Andrea Belotti, Lorenzo Insigne, Federico Bernardeschi and a completely revamped Italy defence take on Robert Lewandowski’s Poland in the Nations League.
It kicks off at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio-Emilia at 19.45 GMT.
You can follow the build-up and action as it happens while giving your views on the LIVEBLOG.
Andrea Belotti, Lorenzo Insigne, Federico Bernardeschi and a completely revamped Italy defence take on Robert Lewandowski’s Poland in the Nations League.
It kicks off at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio-Emilia at 19.45 GMT.
You can follow the build-up and action as it happens while giving your views on the LIVEBLOG.
This is a head-to-head for the top spot in Nations League Group A, as Poland have seven points and Italy six, and with it a place in the final tournament.
The Netherlands have gone up to eight points after comfortably beating Bosnia-Herzegovina earlier this evening, but having played an extra game.
Italy started with 41 players for the games against Estonia, Poland and Bosnia-Herzegovina, but that has been whittled down to just 28 by injuries, COVID-19 and inconclusive swabs.
Belotti was not 100 per cent fit, but the Torino striker does start, as there are precious few alternatives.
He is flanked by Federico Bernardeschi, who gets the nod ahead of Domenico Berardi, and Lorenzo Insigne.
Jorginho and Nicolò Barella return in midfield, but the defence is transformed with Alessandro Bastoni getting only his second senior cap alongside Lazio’s Francesco Acerbi and PSG full-back Alessandro Florenzi.
Poland as ever look to their hitman Lewandowski, who lost out on the European Golden Shoe last season to Ciro Immobile.
There are quite a few familiar faces for Serie A fans, including Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, Torino midfielder Karol Linetty, Benevento defender Kamil Glik and Bartosz Bereszynski of Sampdoria.
Napoli pair Piotr Zielinski and Arkadiusz Milik are on the bench.
When these sides met in Gdansk on October 11, the Azzurri dominated possession and scoring opportunities, but it ended goalless.
Recently encounters have been generally very close, Cristiano Biraghi snatching a last-gasp winner in Chorzow in October 2018 and a 1-1 draw in Bologna in September that year.
Poland beat Italy in a competitive match only once, a 2-1 World Cup group stage tie in June 1974.
Italy: G Donnarumma; Florenzi, Acerbi, Bastoni, Emerson; Barella, Jorginho, Locatelli; Bernardeschi, Belotti, Insigne
Italy bench: Sirigu, Cragno, Calabria, Pessina, Romagnoli, Okaka, Berardi, Tonali, Soriano, Ferrari, El Shaarawy, Di Lorenzo
Poland: Szczesny; Bereszynski, Glik, Bednarek, Reca; Krychowiak, Moder; Szymanski, Linetty, Jozwiak; Lewandowski
Poland bench: Skorupski, Fabiansk, Bochniewicz, Walukiewicz, Kedziora, Goralski, Milik, Grosicki, Rybus, Placheta, Zielinski, K Piatek
Ref: Turpin (FRA)