28′ Eriksen brings down Lazzari on the right flank, but the home side are able to clear their lines from Luis Alberto’s delivery.
27′ Milenkovic-Savic tries to flick a pass towards Correa, but the forward is not on the same page as his team-mate and the ball travels through to Handanovic.
26′ Lukaku is adjudged to have caught Lucas in the face with a stray arm and goes into the book.
24′ Martinez runs at the Lazio defence and tries to release Lukaku down the right flank. Lucas catches him after the offload is intercepted by Acerbi, and the referee is happy to play on.
R. Lukaku
Penalty Goal
22′ GOALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! LUKAKU CONVERTS FROM THE SPOT!!!!! 1-0 INTER!!!! The Belgian makes no mistake from 12 yards. He stutters in his run-up before placing his strike with power on his left foot into the bottom-left corner, sending Reina the wrong way.
21′ VAR take a look at the penalty decision, but opts to remain with the call from the official on the field.
W. Hoedt
Yellow Card
20′ Hoedt goes into the book for his challenge on Martinez.
19′ PENALTY TO INTER! Lukaku flicks the ball through to Martinez in the left inside channel. Hoedt slides in and brings down the Argentine. The referee immediately points to the penalty spot, although it appears the Dutchman gets a fraction of the ball.
18′ Hakimi and Marusic collide, which forces the Lazio wing-back off the field for treatment.
16′ Eriksen angles a low ball inside the box for Martinez. He tries to force a strike towards goal, but Hoedt diverts it behind for a corner with a solid block.
15′ Correa tries to tee up Immobile on the edge of the box, but the Italian is closed down by Brozovic before he can shoot.
14′ Lazzari almost breaks in down the right flank to latch on to Lucas’ pass, but Handanovic is sharp off his line to clear ahead of the forward.
12′ WIDE! Martinez controls the ball in the final third and creates space for a strike on the half-volley from 20 yards. The Argentine connects well with his strike, but places it wide of the right post.
11′ Eriksen has space down the left flank and he offloads back to Brozovic on the edge of the box. The midfielder goes for the strike, only to be impeded by Luis Alberto, who prevents the shot.
10′ Correa runs at the Inter defence and slides a pass towards the run of Immobile, but he overhits his pass straight through to Handanovic.
9′ Barella has a charge down the right flank and tries to win a corner, but the ball travels out for a goal-kick amid pressure from Acerbi.
7′ Lazzari hangs a cross into the box from the right flank and Skriniar has to be alert to head away from Marusic at the back post.
5′ Luis Alberto threads a throughball towards Marusic in the left inside channel. He goes for the cutback into the middle, but Barella covers to make the interception.
4′ Both teams are sizing one another up at the moment. There has not been a great deal of intent in the final third.
2′ Skriniar puts Handanovic under pressure with a short backpass. Correa closes down the keeper and blocks the ball behind for a goal-kick, taking a knock from the Inter skipper in the process.
1′ We’re underway at San Siro.
Lazio have also made two changes to their side from their win over Cagliari in their last outing. Patric and Hoedt start in the back three to replace Musacchio and Radu, with the latter being a late withdrawal in the warm-up.
Inter have made one change to their side from their draw against Juventus during the week. Perisic gets the nod to start on the left flank as Darmian drops to the bench. Martinez and Lukaku spearhead the attack, while Conte keeps faith with the midfield trio of Barella, Eriksen and Brozovic.
LAZIO SUBS: Andreas Pereira, Alessio Furlanetto, Marco Parolo, Gonzalo Escalante, Senad Lulic, Felipe Caicedo, Danilo Cataldi, Mateo Musacchio, Marco Alia, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Vedat Muriqi, Mohamed Fares.
LAZIO (3-5-2): Pepe Reina; Patric, Francesco Acerbi, Wesley Hoedt; Manuel Lazzari, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Lucas Leiva, Luis Alberto, Adam Marusic; Ciro Immobile, Joaquin Correa.
INTER SUBS: Roberto Gagliardini, Alexis Sanchez, Matias Vecino, Aleksandar Kolarov, Stefano Sensi, Andrea Ranocchia, Ashley Young, Diego Padelli, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Matteo Darmian, Ionut Radu, Andrea Pinamonti.
INTER (3-5-2): Samir Handanovic; Milan Skriniar, Stefan de Vrij, Alessandro Bastoni; Achraf Hakimi, Nicolo Barella, Marcelo Brozovic, Christian Eriksen, Ivan Perisic; Romelu Lukaku, Lautaro Martinez.
Lazio are in prime form entering the match after winning their last six matches on the bounce in Serie A. Simone Inzaghi’s men have put themselves in contention for a top-four place and are sitting only nine points off the pace of AC Milan at the top of the table. A victory today would close the gap on the Rossoneri as well as Inter. Ciro Immobile’s strike was enough to overcome Cagliari last time out .
Inter were knocked out of the Coppa Italia in the semi-finals by Juventus during the week. Antonio Conte’s men failed to respond to their 2-1 loss in the first leg, drawing 0-0 at Allianz Stadium. The Nerazzurri now have to turn the page to focus on Serie A where they can move to the top of the table with a victory tonight. The club are unbeaten in their last five league matches heading into the contest.
Good evening and welcome to the live commentary of the Serie A clash between Inter and Lazio at San Siro.
R. Lukaku
Yellow Card