Atletico Madrid's Spanish midfielder #08 Saul Niguez is comforted by teammate Inter Milan's Argentine forward #10 Lautaro Martinez after missing a shot during the UEFA Champions League last 16 first leg football match Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid at the San Siro stadium in Milan on February 20, 2024. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP) (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)
Atletico Madrid's Spanish midfielder #08 Saul Niguez is comforted by teammate Inter Milan's Argentine forward #10 Lautaro Martinez after missing a shot during the UEFA Champions League last 16 first leg football match Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid at the San Siro stadium in Milan on February 20, 2024. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP) (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)

Inter start Marko Arnautovic and Kristjan Asllani with Lautaro Martinez, while Atalanta start Teun Koopmeiners with Charles De Ketelaere.

It kicks off at San Siro at 19.45 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game and Sassuolo-Napoli on the LIVEBLOG.

These Serie A Week 21 fixtures were postponed from January for the Supercoppa Italiana Final Four in Saudi Arabia.

Inter won that tournament and have also won all 10 of their competitive fixtures in 2024, so another here would open up a 12-point lead at the top of the Serie A table.

Marcus Thuram, Hakan Calhanoglu, Francesco Acerbi, Stefano Sensi and Juan Cuadrado are still out of action.

Arnautovic is preferred to Alexis Sanchez as a partner to Capocannoniere Lautaro Martinez, with Asllani and Stefan de Vrij again starting.

Federico Dimarco, Matteo Darmian, Nicolò Barella, Benjamin Pavard and Alessandro Bastoni were rested against Lecce, but return here.

So does Yann Sommer, who missed the Lecce trip with flu symptoms.

Atalanta need a victory to recapture fourth place from Bologna and are on sparkling form with eight wins in their last 11 rounds, fresh from a 1-1 draw in this very stadium against Milan.

Giorgio Scalvini hurt his shoulder during that match, but he is able to start regardless in defence.

Despite suggestions to the contrary, De Ketelaere and Aleksei Miranchuk again start, leaving Ademola Lookman and Gianluca Scamacca on the bench, but Mario Pasalic replaces Marten de Roon.

Atalanta have not beaten Inter since a 4-1 home result in November 2018, managing just five draws and six defeats in all competition.

Their last victory at San Siro was 2-1 in March 2014.

Inter: Sommer; Pavard, De Vrij, Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Asllani, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Arnautovic, Lautaro Martinez

Atalanta: Carnesecchi; Scalvini, Djimsiti, Kolasinac; Hateboer, Ederson, Pasalic, Zappacosta; Miranchuk, Koopmeiners; De Ketelaere

Player statistic

1st half
Matteo Darmian Yellow card 22'    
Matteo Darmian
(Assist: Henrikh Mkhitaryan)
Goal 26'    
Lautaro Martínez
(Assist: Benjamin Pavard)
Goal 45+1'    
    45' Yellow card Éderson
2nd half
    53' Yellow card Berat Djimsiti
Lautaro Martínez Missed penalty 54'    
Federico Dimarco Goal 54'    
    65' Yellow card Isak Hien
Davide Frattesi
(Assist: Alexis Sánchez)
Goal 71'    
    71' Yellow card Mitchel Bakker
Alessandro Bastoni Yellow card 76'    
    89' Yellow card El Bilal Touré
    90+5' Yellow card Ademola Lookman

Match statistic

59
Possession %
41
15
Total shots
6
7
Shots on target
1
4
Shots off target
4
4
Blocked shots
1
4
Corners
1
2
Offsides
2
10
Fouls
15
Inter
Atalanta

Starting lineups

1
Goalkeeper
95
28
Defender
32
Defender
69'
36
Defender
46'
6
Defender
22
Midfielder
62'
21
Midfielder
23
Midfielder
10
68'
8
Attacker
29
Goalkeeper
19
Defender
77
42
Defender
58'
33
Defender
23
Defender
58'
59
Midfielder
57'
13
Midfielder
8
Midfielder
7
Midfielder
57'
17
76'

Substitutes

77
Goalkeeper
17
Attacker
50
12
Goalkeeper
31
Defender
2
Midfielder
46'
70
Attacker
68'
30
Midfielder
69'
16
Midfielder
14
Midfielder
73'
1
Goalkeeper
2
Defender
15
Midfielder
6
90
22
Defender
3
Defender
40
Goalkeeper
11
Attacker
57'
25
Midfielder
57'
20
Defender
58'
4
Defender
58'
10
Attacker
76'

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