Antonio Conte rings the changes against Franck Ribery’s Fiorentina, as Christian Eriksen, Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez start, but Federico Chiesa is benched.
It kicks off at 20.45 UK time (19.45 GMT).
Antonio Conte rings the changes against Franck Ribery’s Fiorentina, as Christian Eriksen, Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez start, but Federico Chiesa is benched.
It kicks off at 20.45 UK time (19.45 GMT).
Matias Vecino is out for the rest of the season and Stefano Sensi still injured, but Lukaku returns to the starting XI after a muscular issue, so with Alexis Sanchez on fine form, it’s Lautaro Martinez who goes to the bench.
Eriksen was dropped several times recently, but gets his chance behind the strikers, after Marcelo Brozovic was preferred to him as trequartista in the 2-2 draw with Roma.
Brozovic is instead rested, with Roberto Gagliardini joining Nicolò Barella.
Fiorentina have rediscovered their form recently with back-to-back victories and are unbeaten in five rounds.
Goalkeeper Bartlomiej Dragowski is still nursing an injury, with Marco Benassi out for the rest of the season, so Pietro Terracciano is again in goal.
Ribery is passed fit to start despite the cramped fixture list, partnering Patrick Cutrone with Lorenzo Venuti and Inter-owned Dalbert out wide.
The big surprise is that Chiesa, who has been repeatedly linked with a move to Inter, is on the bench along with Erick Pulgar.
Inter: Handanovic; D'Ambrosio, De Vrij, Godin; Candreva, Barella, Gagliardini, Young; Eriksen; R Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez
Fiorentina: Terracciano; Milenkovic, Pezzella, Caceres; Venuti, Duncan, Badelj, Castrovilli, Dalbert; Cutrone, Ribery
Ref: Giacomelli