MN: Milan’s predicted XI for the Derby della Madonnina – Fonseca’s final stand | OneFootball

AC Milan’s biggest game of the season takes place on Sunday with them facing Inter in a game which could decide the fate of the head coach and their season as a whole.

Paulo Fonseca is already in a very difficult position where his job is insecure if it even is his job anymore. Throughout the week, it has been suggested that the Inter game would decide his fate but since Tuesday there have been suggestions that a decision has already been made.

With his position not guaranteed, a report has suggested that he will play the derby in his style, rather than altering things. Maybe a move of bravery, maybe a move to show his confidence in his own ability in the hope the management see this as a good thing. We will not know what move it really is until full-time.

Given there are no changes expected to his style, there should not be any formational changes, as Milan News reports. Starting with the defence, Mike Maignan will start in goal after recovering from his knock, Theo Hernandez and Fikayo Tomori will be ahead of him, that much is guaranteed.

However, Matteo Gabbia could keep his place in the starting eleven and he will contest a place against Strahinja Pavlovic. Elsewhere, Emerson Royal is competing against Davide Calabria for the starting right-back position.

In midfield, there will be no shocks, and the trio should remain the same, the wingers will also keep their places.

Alvaro Morata currently is preferred to Tammy Abraham to lead the line, but Fonseca is still making a decision.

Probable Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Emerson, Tomori, Pavlovic, Theo Hernanez; Fofana, Loftus-Cheek; Pulisic, Reijnders, Leao; Morata.

Bench: Nava, Torriani, Calabria, Gabbia, Terracciano, Thiaw, Musah, Zeroli, Chukwueze, Okafor, Abraham