Andrea Pirlo, Simone Zaza and Ciro Immobile start tonight in Italy’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Azerbaijan.

It kicks off at the Stadio Barbera in Palermo at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT) and follows on from their 2-0 win away to Norway.

The Azzurri will travel to Malta for Monday evening’s Group H match.

Andrea Pirlo, Simone Zaza and Ciro Immobile start tonight in Italy’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Azerbaijan.

It kicks off at the Stadio Barbera in Palermo at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT) and follows on from their 2-0 win away to Norway.

The Azzurri will travel to Malta for Monday evening’s Group H match.

Pirlo had announced his retirement from international duty after the World Cup in Brazil, but changed his mind when ex-Juventus Coach Antonio Conte took charge.

As Daniele De Rossi, Marco Verratti and Giacomo Bonaventura are injured, Pirlo is thrown straight back into the starting XI for his 113th cap.

Daniel Osvaldo and Thiago Motta were also forced to pull out of the squad this week.

Zaza of Sassuolo and Borussia Dortmund hitman Immobile again form the front two, but Southampton striker Graziano Pellè is on the bench and could get his senior Italy debut.

Mario Balotelli was again left out, as Coach Conte favours players with a strong work-rate.

There were doubts over the wing-backs, but Matteo Darmian and Mattia De Sciglio won out over Antonio Candreva and Manuel Pasqual.

Italy faced Azerbaijan only twice before, winning 2-0 away from home in September 2002 and 4-0 in October 2003.

Italy: Buffon; Ranocchia, Bonucci, Chiellini; Darmian, Florenzi, Pirlo, Marchisio, De Sciglio; Zaza, Immobile

Italy bench: Sirigu, Perin, Ogbonna, Pasqual, Verratti, Candreva, Poli, Aquilani, Parolo, Giovinco, Pellè, Destro

Azerbaijan: K Agayev; Allahverdiyev, Guseynov, R F Sadygov, Qirtimov; A Abdullayev, Qarayev, Amirguliyev, Nazarov; Dadasov, R Aliyev

Azerbaijan bench: Balayev, S Agayev, Yunuszade, Ufuk Budak, Guliyev, Ramaldanov, C Huseynov, Tashkin, Kurbanov, Ramazanov, Nadirov

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