Barcelona vs AC Milan: Live Stream, TV Channels, Team News & Preview

Barcelona will wrap up their United States tour with a match against Italian giants AC Milan in Maryland.

Hansi Flick's men have looked strong in preseason so far as the Spanish side remain unbeaten after they drew to Manchester City before beating arch-rivals Real Madrid.

AC Milan began their Serie A preparations with a tie but have secured victories in their last two games against Man City and Madrid.

The Sporting News takes a look at how the two sides could line up.

Team News

Barcelona will continue to be without their Olympic trio, Fermin Lopez, Pau Cubarsi, and Eric Garcia. Meanwhile, Euro 2024 winners Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres are still enjoying their well-deserved break, and semi-finalist Jules Kounde is back in training.

Barca are currently dealing with several injuries: Ronald Araujo, Pedri, Gavi, Frenkie de Jong and Ansu Fati are all currently sidelined along with young striker Vitor Roque who is recovering from an ankle injury.

Oriol Romeu has left the camp to finalize his return to Girona, however, manager Flick could still bolster the midfield with the return of Ilkay Gundogan.

Barcelona predicted XI (4-2-3-1 right to left): Ter Stegen (GK) — Fort, Christensen, Martinez, Balde — Casado, Gundogan — Victor, Torre, Raphinha — Lewandowski.

Injured: Ronald Araujo, Pedri, Gavi, Frenkie de Jong, Ansu Fati, Vitor Roque.Suspended: N/A

New signing Strahinja Pavlovic may also miss out on his debut due to fitness concerns, while right-back Alessandro Florenzi recently underwent surgery for an ACL injury and is expected to be out for several months.

Milan have welcomed Euro 2024 stars Tijjani Reijnders, Mike Maignan, and Theo Hernandez back to their training base on, however, the trio will not participate in the match against Barcelona as they continue recover in Italy. Midfielder Ismael Bennacer is reportedly training individually in the USA.

Despite these setbacks, there is good news for manager Fonseca, as Portuguese winger Rafael Leao is expected to return to play on Tuesday.

AC Milan predicted XI (4-2-3-1 right to left): Torriani (GK) — Calabria, Tomori, Thiaw, Jimenez — Loftus-Cheek, Pobega, Musah — Chukwueze, Jovic, Leao.

Injured: Strahinja Pavlovic, Alessandro Florenzi, Ismael Bennacer (doubt)Suspended: N/A

How to watch Barcelona vs AC Milan live stream

The Barcelona vs AC Milan live stream sees new Barca coach Hansi Flick face off against new Milan coach Paulo Fonseca for the very first time in this pre-season clash — and you can watch it from anywhere with a VPN.

The Barcelona vs AC Milan live stream takes place today, August 6.

► Time: 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT / 12:30 a.m. BST (Aug. 7) / 9:30 a.m. AEST (Aug. 7)

• U.S. — Watch on ESPN Plus

• U.K. — Watch on Premier Sports

• AUS — Watch on Paramount Plus

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Where to watch the Barcelona vs AC Milan match

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Team News: AC Milan

AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca has named the starting line-up for the final Soccer Champions Tour game against FC Barcelona, and it remains fairly consistent from the Real Madrid game.

Tonight’s game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore is the final commitment in the USA for Milan, who will then return to Italy and prepare for the last friendly against Monza at San Siro in the Silvio Berlusconi Trophy (August 13, 21:00 CEST). The season gets underway on Saturday August 17 at 20:45 CEST against Torino.

Fonseca has named Lorenzo Torriani in goal once again with Marco Sportiello injured and Mike Maignan still in Italy, while Fikayo Tomori, Malick Thiaw and Filippo Terracciano are in the back four. Alexis Saelemaekers is in the team and looks like being the right-back.

Yunus Musah and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are in the midfield double pivot allowing Christian Pulisic to play in a more advanced central role, with Samuel Chukwueze on his right and Rafael Leao on the other flank. Luka Jovic has been given the nod to start up front.

Official Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Torriani; Saelemaekers, Tomori, Thiaw, Terracciano; Musah, Loftus-Cheek; Chukwueze, Pulisic, Leao; Jovic.

Bench: Ravyere, Nava, Calabria, Bennacer, Kalulu, Okafor, Zeroli, Jimenez, Liberali, Pobega, Gabbia, Camarda, Cuenca, Adli.

Team News: Barcelona

Official Barcelona (4-3-3): Ter Stegen, Álex Valle, Sergi Domínguez, Lenglet, Gerard Martín; Christensen, Casadó, Gündogan; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Pau Víctor.

Bench: Araujo, Balde, Martinez, Torre, G. Fernandez, Darvich, Pena, Bernal, Roque, Junyent, Fort, Kounde, Faye, Aga, T. Fernandez, Olmedo, Cuenca, Kochen.