Frank de Boer makes more changes as his Inter job is on the line with a difficult Lombardy Derby at giant-killers Atalanta.
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The Nerazzurri are sliding down the Serie A standings and sit only one point above Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta.
Frank de Boer makes more changes as his Inter job is on the line with a difficult Lombardy Derby at giant-killers Atalanta.
It kicks off at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT), follow the build-up and action for all today’s games on the LIVEBLOG.
The Nerazzurri are sliding down the Serie A standings and sit only one point above Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta.
Although the 1-0 Europa League victory over Southampton on Thursday kept them afloat, domestically they’ve managed one point from the last three rounds.
The 2-1 home defeat to newly-promoted Cagliari was particularly galling and the likes of Laurent Blanc, Francesco Guidolin and Andrea Mandorlini are being touted as potential new Coaches.
Gasperini can sympathise, as he famously lasted only five games on the Inter bench before being sacked in September 2011.
Curiously, since that dismissal, Gasp has always beaten Inter in three home fixtures.
There is practically a full squad to choose from, as the Orobici go with pacey Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gomez and former Milan striker Andrea Petagna.
Franck Kessie is one to watch in midfield, as the ‘new Yaya Toure’ has been linked with a future move to Inter.
The only doubt surrounded not 100 per cent fit Jasmin Kurtic.
De Boer is only missing Felipe Melo, Jonathan Biabiany and Marco Andreolli, but Joao Mario returns after being cup-tied against Southampton.
The former Ajax Coach was criticised for being overly-defensive with the Saints, but Ever Banega and Antonio Candreva are rested.
Inter have only won one of their last seven trips to the Stadio Azzurri d’Italia, losing two and drawing all the others by 1-1 scorelines.
Atalanta: Berisha; Masiello, Toloi, Caldara; Conti, Kessié, Kurtic, Freuler, Dramé; Petagna, Gomez
Atalanta bench: Sportiello, Zukanovic, Konko, Raimondi, Migliaccio, Carmona, Grassi, Gagliardini, Spinazzola, D'Alessandro, Paloschi, Pinilla
Inter: Handanovic; Nagatomo, Miranda, Murillo, Santon; Joao Mario, Medel, Brozovic; Eder, Icardi, Perisic
Inter bench: Carrizo, Ranocchia, D'Ambrosio, Ansaldi, Yao, Gnoukouri, Kondogbia, Banega, Candreva, Palacio, Jovetic, Gabriel Barbosa
Ref: Doveri