This match of the 25th round of Italian Serie A also attract a fair deal of attention given that the home team, Genoa, won two previous away matches, while Inter finally put an end in previous round to eight-game winless streak of three losses and five draws. Regarding the situation in the table, Inter stands much better there as it is eight, while Genoa occupies mere 14th place and has even 21 points fewer.
Genoa fans rely the most in fact that their team won Inter at home four consecutive times before this match, and on top of it Genoa won maximal six points from two previous league matches. Manager Ballardini players had firstly won difficult away match with Lazio 2-1, and then last weekend defeated Chievo 1-0 in Verona.
In that way Genoa moved up to the 12th place in the Serie A table but fact that it has even 10 points more than 18th-places SPAL is far more important at the moment as it allows them to face Inter at home without being under much pressure. In two previous matches Ballardini used the same 11 players for the starting line-up and we don’t expect that he will change that now, especially as still out of action are injured defenders Izoo and Rosi, midfielders Veloso and Taarabt, and experienced forward Rosi.
Probable lineups Genoa 1893: Perin – Biraschi, Spolli, Zukanovic – Pereira, Rigoni, Bertolacci, Hiljemark, Laxalt – Pandev, Galabinov
We have said in the introduction that Inter finally managed to put an end in previous round of Serie A to eight-game winless streak of three losses and five draws after it won Bologna 2-1 at home. In that way the Nerazzurri kept the third place in the table, although they have now just one point more than Roma and two than Lazio, and by that it is quite clear that the three teams will fight a great battle all the way till the end of season for two remaining places that lead to the Champions League.
Leading duo Napoli and Juventus have already created two-digit advantage mostly thanks to abovementioned dreadful series of results made by manager Spaletti players. Luckily for him Inter managed to win all three points against Bologna and now it can be expected to play under less pressure with Genoa. However, great problem for him is fairly weak shape of several players, while out of action due to injuries are this time stopper Miranda, midfielder Pasic and forward Icardi.
Probable lineups Inter Milan: Handanovic – Cancelo, Skriniar, Lopez, D'Ambrosio – Rafinha, Valero, Vecino – Brozovic – Karamoh, Eder
Although current situation in the table suggests that the guests from Milan are great favourites to win the match, we should have in mind that Geno won two previous league matches. On top of it, Genoa has one of best defences in the league and it is why perhaps the most realistic to play on fewer number of goals
Pick: under 2.5 goals
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