The Italian Serie A resumes this weekend and on the 14th of February we have a meeting between Inter Milan and Lazio at the San Siro. The hosts begin the weekend in second place on 47 points while the visitors are in 4th place on 40 points.
Inter Milan come into the match having been eliminated from the Coppa Italia by Juventus on Tuesday night. The second leg of the semi-final ended 0-0 in Turin but having lost the first leg 2-1 at home, Inter Milan went out of the competition.
The defeat against Juventus in the first leg is the only loss suffered by Inter Milan in their 9 most recent matches in all competitions.
Trends show they are currently on a 5 match unbeaten run in Serie A and you must go back to the 2-1 defeat at Sampdoria on the 6th of January to find the last time Inter Milano lost in the league. That is their only defeat in their last 17 Serie A games.
Inter Milan have a strong recent home record and they have won their last 7 home Serie A games in a row. Inter Milan have been scoring plenty of goals at the San Siro and have recorded 2 or more goals in 7 of their last 8 home Serie A matches. However, they have managed to keep just 3 clean sheets from the last 10 league games on home soil.
Lazio make the trip to Milan having defeated Cagliari 1-0 at home in Serie A last weekend. The winning goal came in the 61st minute and the victory backed up the excellent 3-1 defeat of Atalanta away from home the previous week.
Lazio are currently on a good run in Serie A having won each of their last 6 matches and remained undefeated in 7 league games.
Form away from home shows Lazio have lost just one of their 8 most recent away Serie A matches. They are undefeated in each of their last 3 on the road including victories at Atalanta and Parma plus a draw at Genoa.
Trends show Lazio have scored 1 or more goals in all of their last 17 league matches, including each of their last 8 on the road. However, they have been struggling to keep clean sheets and Lazio have conceded in 5 of their last 6 away Serie A games.
Team news and Inter Milan are expected to be without midfielder Arturo Vidal due to injury. He is the only player currently unavailable to Antonio Conte.
Lazio travel without the injured trio of Luiz Felipe, Danilo Cataldi, and Thomas Strakosha. There is also a doubt over the fitness of Silvio Proto.
With Ciro Immobile in the team, Lazio always have a goal scoring threat. However, their problems will come when trying to keep out the opposition in this game and we expect to see Inter Milan win the match with both teams scoring.