MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 29: Lautaro Martinez of FC Internazionale celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD8 match between FC Internazionale Milano and AS Monaco at Stadio San Siro on January 29, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram return as leaders Inter prepare for the Champions League, but must also focus on beating Cristian Chivu’s Parma.

It kicks off at the Stadio Tardini at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game, Monza-Como and Milan-Fiorentina on the Liveblog.

The Nerazzurri are easily the busiest team in Italy at the moment, as they just played a 1-1 Coppa Italia semi-final with Milan on Wednesday and will face Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday.

They cannot afford to take their foot off the gas in Serie A, as Napoli are just three points behind the leaders, so there is minimal squad rotation for this trip to Parma.

Lautaro Martinez returns after an injury on international duty, but Mehdi Taremi, Denzel Dumfries and Piotr Zielinski are still out of action.

Nicolò Barella is suspended in midfield, with Kristjan Asllani preferred to Davide Frattesi.

It is a special game for Marcus Thuram, who was born in Parma when father Lilian was playing for the club.

PARMA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 22: Cristian Chivu, Head Coach of Parma Calcio, gestures during the Serie A match between Parma and Bologna at Stadio Ennio Tardini on February 22, 2025 in Parma, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

Parma have steadied the ship since former Inter defender Chivu took over as coach from Fabio Pecchia, but they are still only three points clear of the drop zone.

There is a long injury list, including Matteo Cancellieri, Valentin Mihaila, Gabriel Charpentier, Mateusz Kowalski, Alessandro Circati, Yordan Osorio and Adrian Benedyczak.

Hernani returns from suspension, with Ange-Yoan Bonny preferred to Milan Djuric upfront.

Parma vs. Inter official line-ups

Parma: Suzuki; Delprato, Vogliacco, Valenti, Valeri; Hernani, Keita, Sohm; Almqvist, Bonny, Man

Inter: Sommer; Bisseck, Acerbi, Bastoni; Darmian, Calhanoglu, Asllani, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Lautaro Martinez, Thuram