Inter coach Luciano Spalletti and his Fiorentina counterpart Stefano Pioli, have decided to start tonight’s Serie A fixture at the Stadio Artemio Franchi with the following 22 players when referee Paolo Valeri blows his whistle at 20.45 CET.

Spalletti has decided to make a few surprising changes such as benching Antonio Candreva and replacing him with Joao Mario on the right wing who is joined by his compatriot Joao Cancelo who plays on the right hand side of defence. Davide Santon starts to the left og the defence where Andrea Ranocchia and Milan Skriniar form a central defence partnership yet again.

Former Fiorentina players Matias Vecino and Borja Valero also start the match in the middle of the pitch together with Roberto Gagliardini whilst Mauro Icardi leads the Nerazzurri attack up front.

The line-ups: 

Fiorentina (4-3-3): 57 Sportiello; 2 Laurini, 20 Pezzella, 13 Astori, 3 Biraghi; 17 Veretout, 5 Badelj, 24 Benassi; 25 Chiesa, 9 Simeone, 77 Thereau.
Substitutes: 97 Dragowski, 22 Cerofolini, 31 Vitor Hugo, 4 Milenkovic, 15 Maxi Olivera, 6 Sanchez, 19 Cristoforo, 8 Saponara, 10 Eysseric, 27 Lo Faso, 28 Gil Dias, 30 Babacar.

Inter (4-2-3-1): 1 Handanovic; 7 Joao Cancelo, 13 Ranocchia, 37 Skriniar, 21 Santon; 11 Vecino, 5 Gagliardini; 10 Joao Mario, 20 Borja Valero, 44 Perisic; 9 Icardi.
Substitutes: 27 Padelli, 46 Berni, 98 Lombardoni, 55 Nagatomo, 29 Dalbert, 77 Brozovic, 87 Candreva, 17 Karamoh, 23 Eder.

Referee: Valeri.
Assistant referees: Giallatini and Dobosz.
Fourth Official: Pasqua.
VAR: Fabbri assisted by La Penna.