26' The last Italian player to score from a direct free-kick for Inter in Serie A before Dimarco was Mario Balotelli in February 2009 against Bologna.
24' Barella flicks the ball past Silva to pick out Dzeko, but Colley quickly slides in to take it away from him. The tackle ends up going to Calhanoglu on the edge of the box, but he drags at the shot, sending it wide of the far post.
20' Sampdoria are still trying to press Inter high upfield, but the visitors look a lot more settled after the goal. They're knocking it around confidently in their own half and patiently working their way forward.
16' It's better from the visitors now as they pass it between Sampdoria and Barella curls a cross into the box. Dzeko can't reach it, but it's recycled by Perisic. He heads it to Martinez, and he wins a free-kick inside the D after being caught in the face.
14' Brozovic taps the ball into Barella and the midfielder lifts a lovely chip over Augello to finish the one-two. Brozovic takes it to the byline before fizzing it back into the box, but Colley makes an important interception.
12' Inter just can't get into a rhythm at the moment and Brozovic sloppily puts the ball out of play, gifting it back to Sampdoria. Damsgaard tries to get forward down the left, but Skiriniar gets across to block the run.
10' Candreva is getting a lot of joy down the right for Sampdoria in the opening period of the game and he hooks the ball over Dimarco again. His cross is blocked by the defender though and he can't pick anyone out from the resulting corner.
8' Sampdoria could win two home league games in a row against Inter for the second time in Serie A, after winning three in a row against them between 1989 and 1991.
6' Candreva drifts away from two Inter defenders as he gets forward down the right before swinging a good cross into the middle. Quagliarella is waiting for it in the middle, but it's headed away by De Vrij.
4' CHANCE! It's a poor clearance from Dimarco as he slices it straight to Silva on the edge of the box. He gets it out to Augello on the left and he clips it back into the middle from the byline to pick out Thorsby, but he heads his effort over the crossbar.
2' Darmian almost sells Perisic short with his crossfield pass, but he manages to get there ahead of Silva to knock it back to Calhanoglu. He has Dzeko making a run into the box ahead of him but overhits the throughball and Audero collects.
1' Damsgaard gets the game underway for Sampdoria!
The teams are out on the pitch now, with kick-off is just moments away!
Inter have scored in their last 21 league games; on only four previous occasions have they had a longer such streak in their Serie A history, with the most recent of those runs coming back in 2009 when they scored in 23 consecutive matches.
Simone Inzaghi makes just one change to the side that beat Hellas Verona before the international break and it's an enforced one. Alessandro Bastoni is out due to a thigh injury, so Dimarco comes in to replace him.
Roberto D'Aversa makes two changes to his team after their draw with Sassuolo last time out in the league, as he brings Silva and Caputo into the starting line-up. Verre drops to the bench, but Albin Ekdal misses out through injury.
INTER SUBS: Roberto Gagliardini, Ionut Radu, Aleksandar Kolarov, Andrea Ranocchia, Arturo Vidal, Stefano Sensi, Denzwl Dumfries, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Alex Cordaz, Joaquin Correa, Matias Vecino, Alexis Sanchez.
INTER STARTING XI (3-5-1-1): Samir Handanovic; Milan Skriniar, Stefan de Vrij, Federico Dimarco; Matteo Darmian, Nicolo Barella, Marcelo Brozovic, Hakan Calhanoglu, Ivan Perisic; Lautaro Martinez; Edin Dzeko.
SAMPDORIA SUBS: Valerio Verre, Wladimiro Falcone, Julian Chabot, Mohamed Ihattaren, Simone Trimboli, Alex Ferrari, Radu Dragusin, Kristoffer Askildsen, Riccardo Ciervo, Nicola Murru, Fabio Depaoli, Ernesto Torregrossa.
SAMPDORIA STARTING XI (4-2-3-1): Emil Audero; Bartosz Bereszynski, Maya Yoshida, Omar Colley, Tommaso Augello; Morten Thornsby, Adrien Silva; Antonio Candreva, Francesco Caputo, Mikkel Damsgaard; Fabio Quagliarella.
Inter's title defence began perfectly under new manager Simone Inzaghi with a 4-0 win over Genoa in their opening game, before they came from behind to beat Verona 3-1 before the international break and maintain their 100 per cent start. Sampdoria started their season with a win in the Coppa Italia first round over Alessandria, but they are winless in their two Serie A games so far (D1 L1), and are yet to score a goal in the league.
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