Serie A line-ups: Milan vs. Parma

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·26 Januari 2025

Serie A line-ups: Milan vs. Parma

Milan welcome Christian Pulisic back with Rafael Leao and Alvaro Morata as Sergio Conceicao hopes to improve his Serie A fortunes against Fabio Pecchia’s Parma.

It kicks off at San Siro at 11.30 GMT.

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The Rossoneri have been a mixed bag since Conceicao took over from Paulo Fonseca on December 30, winning the Supercoppa Italiana in Riyadh and beating Girona in the Champions League, but stuttering domestically.

They beat Como 2-1, then drew at home to Cagliari and lost 2-0 at Juventus, putting the pressure on this afternoon.

Pulisic returns to the starting XI after injury, with Morata back from suspension to complete the attack with Rafael Leao.

Emerson Royal suffered a calf strain midweek and will be out for a while, along with Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Malick Thiaw and Alessandro Florenzi, but new buy Kyle Walker isn’t in the squad yet.

There was the temptation to rest Youssouf Fofana, because he is one yellow card away from suspension and the next fixture is the Derby della Madonnina against Inter.

epa11796103 Parma’s Junior Hernani celebrates with teammates after scoring the 1-0 goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Parma Calcio and AC Monza, in Parma, Italy, 28 December 2024. EPA-EFE/ELISABETTA BARACCHI

Parma have been stuttering recently with one point from the last three rounds, including a 1-0 defeat at Genoa.

Coach Fabio Pecchia has a lot of problems to deal with, as Ange-Yoan Bonny didn’t make the trip after coming down with flu, while Dennis Man is reportedly pushing for a transfer.

Adrian Bernabé, Alessandro Circati, Botond Balogh, Yordan Osorio, Gianluca Di Chiara, Mateusz Kowalski and Gabriel Charpentier are all out of action too.

They have been active in the transfer window, bringing in Monza striker Milan Djuric, Genoa defender Alessandro Vogliacco, Mathias Lovik from Molde and Royal Antwerp winger Jacob Ondrejka.