Milan vs Roma: Serie A Preview, Potential Lineups & Prediction

Rafael Leao and Sandro Tonali scored within 15 minutes of Milan's Wednesday trip to the Stadio Arechi to set the tone for the current runners-up's 2-1 victory at bottom-half Salernitana. Sunday's Serie A action draws to a close at the San Siro with a mouth-watering showdown between reigning champions Milan and top-four hopefuls Roma.

Milan have won three of their last four Serie A home games against Roma. Pioli's side have scored 28 goals from open play this season. Milan are one of only three Serie a clubs to have smashed a 30-goal barrier in 2022/23 season (31).

Roma have won four straight Serie A games away from home. They drew 1-1 at Sassuolo. Milan have struggled to score at home this season. Roma have a better away record than at their home ground.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Junior Messias, Fode Ballo-Toure, Alessandro Florenzi, Divock Origi, and Mike Maignan are injured. Rade Krunic, Ante Rebic and Simon Kjaer could play. Leao has scored seven goals and made four assists this season. Georginio Wijnaldum is the only high-profile player unavailable for Roma. Paulo Dybala is back to the fold.

Milan (4-2-3-1): Ciprian Tatarusanu, Theo Hernandez, Fikayo Tomori, Pierre Kalulu, Davide Calabria, Sandro Tonali, Ismael Bennacer, Rafael Leao, Brahim Diaz, Alexis Saelemaekers, Olivier Giroud.

Roma's team is 3-5-2 with Rui Patricio, Gianluca Mancini, Chris Smalling, Roger Ibanez, Nicola Zalewski, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Bryan Cristante. Milan's XI is 4-3-4 with Gianluigi Buffon, Nemanja Matic, Zeki Celik, Paulo Dybala, Nicolo Zaniolo.

Milan are aiming to dethrone Napoli. Milan have won three games in a row in Serie A.