Inter and Lazio are going to take on on Sunday the 9th of January at 8:45 pm in the 21st week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Milano at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The appointed referee is Luca Pairetto.
Inter is in the 1st place in the table with 46 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Torino in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 14 times, draw 4 times, and lost once.
Inter won the last 7 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 16th of October against Lazio and the score was 3-1.
Lazio sits in the 8th place in the league with 32 points. It comes from a 3-3 draw against Empoli in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 9 times, draw 5 times, and lost 6 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 (16 times or 84.21%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (16 times) and 3-5-1-1 (3 times).
Simone Inzaghi is expected to play against Lazio with the following players: S. Handanovič, S. de Vrij, M. Škriniar, A. Bastoni, I. Perišić, M. Brozović, A. Vidal Pardo, N. Barella, D. Dumfries, L. Martínez and A. Sánchez Sánchez.
In case that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Inter would be 29.64.
A. Cordaz, E. Džeko and M. Satriano will definitely miss the match.
Simone Inzaghi will not be able to have the presence of H. Çalhanoğlu who is suspended.
Lazio
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (20 times).
Maurizio Sarri is expected to play against Inter with the following players: T. Strakosha, P. Gabarrón Gil, L. Ramos Marchi, E. Hysaj, A. Marušić, T. Bašić, D. Cataldi, S. Milinković-Savić, M. Zaccagni, D. Anderson and C. Immobile.
In case that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Lazio would be 27.82.
F. Acerbi and J. Akpa Akpro will definitely miss the match.