- AC Milan vs Liverpool will take place on Tuesday 17 September.
- The match will be staged at San Siro Stadium.
The stage is set for a blockbuster UEFA Champions League encounter between AC Milan and Liverpool on Tuesday night at the historic San Siro Stadium.
The two familiar foes will meet for the first time in the tournament since the 2021/22 season where the English Premier League representatives bagged all six points in the group stage showdown.
AC Milan prepared for the tie with a comfortable 4-0 win over Venezia in a Serie A match that was played on Saturday.
The Rossoneri took only 29 minutes to dismantle a helpless Venezia side with the goals coming courtesy of speedy Portuguese winger Rafael Leao, Youssouf Fofana, Christian Pulisic and Theo Hernandez.
Head coach Paulo Fonseca will be hoping that impressive performance motivates his charges to take down Liverpool.
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On the other hand, the Reds head to Italy seeking to bounce back from a narrow 1-0 Premier League defeat in the hands of Nottingham Forest over the weekend.
Liverpool had a lot of chances to take control of the game, but they were not clinical enough in front of goal and former Chelsea forward Callum Hudson-Odoi made them pay for wastefulness with 18 minutes remaining to the end of the match with a sublime strike.
Here are the key details you need to understand ahead of the upcoming tie.
What time does AC Milan vs Liverpool start?
The match is scheduled to kick off at 21:00 CET on Tuesday.
AC Milan vs Liverpool Team News
The hosts will open their Champions League campaign without a number of their players due to injury-related reasons.
Alessandro Florenzi (ACL), Malick Thiaw (ankle), Ismael Bennacer (ankle) and Marco Sportiello (ligament) are all expected to miss the match.
Meanwhile, although Alvaro Morata is available for selection, Fonseca is likely to start Tammy Abraham as his main striker.
As for Liverpool, most of their stars except Harvey Elliott (foot) are fit and available for selection.
Mohamed Salah, Allison Becker and Trent Alexander Arnold are likely to start the match, with new signing Federico Chiesa also in contention.
Possible Starting Lineups
AC Milan: Maignan, Hernandez, Gabbia, Pavlovic, Emerson, Fofana, Reijnders, Ruben, Leao, Pulisic, Abraham
Liverpool: Becker, Trent, Van Dijk, Konate, Robertson, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Endo, Gakpo, Salah, Nunez
AC Milan vs Liverpool Head-to-head
AC Milan and Liverpool have played each other four times in the UEFA Champions League since 2005 with the latter picking up three victories. None of those matches ended in a draw.
AC Milan: 1
Draw: 0
Liverpool: 3
AC Milan vs Liverpool Current Form
AC Milan: WDLDW
Liverpool: DWWWL
AC Milan vs Liverpool Prediction
Although Liverpool have registered two consecutive victories against AC Milan in the competition in recent years, they are expected to struggle to break down the hosts on because of the home advantage.
However, they have players like Salah, who can change the outcome of a match at any moment, and few fitness concerns, hence they are likely to return from Italy with something.
Therefore, football fans should get ready for a scintillating game of football in which the two sides may share spoils.