30' Sanchez’s cross towards the back post is sent back into the box by Perisic, before Pezzella heads it behind for a corner. The resulting set-piece is easily dealt with.
28' Lukaku picks the ball up in a tight area on the edge of La Viola’s box, and shows some neat close control to create the space for a shot. Pezzella, however, stands tall to block the effort.
27' Amrabat sends a corner from the right towards the penalty spot, which Lukaku powerfully heads clear.
25' In seeking to regain possession, Vidal pushes Valero to the ground midway inside the Inter half. Fiorentina are awarded a free-kick.
23' Perisic cuts inside from the left flank and lays the ball off to Vidal. After his initial cross is headed away, the away side regroup and loft another delivery in the box. The loose ball falls to Perisic, but his well-struck shot is blocked by Pezzella.
21' There will be a brief stoppage in play as Bastoni is down and in need of treatment following an aerial collision with Vlahovic.
19' Following some patient play, Inter look to progress down the left with Perisic. The winger attempts to drive at Venuti, but the wing-back uses his strength well and watches the ball behind for a goal-kick.
17' After Inter fail to clear their lines from a corner, Biraghi sends a cross back into the box. Vlahovic forces a save from Handanovic, but he is adjudged to have fouled Bastoni when rising to meet the delivery.
15' Perisic receives the ball down the left flank and shapes to cut inside before driving down the line and crossing. Dragowski watches the delivery all the way and easily claims it.
14' Prandelli’s team are beginning to find their rhythm in this fixture, as they continue to knock the ball around patiently looking to work an opening.
12' WIDE! Eysseric picks up the loose ball just outside of the visitors' box, and pulls a first-time shot just wide to the left of Handanovic’s goal.
10' Martinez Quarta picks out Amrabat in the centre of the field, and he sends the play down the left through Biraghi. The wing-back floats a cross into Inter’s box, which De Vrij steers away.
8' After losing possession on the edge of the hosts’ box, Hakimi impedes Valero and Fiorentina are awarded a free-kick.
6' WHAT A SAVE! Sanchez dribbles his way towards the edge of the box before laying it off to his right for Hakimi. The wing-back picks out Barella in the centre of the box, and Dragowski sticks out a strong left hand to claw the midfielder’s close-range effort away.
5' Following a corner to the left, which is conceded by Skriniar, Martinez Quarta rises above Vidal but heads the ball well over the bar.
4' Amrabat switches the play to Venuti, and he opts to play the ball back in field, before Fiorentina drive forward down the left wing. A cross into the box is then nodded to safety by De Vrij.
2' After some bright play down the right flank, Lukaku knocks the ball beyond the hosts’ defence, but Hakami is flagged for offside by the referee's assistant.
1' Kick off! The referee, Federico La Penna, blows his whistle and Inter get the game underway.
The teams are out, and kick-off will soon be upon us here at Artemio Franchi.
Fiorentina are winless in their last seven Serie A meetings against Inter (D4 L3), after having won five of the previous six.
Although Cesare Prandelli’s team have only won two of their last six home matches in Serie A, they have not lost at Artemio Franchi in that time. They have, however, kept just two clean sheets on their home unbeaten run. La Viola currently sit 11th in the table, and a win will take them one point behind 10th-placed Sampdoria. On the road, Antonio Conte’s team have lost just once in their previous six outings in the league. Should they defeat Fiorentina, the Nerazzurri will climb to the top of Serie A, one point ahead of their local rivals, AC Milan, who will have a game in hand.
The hosts make three changes from the side that drew with Torino last time out. Julio and Valero replace the suspended Nikola Milenkovic and Gaetano Castrovilli, while Franck Ribery makes way for Eysseric. Following their midweek Coppa Italia clash, Antonio Conte also makes three alterations to his team, recalling Hakimi, Perisic and Lukaku, who start in place of Darmian, Young and Martinez.
INTER SUBS: Ionut Radu, Daniele Padelli, Matteo Darmian, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Aleksandar Kolarov, Andrea Ranocchia, Stefano Sensi, Roberto Gagliardini, Ashley Young, Christian Eriksen, Lautaro Martinez, Andrea Pinamonti.
FIORENTINA SUBS: Antonio Rosati, Pietro Terracciano, Kevin Malcuit, Erick Pulgar, Lorenzo Chiti, Antonio Barreca, Alessandro Bianco, Christian Kouame, Tofol Montiel, Jose Callejon, Louis Munteanu, Aleksandr Kokorin.
INTER (3-5-2): Samir Handanovic; Milan Skriniar, Stefan de Vrij, Alessandro Bastoni; Achraf Hakimi, Nicolo Barella, Marcelo Brozovic, Arturo Vidal, Ivan Perisic; Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez.
FIORENTINA (3-5-2): Bartlomiej Dragowski; Igor Julio, German Pezzella, Lucas Martinez Quarta; Lorenzo Venuti, Giacomo Bonaventura, Borja Valero, Sofyan Amrabat, Cristiano Biraghi; Valentin Eysseric, Dusan Vlahovic.
Fiorentina come into this game looking to build on their 1-1 draw with Torino last time out. Prior to their Coppa Italia semi-final first-leg defeat to Juventus, Inter, meanwhile, defeated Benevento 4-0 in their previous league outing.
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