Inter welcome newcomers Carpi to San Siro, but the minnows are in better recent Serie A form than the Scudetto contenders.

It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, follow the action as it happens and give your views from all eight Serie A games on our LIVEBLOG.

The Nerazzurri are fresh from a 2-0 Coppa Italia quarter-final victory away to Napoli on Tuesday, but their recent Serie A form has left a lot to be desired.

Inter welcome newcomers Carpi to San Siro, but the minnows are in better recent Serie A form than the Scudetto contenders.

It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, follow the action as it happens and give your views from all eight Serie A games on our LIVEBLOG.

The Nerazzurri are fresh from a 2-0 Coppa Italia quarter-final victory away to Napoli on Tuesday, but their recent Serie A form has left a lot to be desired.

They’ve lost the last two home games against Lazio and Sassuolo, scraping a 1-1 draw at Atalanta, with one win in four rounds.

During the same period, Carpi earned a draw and two consecutive victories, having seemingly found the form that won them the Serie B title last season.

Isaac Cofie and Riccardo Gagliolo sit out bans, while Matteo Fedele is on the treatment table and goalkeeper Vid Belec faces his former club.

Roberto Mancini has a full squad to choose from and opts for another new line-up, using Mauro Icardi supported by Adem Ljajic, Rodrigo Palacio and Ivan Perisic.

Felipe Melo is back in business after his three-match ban for kicking Lucas Biglia in the shoulder and neck.

Fredy Guarin is nowhere to be seen, as he continues to negotiate a transfer to China.

When these teams met for the first and so far only time on August 30, a Stevan Jovetic brace gave Inter the 2-1 victory, completed by a last-gasp penalty.

This is Roberto Mancini’s 200th Serie A game on the Inter bench, of course spread out over two different spells.

Inter: Handanovic; Montoya, Murillo, Juan Jesus, Telles; Perisic, Melo, Brozovic, Ljajic; Palacio, Icardi

Inter bench: Carrizo, Kondogbia, Jovetic, Biabiany, Medel, Santon, Ranocchia, Miranda, Gnoukouri, D’Ambrosio, Nagatomo, Manaj

Carpi: Belec; Zaccardo, Romagnoli, Suagher, Pasciuti; Martinho, Crimi, Bianco, Letizia; Mancosu, Mbakogu

Carpi bench: Brkic, Sabelli, Matos, Di Gaudio, Lasagna, Lollo, Daprela’

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