Inter coach Luciano Spalletti and his counterpart at Benevento Roberto De Zerbi have decided to field the following 22 players in tonight’s Serie A fixture at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milano’s San Siro district with kick-off scheduled at 20.45 CET.
Nerazzurri captain Mauro Icardi will start on the bench tonight as Spalletti does not feel he has fully recovered from his injury and does not wish to risk him meaning that Eder starts up front for the fourth match in a row. The former Sampdoria striker is flanked by Ivan Perisic who returns from his injury with Antonio Candreva on the other flank.
January signing Rafinha is however set to make his starting debut for Inter since joining the club from Barcelona as Andrea Ranocchia will captain the team for the second match in a row.
Official line-ups:
Inter (4-2-3-1): 1 Handanovic; 7 Cancelo, 13 Ranocchia, 37 Skriniar, 33 D’Ambrosio; 11 Vecino, 5 Gagliardini; 87 Candreva, 8 Rafinha, 44 Perisic; 23 Eder.
Substitutes: 27 Padelli, 89 Pissardo, 25 Miranda, 2 Lisandro Lopez, 21 Santon, 29 Dalbert, 20 Borja Valero, 77 Brozovic, 17 Karamoh, 99 Pinamonti, 9 Icardi.
Benevento (4-3-3): 81 Puggioni; 3 Letizia, 6 Djimsiti, 16 Tosca, 83 Sagna; 99 Brignola, 30 Sandro, 14 Viola; 66 Guilherme, 11 Coda, 31 Djuricic.
Substitutes: 22 Brignoli, 29 Billong, 18 Gyamfi, 23 Venuti, 8 Cataldi, 4 Del Pinto, 20 Memushaj, 26 Parigini, 87 Lombardi, 33 Iemmello, 25 Diabaté.
