Referee Simone Sozza has been appointed to be in charge of Saturday evening’s Serie A derby clash between Inter Milan and AC Milan.

The Lega Serie A have confirmed a complete list of the officials on duty for the fixture, via FCInterNews.

This weekend, Inter are returning from the international break.

And the Nerazzurri’s first match back is a massive one. The Nerazzurri will face AC Milan in the first Milan derby of the season.

Inter are nominally the home side in the match that will be held as usual at the San Siro, at 18.30 CET on Saturday.

Heading into Saturday’s match, Inter still have a perfect record in Serie A from their first three matches of the season.

The Nerazzurri beat Monza and Cagliari by 2-0 scorelines. This was followed by a 4-0 demolition of Fiorentina just before the break.

Meanwhile, the Rossoneri have also managed a perfect record, the only other team to do so in the Italian top flight. Milan beat the likes of Bologna, Torino, and Roma.

The Nerazzurri are making no effort to hide the fact that the Serie A title is their goal.

And this weekend’s derby could already be an early title-decider, between the two early front-runners.

Last season, Inter and Milan faced each other on five separate occasions.

The Rossoneri won the first derby, a 3-2 thriller. Then Inter got revenge in the Supercoppa Italiana, thrashing their city rivals 3-0.

In the return leg in the league, Inter won 1-0. Then, Inter won both legs of the Champions League semifinal tie.

Now, the two derby rivals resume hostilities for another season, and with a sense that both are standing in each other’s way for the Serie A title.

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The referee for Sunday’s match will be Simone Sozza.

Assisting Sozza in his duties will be Ciro Carbone and Alessandro Gialliatini.

The role of the fourth official, meanwhile, will fall to Marco Guida.

In the VAR booth, Aleandro Di Paolo will oversee the match to ensure to correct any errors by the on-pitch officials.

Assisting Di Paolo in his duties will be Marco Piccinini.

Inter will be hoping that the focus stays on the action on the pitch rather than refereeing controversy.