45' There will be a minimum of one minute added time at the end of the first half.
43' Inter are unbeaten in their last 10 first league matches of a calendar year played at home (W7 D3): they have never lost such a match in the three points for a win era – their last defeat was back in 1994, against Atalanta.
41' SAVE! Great chance for Martinez to fire Inter into the lead, after a lovely flick on by Lukaku and the striker only had Cordaz in goal to beat. However, the keeper doesn brilliantly and makes a great save with his feet to deny him.
40' There’s not long left to play before half-time now, can either side take the lead again before the half-time whistle?
38' There has been plenty of action early on here, with both sides looking dangerous in front of goal, you wouldn't have guessed that there is such a difference in the positions of the two sides in the table.
34' VAR award the penalty, as the referee had to go and review the footage on the pitch side monitor before awarding it, as there didn't seem to be an awful lot of contact, but enough to make Reca go to the ground. Great chance for the visitors to draw level now.
33' CROTONE PENALTY! Reca goes down under pressure from Hakimi and Vidal, as the midfielder comes in late and seems to catch the Crotone man, who goes down and appeals for a penalty straight away.
29' CHANCE! Young sprints down the left wing and gets in behind the Crotone defence after a long ball over the top and then cuts it back to Martinez, who takes it on the volley, but he fires it wide of goal. He should be doing better from there.
24' Inter are unbeaten in their last 10 first league matches of a calendar year played at home (W7 D3): they have never lost such a match in the three points for a win era – their last defeat was back in 1994, against Atalanta.
16' Inter are unbeaten in Serie A against promoted sides since September 2018; since then, they have won 11 and drawn two such games.
14' Crotone have frustrated Inter a lot so far, keeping them away from the ball and keeping it nicely in midfield. However, will they now try and extend their lead, or sit back and invite the pressure?
11' Blocked! Crotone with the first chance of the game after Messias finds space on the edge of the box and he managed to get a shot away that was heading on target, but an Inter defender gets across and makes a superb block.
11' CHANCE! Pereira manages to get in behind Young down the right after a lovely ball over the top of the Inter defence. However, the Crotone mans touch is poor and it allows Handanovic time to get to him and make an excellent block, just before Pereira could get a shot away.
7' Crotone have looked comfortable on the ball when they've been in possession, forcing Inter to sit deep and soak up the pressure. However, there hasn't been anything in the final third so far.
5' There is a big difference in the two teams fortunes in Serie A so far this season, with Inter battling for the title at the top and Crotone are looking to avoid relegation straight back to Serie B.
3' Inter with the early possession here, they are keeping the ball nicely in midfield are are trying to find Lukaku and Martinez in the final third early on.
1' We're under way!
The teams are out on the pitch and kick-off is just a few minutes away, stay tuned for all the match action!
Meanwhile Crotone have made two changes to their starting line-up, with Marrone and Henrique coming into the team, replacing Cuomo and Vulic.
Antonio Conte has made just one change to his Inter starting XI, with Perisic dropping to the bench and he has been replaced in midfield by Vidal.
CROTONE SUBS: Marco Festa, Lisandro Magallan, Jacopo Petriccione, Simy, Luca Siligardi, Luis Rojas, Denis Dragus, Giuseppe Cuomo, Giovanni Crociata, Andrea Rispoli, Milos Vulic, Koffi Djidji.
CROTONE (3-5-2): Alex Cordaz; Luca Marrone, Vladimir Golemic, Sebastiano Luperto; Pedro Pereira, Salvatore Molina, Niccolo Zanellato, Eduardo Henrique, Arkadiusz Reca; Emmanuel Riviere, Junior Messias.
INTER SUBS: Daniele Padelli, Ionut Radu, Roberto Gagliardini, Alexis Sanchez, Aleksandar Kolarov, Stefano Sensi, Andrea Ranocchia, Ivan Perisic, Christian Eriksen, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Matteo Darmian.
INTER (3-5-2): Samir Handanovic; Milan Skriniar, Stefan De Vrij, Alessandro Bastoni; Achraf Hakimi, Nicolo Barella, Marcelo Brozovic, Arturo Vidal, Ashley Young; Romelu Lukaku, Lautaro Martinez.
Meanwhile Crotone are at the other end of the table, second from bottom as they have won just two games so far this season. However, they did end 2020 on a high, after beating Parma 2-1 last time out.
Inter could move to the top of Serie A with a victory, as rivals Milan who are currently one point ahead of them don’t play until later today. Inter had been in fine form before the Christmas break, winning their last seven league games, their last being a 2-1 success over Verona.
Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the Serie A clash between Inter and Crotone at San Siro.
