AC Milan have a good historical record against Lazio and have won 86 out of the 191 matches

2 March 2025 - 12:54 pm

Joao Felix is expected to be left out of the Milan starting line-up, but Kyle Walker is set to return when the Rossoneri host Lazio in San Siro in Serie A on Sunday evening.

Sergio Conceicao desperately needs to bounce back after a disastrous run of results over the last three games, having fallen to consecutive Serie A defeats against Bologna and Torino, which came directly after the regrettable Champions League exit against Feyenoord.

Joao Felix could come out of the Milan starting line-up in order to make way for Christian Pulisic.

A slight reshuffle of personnel could see Tijjani Reijnders start in the trequartista role in between Pulisic and Rafael Leao. Yunus Musah started out on the right wing last time out, but could return to his role in central midfield alongside Youssouf Fofana.

Kyle Walker is back after missing out on the 2-1 loss to Bologna on Thursday, and is expected to assume his natural position at right-back, with Alex Jimenez likely to drop out of the starting XI.

Taty Castellanos is still out injured for Lazio, as are Elseid Hysaj and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, which means that Loum Tchaouna could keep his place up front for the Biancocelesti following the 2-0 loss to Inter in the Coppa Italia quarter-final earlier this week.

Most of the team is expected to remain as it was despite the cup loss to Inter. Boulaye Dia, Gustav Isaksen and Mattia Zaccagni are all likely to go again in attack, as are Matteo Guendouzi and Nicolo Rovella in midfield.

There is a possibility that Pedro and/or Reda Belahyane are given a go, but both could potentially start from the bench.

Milan (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Walker, Thiaw, Pavlovic, T. Hernandez; Musah, Fofana; Pulisic, Reijnders, Leao; Gimenez.

Lazio (4-2-3-1): Mandas; Lazzari, Patric, Gila, Tavares; Rovella, Guendouzi; Isaksen, Dia, Zaccagni; Tchaouna.