Napoli's Kosovo defender #13 Amir Rrahmani and Napoli's Swedish midfielder #24 Jens Cajuste mark Inter Milan's Argentine forward #10 Lautaro Martinez (C) during the Italian Super Cup final football match between Napoli and Inter Milan at Al-Awwal Park Stadium in Riyadh, on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Fayez NURELDINE / AFP) (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)
Napoli's Kosovo defender #13 Amir Rrahmani and Napoli's Swedish midfielder #24 Jens Cajuste mark Inter Milan's Argentine forward #10 Lautaro Martinez (C) during the Italian Super Cup final football match between Napoli and Inter Milan at Al-Awwal Park Stadium in Riyadh, on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Fayez NURELDINE / AFP) (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)

Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram try to put Champions League disappointment behind Inter, but Napoli look to Giacomo Raspadori and Kvicha Kvaratskhelia.

It kicks off at San Siro at 19.45 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s five Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

This is a handing over of the baton for the Scudetto between the reigning Champions and the runaway leaders, but also mutual consolation after both crashed out of the Champions League midweek.

While Napoli capitulating to Barcelona wasn’t such a shock, it was a surprise for Inter to fumble the first leg lead and go out to Atletico Madrid on penalties.

Marko Arnautovic, Stefano Sensi and Juan Cuadrado are still out of action, but Lautaro Martinez returns to partner Thuram after he was rested for last week’s win away to Bologna.

There were problems for Napoli in training, as Victor Osimhen was struggling with a muscular problem and is only fit for the bench.

Raspadori therefore leads the attack rather than Giovanni Simeone, whose father Diego eliminated Inter from Europe this week.

Kvaratskhelia and Matteo Politano complete the usual attack, with Hamed Junior Traore preferred to Piotr Zielinski, as the Poland international is set to join Inter as a free agent next season.

These teams also met in the Supercoppa Italiana in January, the Nerazzurri squeezing a victory in stoppages to lift the trophy.

Inter: Sommer; Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Lautaro Martinez

Napoli: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka, Traoré; Politano, Raspadori, Kvaratskhelia

Player statistic

1st half
Benjamin Pavard Yellow card 36'    
Matteo Darmian
(Assist: Alessandro Bastoni)
Goal 43'    
2nd half
    52' Yellow card Stanislav Lobotka
Nicolò Barella Yellow card 54'    
    81' Goal Juan Jesus

Match statistic

49
Possession %
51
19
Total shots
11
6
Shots on target
3
6
Shots off target
6
7
Blocked shots
2
5
Corners
7
3
Offsides
0
19
Fouls
6
Inter
Napoli

Starting lineups

1
Goalkeeper
95
28
Defender
46'
32
Defender
79'
15
Defender
36
Defender
84'
20
Midfielder
22
Midfielder
23
Midfielder
70'
10
79'
9
Attacker
1
Goalkeeper
13
Defender
22
5
Defender
17
Defender
74'
99
Midfielder
70'
68
Midfielder
81
75'
77
90'
21
Attacker
90'

Substitutes

21
Midfielder
77
Goalkeeper
6
Defender
14
Midfielder
50
12
Goalkeeper
31
Defender
46'
16
Midfielder
70'
70
Attacker
79'
2
Midfielder
79'
17
Attacker
84'
55
Defender
20
Midfielder
9
Attacker
14
Goalkeeper
30
95
Goalkeeper
32
3
Defender
24
Midfielder
70'
6
Defender
74'
18
Attacker
75'
29
Midfielder
90'
26
Attacker
90'

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