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This is certainly the most interesting match of the 21st round of Italian Serie A, as third-placed Inter meets fifth-positioned Roma, that has three points and played one match fewer than its next opponent. Both teams were in crisis before the break, which is why the fortnight pause came very handy. We need to add that their match played in Rome last autumn had ended as Inter victory 3-1

Inter Milan

Back then the Nerazzurri played well and were practically invincible, but since mid-December crisis hit them and this match with Roma comes after five-game winless streak of three defeats and two draws. It all started with unexplainable home defeat by Udinese 3-1, after which they lost to Sassuolo away. From that point lag between them and leading Napoli and Udinese only has increased.

Before facing Udinese Inter was even leading team in the Serie A and the only undefeated team in the league, but after two defeats came two draws, at home with Lazio and Fiorentina away, so right now the Nerazzurri has even seven points fewer than Juventus and nine than leading Napoli. In the meantime Inter was eliminated from the Coppa Italia by city rival Milan. Consequently, the club management stated that is only interested in victory over Roma, especially as the only injured player is defender D’Ambrosio.

Probable lineups Inter Milano: Handanovic – Cancelo, Skriniar, Miranda, Santon – Gagliardini, Vecino – Candreva, Valero, Perisic– Icardi

AS Roma

We have said in the introduction that the guests from Rome are in very bleak mood ahead of this great derby of the Serie A given they won just one point from three last league matches, while before that they were eliminated from the Coppa Italia by Torino. Roma occupies the fifth place in the league table and has significant backlog behind leading two duo, so the season continuation it can most probably only join the race for positions that lead to the Champions League.

At the moment third-placed Inter has only three points more than they and city rival Lazio just one, although both Rome based teams have played one match fewer than the Nerazzurri. Besides, Roma will soon play against Ukrainian Shakhtar in the Champions League round of 16 and it would be very important for them to win as much as possible points in six league matches that will play till then. Let’s add that out of action for match with Inter are injured defender Karsdorp and forwards Defrel and Perotti.

Probable lineups AS Roma: Alisson – Peres, Manolas, Fazio, Kolarov – Pellegrini, de Rossi, Nainggolan – Florenzi, Dzeko, El Shaarawy

Verdict:

We have said that both teams are in very bad shape ahead of this great derby of the Serie A but nevertheless we have decided to give a slight advantage to the home team, Inter, given that Roma will play postponed match with Sampdoria in just three days from now.

Pick: Asian handicap 0 Inter 1.87 - 87/100 @1XBet