Inter pick Edin Dzeko and Hakan Calhanoglu to support Lautaro Martinez in the Champions League Round of 16 against Mehdi Taremi’s giant-killers FC Porto.

It kicks off at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza at 20.00 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.

The second leg will be in Portugal on March 14 and away goals no longer count double, so if the tie is level on aggregate then it will go to extra time and even penalties.

Joaquin Correa is the only absentee, but Simone Inzaghi still leaves Romelu Lukaku and Marcelo Brozovic on the bench, preferring Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan with Calhanoglu as the playmaker.

Denzel Dumfries and Robin Gosens too are benched, as Federico Dimarco and Matteo Darmian are now the regulars.

Lautaro Martinez and Alessandro Bastoni have to be careful, as they are one booking away from suspension.

FC Porto topped the group that eliminated Atletico Madrid from Europe entirely and have knocked Juventus and Roma out of the competition in recent years.

Gabriel Veron, Fernando Andrade, Wilson Manafá and Joao Marcelo are out of action, but the injury crisis is beginning to relax for Sergio Conceicao.

Evanilson, Mateus Uribe, Otavio, Galeno and Fabio Cardoso all made the trip despite not being 100 per cent fit.

Their top scorer is Mehdi Taremi with 20 goals in 34 competitive games this season, including five in his last three Champions League matches for the Iran international.

Inter: Onana; Skriniar, Acerbi, Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Dzeko, Lautaro Martinez

Inter bench: Handanovic, Cordaz, Dumfries, Gagliardini, De Vrij, Gosens, Bellanova, Asllani, D’Ambrosio, Carboni, Brozovic, Lukaku

Porto: Diogo Costa; Joao Mario, Pepe, Marcano, Zaidu; Grujic, Uribe, Otavio, Pepê, Galeno; Taremi

Porto bench: Claudio Ramos, Fabio Cardoso, David Carmo, Rodrigo Conceicao, Namaso, Andre Franco, Wendell, Toni Martinez, Evanilson, Eustaquio, Goncalo Borges, Bernardo Folha

Ref: Jovanovic (SRB)

Player statistic

1st half
Federico Dimarco Yellow card 41'    
    41' Yellow card Otávio
2nd half
    63' Yellow card Pepê
    78' Yellow-Red card Otávio
Romelu Lukaku Goal 86'    

Match statistic

56
Possession %
44
17
Total shots
10
4
Shots on target
4
9
Shots off target
4
4
Blocked shots
2
6
Corners
0
0
Offsides
1
15
Fouls
14
Inter
Porto

Starting lineups

24
Goalkeeper
95
32
Defender
58'
15
Defender
36
Defender
37
Defender
81'
20
Midfielder
22
Midfielder
72'
23
Midfielder
9
Attacker
58'
10
99
Goalkeeper
5
Defender
23
Defender
90'
3
Defender
12
Defender
16
Midfielder
8
Midfielder
25
Midfielder
13
Attacker
51'
9
Attacker
83'
11
Attacker

Substitutes

14
Midfielder
12
Defender
1
Goalkeeper
33
6
Defender
5
Midfielder
21
Goalkeeper
45
Midfielder
8
Midfielder
58'
90
Attacker
58'
77
Midfielder
72'
2
Midfielder
81'
4
Defender
29
Attacker
14
Goalkeeper
19
Attacker
2
Defender
46
Midfielder
20
Midfielder
17
87
Midfielder
30
Attacker
51'
22
Defender
83'
70
Attacker
90'

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