The table-topping Inter are expected to bring back their first-team big hitters when they visit an in-form Sassuolo side in Serie A on Sunday afternoon.The Nerazzurri are sitting pretty at the top of ...
The table-topping Inter are expected to bring back their first-team big hitters when they visit an in-form Sassuolo side in Serie A on Sunday afternoon.
The Nerazzurri are sitting pretty at the top of the Serie A table with 55 points after 23 matches, five clear of their closest competitors, Milan. Cristian Chivu’s side are unbeaten in 11 league matches and have won 10 of those 11 games.
Sassuolo have recorded two consecutive victories in Serie A heading into Sunday’s clash against Inter, which puts them within a point of the top half of the table after 23 matches.
PISA, ITALY – JANUARY 31: Ismael Kone’ of US Sassuolo celebrates after scoring a goal during the Serie A match between Pisa SC and US Sassuolo Calcio at Arena Garibaldi on January 31, 2026 in Pisa, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images)
Fabio Grosso is expected to name a similar side, if not the same starting XI as the one that beat Pisa 3-1 away from home last weekend, with Domenico Berardi, Andrea Pinamonti and Armand Lauriente starting across the front three.
After resting the majority of his key first-team players for Wednesday evening’s 2-1 Coppa Italia victory over Torino, Chivu is expected to bring back his big hitters, including the likes of Lautaro Martinez, Federico Dimarco and Alessandro Bastoni, against Sassuolo.
MONZA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 04: Andy Diouf of FC Internazionale Milano (obscured) celebrates scoring his team’s second goal with teammates during the Coppa Italia Quarter-Final match between FC Internazionale and Torino at U-Power Stadium on February 04, 2026 in Monza, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
The travelling Nerazzurri are still without midfielders Nicolo Barella and Hakan Calhanoglu, but Chivu has hinted that they could both return to the squad after the Sassuolo match. Petar Sucic, Piotr Zielinski and Henrikh Mkhitaryan is the expected midfield combination on Sunday.
Kick-off is due at 17.00 GMT.
Sassuolo vs. Inter: Probable line-ups
Sassuolo (4-3-3): Muric; Walukiewicz, Idzes, Muharemovic, Doig; Thorstvedt, Matic, Kone; Berardi, Pinamonti, Lauriente
Inter (3-5-2): Sommer; Bisseck, Akanji, Bastoni; L.Henrique, Sucic, Zielinski, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; L.Martinez, Thuram.
Where to watch Sassuolo vs. Inter
MONZA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 04: Players of FC Internazionale Milano pose for a team photograph prior to the Coppa Italia Quarter-Final match between FC Internazionale and Torino at U-Power Stadium on February 04, 2026 in Monza, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
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