Inter and Lecce will face on Saturday the 23rd of December at 6:00 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Milano at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The chosen referee is Matteo Marcenaro.
Inter sits in the 1st position in the standings with 41 points. It comes from a 0-2 win against Lazio in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 13 times, drawn twice, and lost once.
Inter won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 27th of September against Sassuolo and the score was 1-2.
Lecce is in the 12th place in the standings with 20 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Frosinone in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 4 times, draw 8 times, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Inter
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (16 times).
Simone Inzaghi is expected to play against Lecce with the following players: Yann Sommer, Alessandro Bastoni, Francesco Acerbi, Yann Bisseck, Carlos Augusto, Nicolò Barella, Hakan Çalhanoğlu , Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Matteo Darmian, Marko Arnautović and Marcus Thuram.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Inter would be 29.45.
Simone Inzaghi will probably not be able to employ Alex Cordaz and Stefan de Vrij because of injury.
Juan Cuadrado, Federico Dimarco, Denzel Dumfries and Lautaro Martínez will definitely miss the match.
Lecce
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (16 times).
Roberto D’Aversa is expected to play against Inter with the following players: Wladimiro Falcone, Antonino Gallo, Marin Pongracic, Federico Baschirotto, Valentin Gendrey, Rémi Oudin, J. Gonzàlez, Ylber Ramadani, Lameck Banda, Gabriel Strefezza and Roberto Piccoli.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Lecce would be 24.73.
Roberto D’Aversa will probably not be able to employ Patrick Dorgu because of injury.
Kastriot Dermaku and Pontus Almqvist will definitely miss the match.