Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi has decided to start Davide Frattesi and Kristjan Asllani in midfield and Carlos Augusto in defence against Monza. This evening’s Serie A matchday 4 kicks off at 20:45 CET.

Inter returns from the international break.

The Nerazzurri return to action with a trip north to face their Lombardy rivals Monza.

Inter also have games against Manchester City in the Champions League and against AC Milan in Serie A next week, so coach Inzaghi is also keeping an eye on these games.

Accordingly, the Inter coach has decided to make some changes to the starting eleven.

First, Inzaghi made two changes in defense.

Stefan de Vrij and Carlos Augusto replace Francesco Acerbi and Alessandro Bastoni. Benjamin Pavard also completes the three-man chain in front of goalkeeper Yann Sommer.

Meanwhile, on the wings, Inzaghi has remained loyal to the Italian national team Federico Dimarco and Matteo Darmian.

Frattesi and Asllani start in midfield

Meanwhile, there are two changes in midfield.

Therefore, Davide Frattesi and Kristjan Asllani take the place of Nicolo Barella and Hakan Calhanoglu in the central trio of Inter’s starting eleven.

And finally, Inzaghi did not allow any rotation in attack.

Accordingly, the first-choice duo, Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram, lead the Nerazzurri line.

Therefore, players like Mehdi Taremi and Marko Arnautovic have to settle for a place on the bench.

In terms of injuries, Tajon Buchanan remains sidelined as he recovers from a broken leg sustained over the summer.

The Canadian is getting closer and closer to his return. However, it will still be a few weeks before that happens.

Official starting lineups: Monza vs Inter Milan

Monza (3-4-2-1): Turati; Izzo, Pablo Marí, Carboni; Pedro Pereira, Pessina, Bondo, Kyriakopoulos; Maldini, Mota Carvalho; Djuric.
Substitute: Pizzignacco, Mazza, Caldirola, D’Ambrosio, Bianco, Sensi, Valoti, Forson, Caprari, Diaw, Maric, Petagna.
Trainer: Nesta.
Exposed: no one.
Injured and unavailable: Birindelli, Ciurria, Vignato, Gagliardini, Cragno.

Inter (3-5-2): Yann Sommer; Benjamin Pavard, Stefan de Vrij, Carlos Augusto; Matteo Darmian, Davide Frattesi, Kristjan Asllani, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco; Marcus Thuram, Lautaro Martinez.
Substitute: Josep Martinez, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Francesco Acerbi, Yann Bisseck, Alessandro Bastoni, Tomas Palacios, Denzel Dumfries, Hakan Calhanoglu, Nicolo Barella, Piotr Zielinski, Joaquin Correa, Mehdi Taremi, Marko Arnautovic.
Trainer: Simone Inzaghi.
Suspended : no one.
Injured and unavailable: Tajon Buchanan.

Referee: Luca Pairetto.
Assistant referees: Palermo and Yoshikawa.
Fourth Official: Marcenaro.
VAR: Aureliano and Fabbri.