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Milan endured a frustrating start to its Serie A campaign with a 2-1 loss to Cremonese last time out.

The Rossoneri fired 24 shots – a total bettered only by Juventus on the opening weekend – yet left San Siro empty-handed.

Cremonese made the most of its limited chances, scoring twice from just three efforts on target, one of them a stunning strike by Federico Bonazzoli. Milan’s only reply came through a powerful Strahinja Pavlovic header, leaving Allegri’s men to reflect on wasted opportunities.

This summer brought a flurry of transfer activity and an early Coppa Italia victory over Bari. With Milan unbeaten in 14 matches against Lecce, including three straight wins, Allegri will be cautiously optimistic his side can continue in the same vein.

However, he is still unsure as to who will be in his starting XI come kick-off.

"We need to approach the game correctly and with great respect," Allegri said.

"They have great enthusiasm; they played a great match in Genoa. [Lecce coach, Eusebio] Di Francesco makes his teams play well. We need to get on par with the others and run like them. Then our technical qualities will emerge, and that’s where we need to improve.

"With work, we’ll focus more on defence. We’re working on it. We hope not to concede tomorrow, but the deficit of conceding too many goals can’t be overcome in a few weeks, but I’m sure we’ll overcome it.

"Against Cremonese, we created a lot and shot a lot. We conceded two crosses where we were well-positioned, but mistakes followed.

"We conceded two goals from the two mistakes we made in the ninety minutes. We need to lower our game, if not eliminate it entirely. I still don’t know who will play tomorrow."