Internazionale look to go third in Serie A as they host struggling Pescara at the Giuseppe Meazza.

Zanetti penalised for a foul but Matti Lund Nielsen seemed to allow the ball to drift out for a corner beforehand...

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has once again attempted to quash rumours linking controversial striker Mario Balotelli with a move back to Inter.

Cassano with a smart turn in midfield and looks to thread through for Palacio, but it is cut out.

Birkir Bjarnason, on loan from Standard Liege, penalised for a foul on Inter midfielder Fredy Guarin. Very harsh.

Pescara looking to attack too though, full of confidence after two wins from three and perhaps scenting a chance against a weakened Inter. Swedish forward Mervan Celik strays offside here for them.

Alvaro Pereira drives into the box from the left for Inter and with the crowd excited, his cross is blocked by Marco Capuano.

Plenty of the play going through Benassi at the base of midfield, with captain Javier Zanetti a steady influence alongside him.

Debutant Benassi with a solid tackle on the edge of his own box - very cool there. Cassano to the byline but before he checked back the ball was just out of play.

It is headed away and Inter counter... Palacio nods on then looks to finish past Perin but he drags it wide of the target and a defender is there to clear.

They sustain the pressure on Samir Handanovic's goal, winning a free-kick on the right of the box.

Early pressure from the home side, as you might expect. However former Man City man Vladimir Weiss - not that he played much - then sends in a cross from the right for the visitors that Esteban Cambiasso has to head behind for a corner.

Excellent flick by Antonio Cassano and strike partner Rodrigo Palacio is almost on the end of it inside the Pescara box.

Wesley Sneijder is in the stands despite being about to move to Galatasaray.

Inter kick us off and will attack the goal to our right in the first 45 minutes.

The teams emerge into this cavernous stadium, which is not that full to be honest.

The Delfini shocked Fiorentina 2-0 away last weekend - La Viola's first home loss of the season, with Perin in amazing form - while Inter lost 3-0 at Udinese.

In goal Pescara have Mattia Perin on loan from Genoa. Our own James Horncastle (@JamesHorncastle) profiled that crazy guy just this week... well worth a read.

For Pescara Colombian Juan Fernando Quintero is at the South American Under-20 Championships, Uros Cosic injured and Eugenio Romulo Togni is banned. Captain Emmanuel Cascione has toothache and so starts on the bench.

With Andrea Ranocchia and Juan Jesus suspended and Walter Samuel, Dejan Stankovic, Luca Castellazzi, Ricky Alvarez, Walter Gargano, Diego Milito, Gaby Mudingayi, MacDonald Mariga and Yuto Nagatomo injured or not fully fit, it is not a strong Inter side. Eighteen-year-old midfielder Marco Benassi makes his Serie A debut.

TEAMS - Inter: Handanovic; Silvestre, Cambiasso, Chivu; Jonathan, Zanetti, Benassi, Pereira; Guarin; Cassano, Palacio. Subs: Belec, Di Gennaro, Coutinho, Mudingayi, Mariga, Rocchi, Obi, Gargano, Milito, Duncan, Bianchetti, Livaja. /// Pescara: Perin; Balzano, Capuano, Terlizzi, Modesto; Nielsen, Colucci, Bjarnason; Weiss; Jonathas, Celik. Subs: Pelizzoli, Falso, Zanon, Cascione, Romagnoli, Abbruscato, Bocchetti, Vukusic, Blasi, Caprari.