Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi has decided to start Romelu Lukaku and Joaquin Correa up top, in tonight’s Serie A Match Day 34 clash against Roma at the Stadio Olimpico, with kick-off scheduled for 18.00 CET.
Cameroon goalkeeper André Onana starts in goal with Nerazzurri captain Samir Handanovic and Alex Cordaz both on the bench.
Federico Dimarco and Denzel Dumfries play on the wings whilst in defence it’s an all Italian back three with Matteo Darmian and Alessandro Bastoni starting on either side of Lazio owned central defender Francesco Acerbi.
In midfield, Croatian international Marcelo Brozovic starts in the middle of the park wearing the captain’s armband once more.
Flanking the Croatian, is Turkish international midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu and Italy international midfielder Nicolo Barella.
Up front, Argentina international forward Joaquin Correa returns to the lineup, and is partnered up top by all-time Belgian national team goalscorer Romelu Lukaku.
Milan Skriniar is still not even on the bench due to injury problems, and Robin Gosens is out for another week or two after dislocating his shoulder in the 3-1 win over Lazio last weekend.
Danilo D’Ambrosio has also been left out of the squad after suffering a minor injury in the 6-0 thrashing of Hellas Verona midweek.
Official Starting Lineups Roma Vs Inter Milan
Roma (3-5-1-1): Rui Patricio; Gianluca Mancini, Bryan Cristante, Roger Ibañez; Nicola Zalewski, Edoardo Bove, Nemanja Matic, Mady Camara, Leonardo Spinazzola; Lorenzo Pellegrini (C); Andrea Belotti.
Substitutes: Mile Svilar, Pietro Boer, Dimitrios Keramitsis, Filippo Missori, Chris Smalling, Diego Llorente, Ola Solbakken, Benjamin Tahirovic, Georginio Wijnaldum, Niccolo Pisilli, Matteo Falasca, Cristian Volpato, Paulo Dybala, Stephan El Shaarawy, Tammy Abraham.
Coach: Jose Mourinho.
Suspended: Zeki Celik (1 match).
Injured and unavailable: Rick Karsdorp, Marash Kumbulla, and Ebrima Darboe.
Inter (3-5-2): André Onana; Matteo Darmian, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni; Denzel Dumfries, Nicolo Barella, Marcelo Brozovic (C), Hakan Calhanoglu, Federico Dimarco; Joaquin Correa, Romelu Lukaku.
Substitutes: Alex Cordaz, Samir Handanovic, Stefan de Vrij, Alessandro Fontanarosa, Raoul Bellanova, Mattia Zanotti, Kristjan Asllani, Roberto Gagliardini, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Valentin Carboni, Lautaro Martinez, Edin Dzeko.
Coach: Simone Inzaghi.
Suspended: No-one.
Injured and unavailable: Milan Skriniar, Danilo D’Ambrosio and Robin Gosens.
Referee: Fabio Maresca.
Assistant referees: Davide Imperiale and Marco Bresmes.
Fourth Official: Andrea Colombo.
VAR: Aleandro Di Paolo and Giacomo Paganessi.
