Serie A line-ups: Inter vs. Empoli | OneFootball

Francesco Acerbi starts for Inter with Marcus Thuram, Lautaro Martinez and Emil Audero against relegation battlers Empoli.

It kicks off at San Siro at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

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

The Nerazzurri need a victory to maintain their 14-point advantage over second-placed Milan, but it has been a tense couple of weeks since the 1-1 draw with Napoli.

Acerbi was accused of using a racist term against Juan Jesus, but was not sanctioned due to insufficient evidence.

Coach Simone Inzaghi starts him here, while Thuram has fully recovered to partner Lautaro Martinez.

Yann Sommer turned his ankle on international duty with Switzerland and is not risked, so Audero takes the gloves.

Empoli had climbed the table following the appointment of coach Davide Nicola, but then hit another crisis with three consecutive defeats.

They were all 1-0 results against Cagliari, Milan and Bologna.

Youssef Maleh is suspended, with Tyronne Ebuehi, Etrit Berisha and Ardian Ismajli injured.

Veterans Francesco Caputo and Mattia Destro are on the bench, as M’Baye Niang and Nicolò Cambiaghi lead the attack.

Considering the other results, Empoli will remain outside the bottom three regardless, but could even break free.

Starting lineups

77

Emil Audero

Goalkeeper

95

Alessandro Bastoni

Defender

77'

28

Benjamin Pavard

Defender

32

Federico Dimarco

Defender

69'

15

Francesco Acerbi

Defender

36

Matteo Darmian

Defender

20

Hakan Calhanoglu

Midfielder

69'

22

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Midfielder

84'

23

Nicolò Barella

Midfielder

10

Lautaro Martínez

Attacker

77'

9

Marcus Thuram

Attacker

25

Elia Caprile

Goalkeeper

19

Bartosz Bereszynski

Defender

3

Giuseppe Pezzella

Defender

73'

4

Sebastian Walukiewicz

Defender

33

Sebastiano Luperto

Defender

18

Razvan Marin

Midfielder

30

Simone Bastoni

Midfielder

73'

27

Szymon Zurkowski

Midfielder

11

Emmanuel Gyasi

Attacker

82'

10

M’Baye Niang

Attacker

82'

28

Nicolò Cambiaghi

Attacker

Substitutes

5

Stefano Sensi

Midfielder

14

Davy Klaassen

Midfielder

1

Yann Sommer

Goalkeeper

17

Tajon Buchanan

Attacker

12

Raffaele Di Gennaro

Goalkeeper

31

Yann Bisseck

Defender

21

Kristjan Asllani

Midfielder

69'

30

Carlos Augusto

Midfielder

69'

70

Alexis Sánchez

Attacker

77'

2

Denzel Dumfries

Defender

77'

16

Davide Frattesi

Midfielder

84'

9

Francesco Caputo

Attacker

17

Alberto Cerri

Attacker

8

Viktor Kovalenko

Midfielder

1

Samuele Perisan

Goalkeeper

12

Jacopo Seghetti

Goalkeeper

7

Stiven Shpendi

Attacker

2

Saba Goglichidze

Defender

13

Liberato Cacace

Defender

73'

21

Jacopo Fazzini

Midfielder

73'

23

Mattia Destro

Attacker

82'

20

Matteo Cancellieri

Attacker

82'