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CM: How should Milan and Barcelona line up in the Baltimore friendly?

AC Milan will wrap up their US tour tomorrow night when they host Barcelona in Baltimore, and some team news has come from training.

Paulo Fonseca’s Rossoneri will face Hansi Flick’s Barcelona at the M&T Bank Stadium as they look to secure victory in the Football Champions Tour.

Milan beat Manchester City (3-2, two goals from Lorenzo Colombo and one from Marco Nasti) and Real Madrid (1-0, the winning goal from Samuel Chukwueze) and are chasing three from three against the Blaugrana.

Calciomercato.com predicts the lineups for both teams. Fonseca is expected to field Luka Jovic at forward, Samuel Chukwueze and Alexis Saelemaekers on the wings and Christian Pulisic at number 10.

Ismael Bennacer and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are expected to operate as double pivots, while Davide Calabria and Filippo Terracciano are expected to line up either side of Fikayo Tomori and Malick Thiaw, with Thiaw expected to operate as a centre-back ahead of Lorenzo Torriani in goal.

Milan will play their final match in the US before returning to Italy to prepare for their final Silvio Berlusconi Cup friendly against Monza at the San Siro (August 13, 21:00 CEST). The season kicks off against Torino on Saturday, August 17 at 20:45 CEST.

Predicted Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Ter Stegen; Valle, Christensen, Martinez, Baldé; Casado, Bernal; Victor, Pablo Torre, Hernandez; Lewandowski.

Prediction Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Torriani; Calabria, Tomori, Thiaw, Terracciano; Bennacer, Loftus-Cheek; Chukwueze, Pulisic, Saelemaekers; Jovic.