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AC Milan vs Liverpool confirmed line-ups: Team news ahead of Champions League fixture tonight

Divock Origi (right) celebrates his late Liverpool winner at Wolves with team-mates Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah (Nigel French/PA Images). (PA Wire)
Divock Origi (right) celebrates his late Liverpool winner at Wolves with team-mates Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah (Nigel French/PA Images). (PA Wire)

Liverpool enjoy a rare Champions League match without considerable pressure after already clinching first from Group B above Porto, AC Milan and Atletico Madrid.

The Italians will hope to capitalise on a lack of desperation from the Premier League outfit and hope that Porto fail to win in the other match.

FOLLOW LIVE: Team news and all the action as Liverpool face Milan in the Champions League

The first match between the sides at Anfield saw the Reds edge a 3-2 win with plenty of thrills and spills,.

And the match concluded with Jordan Henderson’s stunner, but Milan showed great promise in that game, which should hand them confidence in their last-ditch attempt to advance to the round of 16.

Here’s everything you need to know about the fixture at the San Siro in Milan:

When is it?

The game will kick-off at 8pm on Tuesday, 7 December at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as the San Siro, Milan.

How can I watch?

The match will be available to watch on BT Sport 2, coverage starts at 7:45pm. Subscribers can stream the match via the BT Sport app.

Confirmed line-ups

AC Milan predicted XI: Maignan; Kalulu, Tomori, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Kessie, Tonali; Messias, Diaz, Krunic; Ibrahimovic

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Williams, Konate, Phillips, Tsimikas; Morton, Minamino, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Salah, Origi, Mane

Odds

AC Milan: 11/10

Draw: 31/10

Liverpool: 13/5

Prediction

Liverpool will rotate heavily here, having already wrapped up top spot in Group B, and Milan are desperate for a result here to either secure third and a path to the Europa League or second ahead of Porto, who have a one point advantage over both the Italians and Atletico Madrid. We’ll lean towards a narrow home win given the desperation to qualify. 2-1.

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