Inter coach Simone Inzaghi and his Empoli counterpart Paolo Zanetti have decided to field the following 22 players from start in tonight’s Match Day 12 Serie A clash at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan’s San Siro district, with kick-off scheduled for 20.45 CET.
The Nerazzurri coach has opted to make a couple changes to the team that beat city rivals AC Milan in the Supercoppa Italiana last week, with Stefan de Vrij and Joaquin Correa coming in for Francesco Acerbi and Edin Dzeko respectively.
Inter (3-5-2): Andre Onana; Milan Skriniar, Stefan de Vrij, Alessandro Bastoni; Matteo Darmian, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco; Joaquin Correa, Lautaro Martinez.
Substitutes: Alex Cordaz, Gabriel Brazao, Francesco Acerbi, Mattia Zanotti, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Denzel Dumfries, Raoul Bellanova, Robin Gosens, Kristjan Asllani, Dennis Curatolo, Roberto Gagliardini, Valentin Carboni, Edin Dzeko, Romelu Lukaku.
Coach: Simone Inzaghi.
Suspended: No one.
Injured and unavailable: Marcelo Brozovic and Samir Handanovic.
Empoli (4-3-2-1): Vicario; Ebuehi, De Winter, Luperto, Parisi; Akpa Akpro, Henderson, Bandinelli; Bajrami, Cambiaghi; Caputo.
Substitutes: Perisan, Ujkani, Walukiewicz, Stojanovic, Cacace, Fazzini, Guarino, Degli Innocenti, Haas, Baldanzi, Nabian, Satriano.
Coach: Zanetti.
Suspended: Marin (1 match).
Injured and unavailable: Destro, Tonelli, Ismajli, Grassi.
Referee: Andrea Rapuano.
Assistant referees: Berti and Scarpa.
Fourth official: Marcenaro.
VAR: Banti and Fourneau.
