AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca has announced his starting lineup for the game against Atalanta at the Gewiss Stadium.

After victories over Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League, Empoli in the League and Sassuolo in the Coppa Italia – in which twelve goals were scored – Milan go into the game in Bergamo with some confidence.

Nevertheless, everyone is aware that a completely different test awaits tonight. Atalanta have won eight times in a row and are second in the league, while they also score goals for fun. Therefore, It will be a real litmus test.

Official starting eleven

Paulo Fonseca made eight changes to the lineup of the team that beat Sassuolo, and he made eight changes again, fully restoring the team to the state it was in against Empoli.

Emerson Royal, Matteo Gabbia, Malick Thiaw and Theo Hernandez will form the defensive line in front of Mike Maignan, then Tijjani Reijnders and Youssouf Fofana are the double pivots in front of them.

Yunus Musah should act as the “balancer” on the right, which he has been in recent starts. Christian Pulisic will play a free role behind striker Alvaro Morata, and then Rafael Leao completes the attack on the left.

Official Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Emerson Royal, Thiaw, Gabbia, Theo Hernandez; Fofana, Reijnders; Musah, Pulisic, Leao; Morata.

Bank: Torriani, Sportiello, Calabria, Tomori, Pavlovic, Terracciano, Loftus-Cheek, Chukwueze, Okafor, Abraham, Camarda.

Official Atalanta XI (3-4-1-2): Carnesecchi; Djimsiti, Hien, Kolasinac; Bellanova, De Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri; Pasalic; De Ketelaere, Lookman.

Bank: Rui Patricio, Rossi, Kossounou, Godfrey, Scalvini, Toloi, Brescianini, Palestra, Samardzic, Sulemana, Zaniolo, Retegui.