Milan are unbeaten in 13 meetings against Como

AC Milan will be up against Como in the 29th round of Serie A action on Saturday evening. After the crucial win in Lecce, the Rossoneri will be looking to continue down a positive path.

Sergio Conceicao has had yet another week to work without interruptions at Milanello and based on his press conference, he’s very happy with the team at the moment. Equally, the players seem a lot more content with his methods.

Tomorrow’s clash is an important one in the race for a Europa League spot, in fact it’s not just important but crucial, and the manager admitted that it will be a difficult clash. Como have quality, even if they are inexperienced in Serie A.

Milan were handed an injury boost last week as Alessandro Florenzi returned to training and this week, things got even better as Ruben Loftus-Cheek returned to training with the group. The Englishman still needs time to regain match fitness, like the Italian, but he should be called up.

That leaves just Emerson Royal on the injury list and it will be a few weeks before he’s back in action. Nevertheless, we might have seen his last appearance with the Milan shirt as a departure is nailed on for the summer, while he won’t exactly start over Kyle Walker or even Alex Jimenez.

Mike Maignan and Strahinja Pavlovic have served their respective suspensions, yet another boost for Conceicao, and at least the goalkeeper should both play from start. The Serbian’s red card was very questionable and it came during a good period for him, so hopefully it hasn’t affected him too much.

In midfield, the latest reports suggest that Conceicao will field Yunus Musah and Warren Bondo together. The latter impressed in his debut against Lecce and this will also allow Tijjani Reijnders to play in the more advanced No.10 role, having done better there this season.

Rafael Leao made a difference off the bench against Lecce and after scoring in the reverse fixture against Come, the hope is that he can be decisive from start tomorrow. He will be on the left flank, with Christian Pulisic reverting to the right-hand side.

Up front, Santiago Gimenez has been struggling a bit lately but it seems he will win the battle against Tammy Abraham. Conceicao was asked about playing two strikers during his presser and although he didn’t rule it out as an in-game solution, he was skeptical about doing it from start.

Predicted Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Walker, Gabbia, Thiaw, Hernandez; Musah, Bondo; Pulisic, Reijnders, Leao; Gimenez.