This postponed match of the 27th round of Italian Serie A definitely attracts a lot of attention in Italy as two great rivals are about to meet at the San Siro, Milan and Inter. Rigth now Inter is in much better mood as it occupies the fourth place and has even eight points more than 6th-placed Milan. Their match played last autumn in the league had ended as the Nerazzurri’s victory of 3-2. On the other hand, near the end of previous year the Rossoneri won in the Cup after extra time
Now, Milan management announced that on Wednesday evening the team will give its maximum in order to again defeat the great city rival in the championship, especially as if they succeed they would close in on them to just five points. True, from the time when the match was originally scheduled team led by manage Gattus has spoiled its form a bit as in the meantime it suffered two defeats by Arsenal from London in the round of 16 of the Europa League, while last weekend it lost away in the league to Juventus 3-1.
Before defeat in Turin, the Rossoneri had a fantastic nine-game unbeaten streak in the Serie A of eight wins and just one draw, while in the Coppa Italia they eliminated Lazio and qualified for another final where will again face Juventus. Right now, Milan is focused only on the league, especially as it is still in the race for the Champions League and now against Inter it will play to win all three points, regardless that out of action are suspended midfielder Biglia, and from before injured defenders Conti and Abate.
Probable lineups AC Milan: G. Donnarumma – Calabria, Bonucci, Romagnoli, Rodriguez – Kessie, Montolivo, Bonaventura – Suso, Cutrone, Calhanoglu
Unlike their great city rivals, Inter players have significantly improved their form compared to time when this match was originally scheduled as in the meantime they won three and drew one match, with 2nd-placed Napoli. However, fact that attracts attention of football fans in Italy is that Inter hasn’t conceded a single goal in the same period, while it scored even 10 goals where five were scored in away victory over Sampdoria, two in match with Benevento and three when they met Verona at home.
In that way team led by manager Spaletti has kept the fourth place in the Serie A table, where it has just two points fewer than Roma that has played one match more, just like 5th-placed Lazio, which has one point fewer than the Nerazzurri at the moment. Right because of that Inter fans believe that their team shouldn’t have problems in the finish of season to reach the Champions League, especially if it manages to stay undefeated in this match with Milan, which will skip only from before injured stopper Ranocchia.
Probable lineups Inter: Handanovic – Cancelo, Skriniar, Miranda, D'Ambrosio – Brozovic, Gagliardini – Candreva, Rafinha, Perisic – Icardi
Although Inter has significantly improved in the meantime their city rival had a long winning streak before defeat by Juventus, which is why we have decided to give them a slight advantage in this city derby.
Pick: Asian handicap 0
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