Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live commentary from the Euro 2016 Group H Qualifier between Italy and Bulgaria. This is Nick Royle (@nickaroyle) taking you through all the action from the Stadio Renzo Barbera in Palermo.

GOAL: Italy 1-0 Bulgaria. De Rossi sidefoots the ball into the right-hand corner for his 17th international goal in his 101st game for Italy.

De Rossi scores but the referee says that some Italy players encroached so the Roma player must take it again.

PENALTY: Yordan Minev trips Candreva on the edge of the area and the referee rightly points to the spot.

The Russian referee Sergei Karasev has words with De Rossi after a flying tackle on Iliyan Mitsanski. That was a wild challenge.

SAVE: Pelle forces a save from goalkeeper Bozhidar Mitrev at the far post, then El Shaarawy is unable to acrobatically turn in the rebound.

Italy in their usual blue shirts and shorts kick off against Bulgaria all in white. Ivaylo Petev's side line up in a 4-5-1 formation, while Conte has gone for a 4-3-3 with El Shaarawy and Candreva alongside Pelle up front.

28 degrees Celsius in Palermo tonight, and the home side are making a fine racket as the teams walk out.

Italy are unbeaten in their last 37 competitive home qualifiers, winning 31 of them, and their record in Palermo is not too shabby either.

Bulgaria have failed to win any of their four matches at the Vasil Levsk National Stadium in the qualifying campaign, taking just two points from a possible 12. The Lions have kept just one clean sheet in their seven matches, against Malta, who have only scored only one goal in the qualifying campaign.

Italy have yet to lose a game in Group H, conceding just five goals in their seven matches and keeping three clean sheets in their four wins and three draws. However, the Azzurri have netted just 10 times during the campaign.

Italy goalkeeper Gigi Buffon makes his 150th appearance tonight for the Azzurri.

The sides drew 2-2 in the reverse fixture in March, with Eder netting an 84th minute equaliser at the Vasil Levski National Stadium after goals from Popov and Micanski had put Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria coach Ivaylo Petev has made two changes from the side that lost 1-0 to Norway in Sofia on Thursday. Veselin Minev replaces Ivan Bandalovski at right back, while Todor Nedelev comes in for Stanislav Manolev in midfield.

The Azzurri lie in second place in the group and come into the match on the back of a ponderous 1-0 win over Malta in Florence on Thursday, while Bulgaria lie in fourth place after a 1-0 defeat to Norway in Sofia.

Norway top Group H with 16 points from eight matches following their 2-0 victory over Croatia in Oslo earlier this evening, but Italy will return to the top of the table with a win over Bulgaria in Sicily.

Italy coach Antonio Conte has made five changes to the starting eleven that started the match against Malta at the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Thursday. Mattia De Sciglo comes in for Manuel Pasqual at left back, the only change in the back five. Andrea Bertolacci is back in Milan undergoing further tests on the injury he picked up against Malta, so Marco Verratti deputises in midfield. Daniele De Rossi comes in for Andrea Pirlo, while Eder and Manolo Gabbiadini are replaced up front by Stephan El Shaarawy and Antonio Candreva.

ITALY: Buffon, Darmian, Bonucci, Chiellini, De Sciglio, Verratti, De Rossi, Parolo, Candreva, Pelle, El Shaarawy. Subs: Sirigu, Padelli, Criscito, Barzagli, Soriano, Florenzi, Pirlo, Vazquez, Zaza, Immobile, Eder, Gabbiadini.///BULGARIA: Mitrev, Minev, A Aleksandrov, Bodurov, Minev, Dyakov, Chochev; Nedelev, Popov, Milanov, Mitsanski. Subs: Makendzhiev, Bandalovski, Terziev, Manolev, Ivo Ivanov, Alexandrov, Slavchev, Zlatinski, Rangelov, V Hristov, Tonev.