Federico Dimarco and Matteo Darmian return to Inter‘s starting XI against Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16 tonight.

It kicks off at 20:00 GMT.

The Serie A leaders are without the injured Juan Cuadrado and Francesco Acerbi, plus Stefano Sensi who has not been included in the Nerazzurri UEFA list.

Inzaghi won’t change his three-man defence, starting Benjamin Pavard, Stefan de Vrij and Alessandro Bastoni in front of Yann Sommer, like in their 4-0 win over Salernitana on Friday.

Darmian and Dimarco return to the starting XI, replacing Denzel Dumfries and Carlos Augusto, but central midfielders and strikers won’t change, with Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martinez starting up front.

Thomas Lemar and Cesar Azpilicueta are unavailable for Atletico Madrid, coached by former Inter midfielder Diego Simeone.

Ex-Juventus striker Alvaro Morata suffered a knee injury a couple of weeks ago but is available on the bench, while former Udinese players Nahuel Molina and Rodrigo De Paul are expected to start for the La Liga giants.

Inter-Atletico Madrid: Probable line-ups

Inter (3-5-2): Sommer; Pavard, De Vrij, Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Lautaro.

Atletico Madrid (5-3-2): Oblak; Reinildo, Hermoso, Witsel, Gimenez, Molina; Saul, Koke, De Paul; Griezmann, Llorente

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