Champions League line-ups: Inter vs. Kairat Almaty | OneFootball

Inter look to Lautaro Martinez, Francesco Pio Esposito and Davide Frattesi trying to keep a perfect Champions League record against Kairat Almaty.

It kicks off at San Siro at 20.00 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game and Olympique Marseille vs. Atalanta on the Liveblog.

VERONA, ITALY – NOVEMBER 02: Cristian Chivu head coach of FC Internazionale during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and FC Internazionale at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on November 02, 2025 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

The Nerazzurri have won all three of their Champions League fixtures so far this season without conceding a single goal against Ajax, Slavia Prague and Union Saint-Gilloise.

Kazakhstani side Kairat Almaty are arguably the easiest game in their calendar, having lost 4-1 to Sporting CP and 5-0 to Real Madrid, but did get their first point in a 0-0 with Pafos, who were down to 10 men for 86 minutes.

There is some squad rotation, but Lautaro Martinez leads the attack with Pio Esposito rather than Ange-Yoan Bonny, as Marcus Thuram is back on the bench after more than a month out.

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Matteo Darmian are still on the treatment table, so Frattesi steps into midfield with Piotr Zielinski fresh from a goal to beat Verona.

This is a special day at San Siro, because Inter and AC Milan signed the sale agreement to purchase the land around the stadium, where they can begin building their new arena.

Kairat are dealing with an injury issue for captain Aleksandr Martynovich.

Joao Paulo and Elder Santana are long-term absentees with knee ligament tears.

They qualified for the Champions League after eliminating Slovan Bratislava and Celtic in the preliminary rounds, both on penalty shoot-outs.

MILAN, ITALY – MAY 06: General view inside the San Siro stadium prior to the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Semi Final Second Leg match between FC Internazionale Milano and FC Barcelona at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on May 06, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Inter vs. Kairat line-ups

Inter: Sommer; Bisseck, De Vrij, Carlos Augusto; Dumfries, Frattesi, Barella, Zielinski, Dimarco; Esposito, Lautaro Martinez

Inter bench: J Martinez, Calligaris, P Sucic, M Thuram, Luis Henrique, Bonny, Acerbi, Diouf, Calhanoglu, Akanji, Alexiou, Bastoni

Kairat Almaty: Anarbekov; Mrynskiy, Shirobokov, Sorokin, Luis Mata; Kassabulat, Arad; Gromyko, Jorginho, Satpayev; Edmilson

Kairat bench: Zarutskiy, Kalmurza, Kurgin, Sadybekov, Zaria, Baibek, D Glazer, Tapalov, Stanojev, Ricardinho

Ref: Godinho (POR)