Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram lead the line for Inter in their Supercoppa Italiana semi-final clash with Lazio, who are looking to Ciro Immobile and Pedro.

The match between the Nerazzurri and the Biancocelesti kicks off at 19.00 GMT at the Al-Awwal Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.

The winner will be decided tonight after 90 minutes or go straight to a penalty shoot-out, without extra time.

Serie A holders Napoli have already booked their spot in the Supercoppa Italiana final after beating Coppa Italia runners-up Fiorentina on Thursday.

Juan Cuadrado is the only absence for Inter, giving Simone Inzaghi options across the pitch. He’s placed his trust in regulars like Nicolo Barella, Federico Dimarco and Hakan Calhanoglu, but Matteo Darmian is picked rather than Denzel Dumfries on the right.

Lazio were expected to be without Nicolo Rovella, who didn’t complete a full training session with his teammates on Thursday, but he is surprisingly named in the starting XI.

Immobile returns from injury to start upfront, as Taty Castellanos and Patric are on the treatment table.

Mattia Zaccagni was originally named in the starting XI, but was replaced by Pedro during the warm-up.

When these two sides met in Serie A back in December, Inter ran home with all three points after a 2-0 win over Lazio.

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

Inter bench: Di Gennaro, Audero, Dumfries, Sensi, De Vrij, Arnautovic, Klaassen, Frattesi, Buchanan, Asllani, Carlos Augusto, Bisseck, Stabile, Stankovic, Alexis Sanchez

Lazio: Provedel; Lazzari, Gila, Romagnoli, Marusic; Guendouzi, Rovella, Vecino; Felipe Anderson, Immobile, Pedro

Lazio bench: Sepe, Mandas, Pellegrini, Patric, Kamada, Zaccagni, Luis Alberto, Casale, Kamenovic, Isaksen, Castellanos, Hysaj, Cataldi, Ruggeri, Sana

Ref: Marchetti

VAR: Di Bello

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