Italy start Emerson Palmieri, Federico Chiesa, Andrea Belotti and Lorenzo Insigne in their Euro 2020 qualifier against Greece.

It kicks off in Athens at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

You can follow the build-up and action as it happens while giving your views on the LIVEBLOG.

The Azzurri have a perfect record in qualifying so far, beating Finland 2-0 and Liechtenstein 6-0, while they are seeking a sixth consecutive clean sheet.

Italy start Emerson Palmieri, Federico Chiesa, Andrea Belotti and Lorenzo Insigne in their Euro 2020 qualifier against Greece.

It kicks off in Athens at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

You can follow the build-up and action as it happens while giving your views on the LIVEBLOG.

The Azzurri have a perfect record in qualifying so far, beating Finland 2-0 and Liechtenstein 6-0, while they are seeking a sixth consecutive clean sheet.

Greece sit in second place, having defeated Liechtenstein and held Bosnia-Herzegovina to a creditable 2-2 away draw.

Cristiano Biraghi and Gianluigi Donnarumma are carrying injuries, so Salvatore Sirigu is in goal with Chelsea full-back Emerson Palmieri on the left.

Jorginho also represents Europa League winners Chelsea in midfield with PSG’s Marco Verratti and imminent Inter signing Nicolò Barella.

Roberto Mancini kept his options open in attack and was expected to start Fabio Quagliarella, flanked by Federico Chiesa and Federico Bernardeschi.

However, he pulled a surprise with Torino striker Belotti and Napoli’s Lorenzo Insigne.

Ciro Immobile, Nicolò Zaniolo and Stephan El Shaarawy do not even have a spot on the bench.

Greece are above all strong in defence and can rely on Roma rock Kostas Manolas with Arsenal’s Sokratis Papastathopoulos.

It’s a 3-5-2 formation with Giorgos Masouras and Dimitris Kolovos upfront, but Kostas Fortounis is invited to push forward from midfield.

Greece: Barkas; Papastathopoulos, Manolas, Siovas; Stafylidis, Fortounis, Kourbelis, Zeca, Samaris; Masouras, Kolovos

Greece bench: Vlachodimos, Paschalakis, Kotsiras, Durmishaj, Siopis, Koulouris, Pelkas, Bakasetas, Valerianos, Mavrias, Mantalos, Koutris

Italy: Sirigu; Florenzi, Bonucci, Chiellini, Emerson; Barella, Jorginho, Verratti; Chiesa, Belotti, Insigne

Italy bench: Cragno, Gollini, De Sciglio, Mancini, Lo Pellegrini, Kean, Romagnoli, Sensi, Pavoletti, Bernardeschi, Quagliarella, Cristante

Ref: Taylor (ENG)

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