Torino vs AC Milan - prediction, team news, lineups

Following their precocious implosion past season, AC Milan indispensable present look to rebuild nether caller management, and their caller Serie A run volition commencement with Sunday's travel to Torino. 

It has been a summertime of alteration successful the reddish fractional of Milan, truthful Ruben Amorim's new-look broadside volition purpose to impressment successful Turin.

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Soon aft the precocious of doing a derby treble implicit Inter for the archetypal clip since 2011, Milan's 2025-26 play wholly collapsed portion their aged foes comfortably claimed the Scudetto.

Six defeats from their past 10 league games saw the Rossoneri miss retired connected qualifying for the Champions League, sparking an instant cull of the club's management.

With Max Allegri's 2nd spell abruptly ended aft conscionable 1 year, Amorim was hired to crook things around, allied to galore changes successful some the squad and the boardroom.

The ex-Manchester United brag started disconnected with a 2-2 gully against Celtic, earlier playing retired a stalemate with Inter successful Australia, past losing to Chelsea and beating United.

Amorim utilized those friendlies to finesse his much-discussed tactics and integrate caller players specified arsenic club-record bargain Goncalo Ramos, but the superior enactment begins connected Sunday.

Despite their decline, Milan really won 11 of 19 top-flight distant games past term, including a melodramatic comeback to bushed Torino 3-2 - Amorim volition beryllium hopeless for a akin effect this weekend.

Though Torino person mislaid conscionable 2 of their past 13 location matches against Milan, 1 was an disfigured 7-0 thrashing and the different was that clash past December. 

Until Roberto D'Aversa stepped successful arsenic interim manager a fewer weeks later, Toro had a dismal location record, but helium yet turned things astir and kept them harmless from relegation.

Ending with a derby gully against Juventus connected the last matchday, they were unbeaten successful their past six fixtures astatine Stadio Olimpico Grande, picking up 14 points and scoring astatine slightest doubly connected each occasion.

The Granata yet finished 12th, but D'Aversa walked distant and caller brag Ignazio Abate has been near to repair what was the league's second-worst defence.

After beating Burnley astatine the commencement of August, his squad defeated Vado and Avellino successful their last pre-season friendlies, earlier booking a location necktie successful circular 2 of the Coppa Italia.

Having seen disconnected Carrarese past week, Torino volition soon big Monza successful the cup, but Abate indispensable archetypal look his aged nine connected Serie A's opening matchday.

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Summer signings Diego Moreira, Mario Gila and Ramos should each beryllium disposable to marque their Milan debut, with the second acceptable to commencement up front.

Across 3 seasons with Paris Saint-Germain, Ramos registered a extremity ratio of 1 each 120 minutes, truthful helium volition beryllium expected to fare amended than Christopher Nkunku and Santi Gimenez, the second of whom is presently injured.

Albeit good beneath his best, Rafael Leao was inactive the Rossoneri's apical scorer past word with 9 goals, but the winger is presently struggling with a muscular occupation and could beryllium heading for the exit.

After agreeing to enactment different year, seasoned schemer Luka Modric volition propulsion the strings successful Amorim's favoured 3-4-2-1 formation.

Former Milan defender Abate whitethorn prime a akin setup for Torino, having done truthful against Carrarese successful the Coppa Italia and astir of pre-season.

Ex-Ajax midfielder Kian Fitz-Jim could marque his Serie A debut; aft impressing connected indebtedness astatine Juve Stabia, Italy Under-21s wing-back Alessio Cacciamani is besides successful contention, but caller lad Eray Comert indispensable service a suspension.

Giovanni Simeone - who top-scored with 11 league goals successful 2025-26 - volition vie with Che Adams, Duvan Zapata and Sandro Kulenovic to pb Toro's attack, though Zapata is simply a flimsy fittingness doubt.

Torino imaginable starting lineup:

Mascardi; Comuzzo, Coco, Ismajli; Pedersen, Fitz-Jim, Gineitis, Cacciamani; Vlasic, Casadei; Simeone

AC Milan imaginable starting lineup:

Maignan; De Winter, Gila, Pavlovic; Chukwueze, Modric, Rabiot, Bartesaghi; Loftus-Cheek, Saelemaekers; Ramos

We say: Torino 1-1 AC Milan

After a gyration successful presumption of absorption and tactics, Amorim's Milan volition surely instrumentality immoderate clip to find their feet.

Torino are besides taking a hazard by appointing Abate, but helium tin prime up a constituent against his aged nine this week.

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