Alexis Sanchez is set to make his first Inter start as they visit Sampdoria this evening, with Fabio Quagliarella fully recovered.
It kicks off at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT), click here for a match preview.
The Nerazzurri are top of the Serie A table with a 100 per cent record after five rounds, but could rest some figures ahead of the Champions League showdown with Barcelona.
Alexis Sanchez is set to make his first Inter start as they visit Sampdoria this evening, with Fabio Quagliarella fully recovered.
It kicks off at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT), click here for a match preview.
The Nerazzurri are top of the Serie A table with a 100 per cent record after five rounds, but could rest some figures ahead of the Champions League showdown with Barcelona.
With that in mind, Romelu Lukaku or Lautaro Martinez should drop to the bench, with Alexis Sanchez receiving his first start since the loan move from Manchester United.
Diego Godin should be left out in favour of either Danilo D’Ambrosio or Alessandro Bastoni, with Roberto Gagliardini and Matias Vecino pushing Nicolò Barella for a midfield spot.
Sampdoria have lost four of their five games so far this season, the exception being a 1-0 victory over Torino, earned by Manolo Gabbiadini’s goal.
Jeison Murillo is suspended following his red card against Fiorentina in midweek and therefore cannot face his former club.
Alex Ferrari is not 100 per cent fit, so Chabot could get the nod in defence instead.
Quagliarella returns to the starting XI following a muscular issue on Wednesday, but now it is Gabbiadini who is struggling with a fitness problem.
Gianluca Caprari and Federico Bonazzoli – both former Inter men – challenge for the second striker spot, with Gaston Ramirez and Emiliano Rigoni in the hunt for one trequartista role.
Gonzalo Maroni is still trying to recover from a sprained ankle he sustained in the Coppa Italia last month.
Probable line-ups
Sampdoria: Audero, Bereszynski, Chabot, Colley; Depaoli, Ekdal, Vieira, Murru; Ramirez; Quagliarella, Caprari
Inter: Handanovic; D'Ambrosio, De Vrij, Skriniar; Candreva, Barella, Brozovic, Sensi, Asamoah; Alexis Sanchez, Lautaro Martinez