By Goal.com News on Thursday, 05 November 2020
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LIVE: AC Milan vs Lille

15' The game is quite scrappy at the moment, with a few cheap fouls been given away as both teams battle for possession. It's still Milan who are dominating, but the pace is quite slow and they don't yet look like creating an opportunity in front of goal.

13' Decent effort! Krunic wins a Free-kick to Milan in a decent position in the Lille half and Tonali delivers it into the penalty area, which is met by the head of Ibrahimovic. However, his header lacks any pace to beat Maignan, who comfortably gathers.

11' Diaz has scored in each of his last two Europa League games for Milan, and could be the first player since teammate Ibrahimovic in 2011-12 (a run of five) to score in three consecutive games for the club in major European competition.

9' Both teams are unbeaten so far this season in their respective domestic leagues, so it could be a tight game between two strong and in form sides.

7' Milan take too long in clearing the ball as they try and play it out from the back and they get penned in by Lille, with Hernandez caught in possession and they then give away a corner. However, the set piece comes to nothing as Donnarumma gathers comfortably in the air.

5' Lille can't get a touch on the ball at the moment, they are camped inside their own half, but are playing a good high press which is preventing Milan from getting into their final third.

3' It's the hosts with the early possession here, keeping the ball well in the middle of the pitch and making Lille chase it around the field, with everyone back defending so far.

1' We're under way!

The teams are out on the pitch and kick-off is just a few minutes away, stay tuned for all of the match action!

Meanwhile the visitors have made four changes to their team, with Mandava, Araujo, Andre and Yilmaz missing out and they have been replaced in the side by Bradaric, Xeka, Yazici and David.

Milan have made five changes to the side that beat Udinese, with Calabria, Bennacer, Saelemaekers, Calhanoglu and Leao all dropping out of the starting XI and they have been replaced by Dalot, Tonali, Castillejo, Diaz and Krunic.

LILLE SUBS: Lucas Chevalier, Reinildo, Jeremy Pied, Boubakary Soumare, Orestis Karnezis, Burak Yilmaz, Timothy Weah, Adama Soumaoro, Tiago Djalo, Benjamin Andre, Isaac Lihadji, Cheikh Niasse.

LILLE (4-4-1-1): Mike Maignan; Zeki Celik, Sven Botman, Jose Fonte, Domagoj Bradaric; Jonathan Ikone, Xeka, Renato Sanches, Jonathan Bamba; Yusuf Yazici; Jonathan David.

MILAN SUBS: Antonio Donnarumma, Ante Rebic, Jens Hague, Pierre Kalulu Kyatengwa, Leo Duarte, Andrea Conti, Matteo Gabbia, Hakan Calhanoglu, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Rafael Leao, Daniel Maldini, Ismael Bennacer.

MILAN (4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Diogo Dalot, Simon Kjaer, Alessio Romagnoli, Theo Hernandez; Franck Kessie, Sandro Tonali; Samu Castillejo, Brahim Diaz, Rade Krunic; Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The French side are also without a loss in their domestic league, sitting second in Ligue 1, just two points behind PSG. However, they have drawn their last two games. Furthermore, Lille are unbeaten in their Europa League campaign as well, having beaten Sparta Prague 4-1 and drawn 2-2 against Celtic to sit on four points, just behind Milan in Group H.

Milan are unbeaten in their opening six Serie A games this season and top the table, having won five and drawn one fixture so far and they beat Udinese 2-1 at the weekend, thanks to goals from Franck Kessie and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. They are also fairing well in Europe, as they top Group H, following victories over Celtic and Sparta Prague, 3-1 and 3-0 respectively.

Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the Europa League clash between Milan and Lille at San Siro.

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