt.
The story of the night is Cissé. Keeping the teenager in from the start over the likes of Pulisic tells you what Amorim thought of that Torino display, and a home crowd will now get its first look at why. The final call rests with Amorim at kick-off.