Inter and Cagliari will take on on Sunday the 12th of December at 8:45 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be played in Milano at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The appointed referee is Matteo Marchetti.
Inter is in the 2nd place in the league with 37 points. It comes from a 0-3 win against Roma in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 11 times, draw 4 times, and lost once.
Inter won the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 16th of October against Lazio and the score was 3-1.
Cagliari is in the 18th position in the table with 10 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Torino in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won once, draw 7 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Inter
Inter has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 81.25%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (13 times) and 3-5-1-1 (3 times).
Simone Inzaghi is expected to play against Cagliari with the following players: S. Handanovič, S. de Vrij, M. Škriniar, A. Bastoni, I. Perišić, M. Brozović, H. Çalhanoğlu, N. Barella, D. Dumfries, L. Martínez and E. Džeko.
In case that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Inter would be 28.18.
A. Ranocchia, M. Darmian, C. Dannemann Eriksen and C. Correa will definitely miss the match.
Cagliari
Cagliari has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 56.25%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (9 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Walter Mazzarri is expected to play against Inter with the following players: A. Cragno, J. Cáceres Silva, L. Ceppitelli, A. Carboni, A. Grassi, R. Marin, N. Nández Acosta, R. Bellanova, M. Rog, A. Cerri and K. Baldé Diao.
If the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Cagliari would be 26.18.
S. Walukiewicz, P. Faragò, R. Ladinetti and K. Strootman will definitely miss the match.
