Inter open their Europa League group campaign in Kiev against Dnipro with Mauro Icardi and Fredy Guarin.

It kicks off at 18.00 UK time (17.00 GMT) and is hosted in Ukraine despite concerns over the unstable political situation in the country.

Inter open their Europa League group campaign in Kiev against Dnipro with Mauro Icardi and Fredy Guarin.

It kicks off at 18.00 UK time (17.00 GMT) and is hosted in Ukraine despite concerns over the unstable political situation in the country.

The Nerazzurri reached this stage through the preliminary rounds and they are in Group F along with St-Etienne and Qarabag.

Inter are unbeaten against Ukrainian clubs, but Walter Mazzarri has bad experiences against their sides from his time at Sampdoria and Napoli.

Indeed, it was current Dnipro Coach Myron Markevich who knocked Mazzarri’s Sampdoria out of the UEFA Cup Round of 32 at the helm of Metalist Kharkiv in 2008-09.

Fiorentina won 2-1 here last season, but since then Dnipro have amassed four wins and a draw on home turf.

Mateo Kovacic has been on stunning form and scored in Sunday’s 7-0 Serie A victory over Sassuolo, but is ruled out with a bruised foot.

Gary Medel is suspended and Jonathan not 100 per cent fit, but Fredy Guarin is thrown back into the starting XI in a more advanced role behind hat-trick hero Icardi.

Dnipro must do without Matheus, but Ruslan Rotan and Roman Zozulya recover to start.

Dnipro: Boyko; Fedetskiy, Mazuch, Douglas, Strinic; Rotan, Kankava, Kravchenko; Bruno Gama, Konoplyanka; Zozulya

Dnipro bench: Lastuvka, Luchkevych, Cheberyachko, Shakhov, Politylo, N Kalinic

Inter: Handanovic; Campagnaro, Vidic, Juan Jesus; D’Ambrosio, Hernanes, M’Vila, Kuzmanovic, Dodò; Guarin; Icardi

Inter bench: Carrizo, Jonathan, Andreolli, Ranocchia, Obi, Osvaldo, Palacio

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