Ciro Immobile and Simone Zaza start in Italy’s first Euro 2016 qualifier away to Norway this evening.

Antonio Conte’s competitive debut kicks off in Oslo at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

These nations are in Group H along with Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia and Malta.

Ciro Immobile and Simone Zaza start in Italy’s first Euro 2016 qualifier away to Norway this evening.

Antonio Conte’s competitive debut kicks off in Oslo at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

These nations are in Group H along with Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia and Malta.

Mario Balotelli and Claudio Marchisio are suspended, while Giorgio Chiellini, Andrea Pirlo and Daniel Osvaldo are among those ruled out by injury.

Sassuolo striker Zaza and Borussia Dortmund’s Immobile impressed so much against the Netherlands that they have been kept together again for this game, only their second played as a pair.

Gigi Buffon and Alessandro Florenzi step in for Salvatore Sirigu and the banned Marchisio, but Matteo Darmian gets the nod ahead of Antonio Candreva.

The Azzurri have won on Norwegian soil only once, 3-1 in a May 1937 friendly, drawing twice and losing the other two games.

Italy reached the Euro 2012 Final, but Norway only reached this tournament once in 2000.

Conte’s men beat Holland 2-0 in a friendly on his debut last week, while Norway lost 1-0 in England held the United Arab Emirates to a 0-0 draw.

Norway: Nyland; Elabdellaoui, Nordtveit, Forren, Flo; Skjelbred, Johansen, Jenssen; King, Nielsen, Daehli

Norway bench: Jarstein, Hansen, Tettey, Kamara, T Elyounoussi, Semb Berge, Pedersen, Konradsen, Danielsen, Samuelsen, Hagen

Italy: Buffon; Ranocchia, Bonucci, Astori; Darmian, De Rossi, Giaccherini, Florenzi, De Sciglio; Zaza, Immobile

Italy bench: Sirigu, Perin, Ogbonna, Candreva, Maggio, Pasqual, Verratti, Poli, Parolo, Destro, El Shaarawy, Giovinco, Quagliarella

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