Team News: M'Baye Niang starts for AC Milan

Massimiliano Allegri has handed a starting role to young forward M'Baye Niang for this evening's trip to Sampdoria.

The 18-year-old, who was on trial with Premier League side Everton before joining the Rossoneri, starts alongside Bojan and Stephan El Shaarawy.

The hosts also have a youngster starting in attack in the form of 19-year-old Argentine Mauro Icardi, signed from Barcelona in January 2011.

Sampdoria: Romero; Gastaldello, Palombo, Costa; De Silvestri, Obiang, Kristicic, Poli, Estigarribia; Icardi, Eder

Milan: Abbiati; De Sciglio, Zapata, Mexes, Constant; Montolivo, Ambrosini, Boateng; Niang, Bojan, El Shaarawy