Bournemouth v AC Milan: Confirmed team news and lineups

UEFA Europa League, League Stage – 3

Bournemouth BOU

22/10/2026 20:00

AC Milan MIL

Vitality Stadium

Vassilis Fotias

It must be one of the biggest nights in Bournemouth’s history as Italian giants AC Milan are in town for the Europa League clash.

Milan have won the Champions League seven times while the Cherries were down in League Two as recently as 2010.

Their remarkable rise has led to European football and Marco Rose will be hoping to engineer a famous win on the south coast.

Milan are not the force they were but still sit fourth in Serie A, though rather incredibly have won just two of their 22 away major European matches in England.

Here’s how the sides line up.

Team News for Bournemouth v AC Milan

Bournemouth boss Rose is still without Julián Araújo, Veljko Milosavljević, Alex Scott and Eli Junior Kroupi.

Ben Gannon-Doak was left out of Bournemouth’s original Europa League squad, but he was brought in after Kroupi’s ankle injury and starts, while Michele Di Gregorio starts in goal

19-year-old Alphadjo Cissé is joint-top of the Europa League scoring charts after his hat-trick for Milan in Salzburg and starts, while Diego Moreira comes in for Ruben Amorim’s men.

Filippo Terracciano is suspended but England internationals Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Fikayo Tomori are both in.

Bournemouth XI: Michele Di Gregorio, Adrien Truffert, António Silva, James Hill, Bafodé Diakité, Ben Gannon-Doak, Tyler Adams, Ryan Christie, Marcus Tavernier, Justin Kluivert, Evanilson

AC Milan XI: Mike Maignan, Strahinja Pavlovic, Koni De Winter, Fikayo Tomori, Pervis Estupiñán, Ardon Jashari, Yunus Musah, Omari Hutchinson, Diego Moreira, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Alphadjo Cisse

Where to Watch Bournemouth v AC Milan: TV and online streams

Bournemouth versus AC Milan kicks off at 8pm BST on Thursday, October 22 at the Vitality Stadium.

The match is live on TNT Sports in the UK. In the US, it’s on Paramount+ at 3pm ET.

For a full list of global broadcasters, click HERE.

UEFA Europa League 2026

World

#	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Last 2
1	Juventus	2	2	0	0	7	1	6	6	W W
2	Bayer Leverkusen	2	2	0	0	6	0	6	6	W W
3	Benfica	2	2	0	0	6	1	5	6	W W
4	Beşiktaş	2	2	0	0	7	3	4	6	W W
5	Bournemouth	2	2	0	0	5	1	4	6	W W
6	Omonia Nicosia	2	2	0	0	4	0	4	6	W W
7	Ferencvarosi TC	2	2	0	0	5	2	3	6	W W
8	Lyon	2	2	0	0	5	3	2	6	W W
9	Sunderland	2	2	0	0	3	1	2	6	W W
10	Olympiakos Piraeus	2	2	0	0	3	1	2	6	W W
11	Sparta Praha	2	1	1	0	5	2	3	4	D W
12	Union St. Gilloise	2	1	1	0	4	1	3	4	D W
13	Rennes	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	4	W D
14	Dinamo Zagreb	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	4	W D
15	Crystal Palace	2	1	0	1	6	3	3	3	L W
16	AC Milan	2	1	0	1	4	2	2	3	W L
17	Jagiellonia	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	3	W L
18	OFI	2	1	0	1	3	2	1	3	L W
19	Torreense	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	L W
20	AZ Alkmaar	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	W L
21	Red Bull Salzburg	2	1	0	1	1	4	-3	3	L W
22	Real Sociedad	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1	D L
23	Lillestrom	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1	D L
24	Levski Sofia	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1	D L
25	Hapoel Beer Sheva	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1	L D
26	Sturm Graz	2	0	1	1	0	3	-3	1	L D
27	NEC Nijmegen	2	0	1	1	1	6	-5	1	D L
28	Celta Vigo	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0	L L
29	Anderlecht	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0	L L
30	1899 Hoffenheim	2	0	0	2	2	5	-3	0	L L
31	Plzen	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0	L L
32	Marseille	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0	L L
33	Celtic	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0	L L
34	Ararat-Armenia	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0	L L
35	Celje	2	0	0	2	0	5	-5	0	L L
36	Lech Poznan	2	0	0	2	0	8	-8	0	L L

• Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 : Promotion – Europa League (Play Offs: 1/8-finals)
• Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 : Promotion – Europa League (Play Offs: 1/16-finals)