Inter Milan v Sampdoria LIVE - Inter lead Sampdoria in Serie A through Stefan de Vrij header as Nerazzurri chase European spots

There's the opening goal! Stefan de Vrij with a brilliant header from a corner, rising higher than anyone else to head Inter into the lead!

And it goes to Gerard Yepes for a terrible challenge on Nicolo Barella in the middle of the park.

They're determined to play out from the back, and Sampdoria are all over them. One mistake and Sampdoria are in.

Bartosz Bereszynski busts a gut to get forward from the back as the pitch opens up for the visitors, he delivers a low cross into the box but Inter clear.

But the flag goes up. Martinez, who pulled a cross back over the head of Dzeko and into the path of Federico Dimarco, was offside.

It's the first combination we've seen between the two Inter strikers. Lautaro Martinez drives forward in the centre of the pitch and plays the ball out wide to Edin Dzeko, who cuts in on his left foot but sends a weak effort into the hands of Audero.

The striker makes a run down the left wing and hooks a bouncing ball back into the penalty area, but there are no Inter players present as Emil Audero comes off his line to claim it.

It's been stop-start in the opening three minutes and a bit of route one football as the teams settle into the game.

Sampdoria - in all white - get us underway!

The players' warm-ups are complete and we're nearly ready for kick off here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.

We're 15 minutes away from the action!

Inter are in really good form, despite being outside of the European places in Serie A.

They sit eighth in the table after three consecutive league wins, and must keep their momentum going with the likes of Roma and Juventus hovering around 5th and 6th place respectively.

After his goal-scoring return to action midweek following a two-month spell on the sidelines with injury, Romelu Lukaku can only make the bench for Inter.

INTER: Onana, Skriniar, De Vrij, Bastoni, Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco, Lautaro Martinez, Dzeko

Subs: Handanovic, Cordaz, Gosens, Acerbi, D'Ambrosio, Gagliardini, Bellanova, Asllani, Darmian, Correa, Lukaku

SAMPDORIA: Audero, Ferrari, Colley, Amione, Bereszynski, Villar, Djuricic, Leris, Caputo, Gabbiadini

Subs: Contini, Augello, Murillo, Murru, Verre, Rincon, Sabiri, Conti, Vieira, Trimboli, Pussetto, Montevago

Inter Milan entertain Sampdoria in a big game for Simone Inzaghi’s side! The hosts lie three points adrift of Atalanta in fourth spot, and anything other than a home win would begin to raise concerns for Nerazzurri’s Champions League hopes next season.

Sampdoria are already facing a fight for survival but after last week’s away win against Cremonese, they will go into tonight’s battle full of confidence as they look to escape the bottom three.

Kick off is at 19:45 and team news is on the way.