37' Spezia don't clear their lines when Martinez's cross comes into the box from the right and Provedel is put under pressure by Lukaku. Both jump to try and get to the ball and it's the forward that reaches it, but his header hits the side netting.
35' Mora pulls away from Skriniar on the right and curls his cross into the box. It's too far ahead of Nzola in the middle though and De Vrij gets across to the near post to intercept it.
33' Young does well to wrongfoot Vignali and create some space to get a cross into the box from the left. There's no one at the far post for Inter though and Mora heads it clear.
31' Hakimi intercepts Bastoni's pass and plays a first-time throughball forward for Martinez to chase. He slips when the ball reaches him on the edge of the box though and Vignali clears his lines.
29' It's a good run by Bastoni down the left and he drills a low cross into the box. It's just behind Nzola at the near post and Handanovic rushes off his line to collect it before Acampora can get there.
27' Ricci goes long looking for Nzola through the middle with his throughball again, but he's asking too much of the forward. He has De Vrij with him the whole way and he can't get ahead of the defender.
25' Spezia are sitting back in their own half as they try to close down the space ahead of Inter. Barella is forced to switch play out to Young on the right, but he puts it straight out for a throw-in.
23' De Vrij sends his clearance high up the field and Lukaku is chasing it down for Inter. Mora reaches it first and plays it back to Provedel and it's almost cut out by the forward, but there's just enough on it.
21' Spezia are closing Inter down much higher up the field now, but the home side do really well to play themselves out of trouble. Skriniar tries to switch play out to Young, but it's a poor pass from him that's cut out.
19' Acampora steps up to take the free-kick that he won, and he goes for goal despite the distance. He lifts his effort over the wall, but it's always swerving well wide of the near post.
16' Inter break quickly on the counter after De Vrij intercepts Ricci's pass and he sets Lukaku on a driving run down the left. He puts an early cross into the box, but it's short and Bastoni clears his lines.
14' Spezia are starting to push forward with a bit more intent now and Mora plays a good throughball into Nzola. De Vrij gets very tight to him and ends up bringing him down from behind in his attempts to win it.
12' GOOD CHANCE! Inter have a free-kick on the right and it's whipped into the box by Brozovic. Nobody spots Martinez's run to the far post and he gets his head on it. He can't keep it down though and it sails over the bar.
10' Inter take the corner short to Brozovic and he pulls away from the challenge from Isajli before curling an effort towards the far post. It's always heading wide and there's no one there to get a touch on it for the hosts.
9' SAVE! Young does brilliantly to weave between two Spezia defenders and get into the box from the left. He fizzes a cross into the six-yard box and Provedel gets fingertips to it to send it wide of the far post.
7' Spezia are trying to move upfield after winning the ball back, but they can't get out of their own half at the moment. Mora switches play out to Deiola on the right, but he loses out to Young.
5' Ismajli was rushing back to try and close down Lukaku's run as well and he collided with the keeper when he slid in. He gets some treatment on his leg and it looks like he'll be able to carry on.
4' Lukaku times his run perfectly to stay onside and latch onto the throughball from Martinez. He tries to chip his shot over Provedel who comes rushing off his line but a deflection takes it out for a corner.
2' Inter are seeing more of the ball in the opening couple of minutes and it's patient play from the home side. De Vrij goes long looking for Hakimi down the right and he brings it down well before being closed down by Bastoni.
1' Lukaku gets the game underway for Inter!
The teams are getting ready to come out onto the pitch now, with kick-off just moments away.
Inter have won 15 of their last 19 Serie A matches against newly-promoted teams (D3 L1).
Vincenzo Italiano makes eight changes to his team after their draw with Bologna. Only Provedel, Gyasi and Nzola, who scored both goals in that game, retain their places. Spezia are also without Julian Chabot due to suspension.
Antonio Conte makes just one change to the side that beat Napoli last time out as he brings in Hakimi for Darmian, who drops to the bench.
SPEZIA SUBS: Kevin Agudelo, Roberto Piccoli, Martin Erlic, Riccardo Marchizza, Giuseppe Mastinu, Paolo Bartolomei, Titas Krapokas, Nahuel Estevez, Salvador Ferrer, Diego Farias, Giulio Maggiore, Lucien Agoume.
SPEZIA STARTING XI (4-3-3): Ivan Provedel; Luca Vignali, Claudio Terzi, Ardian Ismajli, Simone Bastoni; A;essandro Deiola, Matteo Ricci, Luca Mora; Gennaro Acampora, M'Bala Nzola, Emmanuel Gyasi.
INTER SUBS: Matteo Darmian, Ivan Perisic, Christian Eriksen, Ionut Radu, Aleksandar Kolarov, Arturo Vidal, Andrea Ranocchia, DAniele Padelli, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Stefano Sensi.
INTER STARTING XI (3-5-2): Samir Handanovic; Milan Skriniar, Stefan de Vrij, Alessandro Bastoni; Achraf Hakimi, Nicolo Barella, Marcelo Brozovic, Roberto Gagliardini, Ashley Young; Romelu Lukaku, Lautaro Martinez.
Inter come into this game having gone unbeaten in their last eight matches in Serie A since losing the Milan derby (W6 D2) and have won their last five on the bounce. They face a Spezia side that are winless in their last five league games (D3 L2) since a 3-0 victory against Benevento in early November.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Serie A meeting between Inter and Spezia at San Siro!
