Inter take no risks and pick their strongest available XI with Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram against Riccardo Orsolini’s Bologna, who are unbeaten since the opening weekend.
It kicks off at San Siro at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT).
The Nerazzurri are coming off a slender 1-0 Champions League victory over Benfica, in which they dominated and wasted numerous chances, including Lautaro Martinez hitting the woodwork twice.
Davide Frattesi and Stefano Sensi are back from injury, but only fit for the bench, as Marko Arnautovic is a long-term absentee and won’t face his old club.
Bologna have a decimated defence, as Stefan Posch, Jhon Lucumi, Adama Soumaoro and Victor Kristiansen are out of action.
Nonetheless, they are still unbeaten since the opening weekend and conceded only four goals in seven games.
The Rossoblu also only scored six, three of them were an Orsolini hat-trick against Empoli last week and he leads the attack with Joshua Zirkzee.
It is a return to San Siro for coach and former Inter midfielder Thiago Motta, as well as ex-Milan winger Alexis Saelemaekers.
Inter: Sommer; Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Lautaro Martinez
Bologna: Skorupski; De Silvestri, Beukema, Calafiori, Lykogiannis; Aebischer, Freuler; Orsolini, Ferguson, Ndoye; Zirkzee
Player statistic
| Francesco Acerbi (Assist: Hakan Calhanoglu) |
 |
11' | ||
| Lautaro Martínez (Assist: Marcus Thuram) |
|
13' | ||
| 19' |  |
Riccardo Orsolini | ||
| 32' |  |
Dan Ndoye |
| 52' | |
Joshua Zirkzee (Assist: Lewis Ferguson) | ||
| Lautaro Martínez | |
58' | ||
| Alessandro Bastoni | |
90+1' | ||
| 90+3' | |
Sam Beukema | ||
| 90+4' | |
Lewis Ferguson |
Match statistic
