Serie A fixtures: Potential for AC Milan nightmare October as Bonucci faces pre-Halloween Juve reunion
AC Milan face a tricky October in which Leonardo Bonucci will meet his former employers Juventus.
The credentials of a new-look AC Milan side will be tested severely in October, which sees Vincenzo Montella's men face Roma and Inter before Leonardo Bonucci renews acquaintances with Juventus.
Milan have enjoyed a big-spending transfer window, with the likes of Lucas Biglia and Andre Silva joining the team alongside the headline addition of Italy centre-back Bonucci, who left the champions for San Siro this month.
Bonucci will face his former team-mates on October 29, but not before Milan host last year's runners-up Roma and take on arch-rivals Inter, with games against Genoa and Chievo also preceding the visit of Serie A's dominant force.
That run of fixtures follows what looks a manageable start to the new campaign. Milan open the season at Crotone and Lazio figure to be their toughest test in the first six matchdays.
Napoli welcome Milan to the Stadio San Paolo on November 19, with last term's surprise package Atalanta and Fiorentina providing the Rossoneri with a tricky end to the calendar year.
The same two clubs form Milan's opposition for the final fixtures of the season, but a run of games in which they take on Roma, Inter, Juventus and Napoli in the space of seven weeks from February to mid-April looks likely to have a bigger bearing on their hopes of a return to the Champions League.
Il 20 Agosto partirà la #SerieATIM 2017/2018: ecco il calendario completo della nuova stagione! pic.twitter.com/gokD6gGQjX
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AC Milan's 2017-18 Serie A fixtures in full:
Matchday 1 - 20/08/2017 - Crotone v AC Milan Matchday 2 - 27/08/2017 - AC Milan v Cagliari Matchday 3 - 10/09/2017 - Lazio v AC Milan Matchday 4 - 17/09/2017 - AC Milan v Udinese Matchday 5 - 20/09/2017 - AC Milan v Spal Matchday 6 - 24/09/2017 - Sampdoria v AC Milan Matchday 7 - 01/10/2017 - AC Milan v Roma Matchday 8 - 15/10/2017 - Inter v AC Milan Matchday 9 - 22/10/2017 - AC Milan v Genoa Matchday 10 - 25/10/2017 - Chievo v AC Milan Matchday 11 - 29/10/2017 - AC Milan v Juventus Matchday 12 - 5/11/2017 - Sassuolo v AC Milan Matchday 13 - 19/11/2017 - Napoli v AC Milan Matchday 14 - 26/11/2017 - AC Milan v Torino Matchday 15 - 03/12/2017 - Benevento v AC Milan Matchday 16 - 10/12/2017 - AC Milan v Bologna Matchday 17 - 17/12/2017 - Verona v AC Milan Matchday 18 - 23/12/2017 - AC Milan v Atalanta Matchday 19 - 30/12/2017 - Fiorentina v AC Milan Matchday 20 - 06/01/2018 - AC Milan v Crotone Matchday 21 - 21/01/2018 - Cagliari v AC Milan Matchday 22 - 28/01/2018 - AC Milan v Lazio Matchday 23 - 04/02/2018 - Udinese v AC Milan Matchday 24 - 11/02/2018 - Spal v AC Milan Matchday 25 - 18/02/2018 - AC Milan v Sampdoria Matchday 26 - 25/02/2018 - Roma v AC Milan Matchday 27 - 04/03/2018 - AC Milan v Inter Matchday 28 - 11/03/2018 - Genoa v AC Milan Matchday 29 - 18/03/2018 - AC Milan v Chievo Matchday 30 - 31/03/2018 - Juventus v AC Milan Matchday 31 - 08/04/2018 - AC Milan v Sassuolo Matchday 32 - 15/04/2018 - AC Milan v Napoli Matchday 33 - 18/04/2018 - Torino v AC Milan Matchday 34 - 22/04/2018 - AC Milan v Benevento Matchday 35 - 29/04/2018 - Bologna v AC Milan Matchday 36 - 06/05/2018 - AC Milan v Verona Matchday 37 - 13/05/2018 - Atalanta v AC Milan Matchday 38 - 20/05/2018 - AC Milan v Fiorentina