Inter Milan face Juve in highly anticipated Super Sunday clash.
Inter vs
Juventus
As Inter Milan and Juventus prepare for a high-stakes showdown at the San Siro on Sunday, both teams will be looking to capitalize on their Serie A ambitions, with Inter hoping to leverage their impressive home form and Juventus aiming to rebound from a recent Champions League setback.
Inter
After a 1-0 win over Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night, Inter are back in Serie A against Juventus. A stoppage-time goal from Marcus Thuram helped Inter remain unbeaten in the competition, leaving the club in 7th place on the revamped league phase table.
Inzaghi’s side will face Juventus in a top-of-the-table clash after last weekend’s 1-0 win over Roma. Inter are only two points adrift of table-topping Napoli, who face Lecce on Saturday before the Old Lady’s visit.
Having 17 points with 5 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss, Inter will be looking to capitalize on any slip-ups from the Blues, although they have suffered their most Serie A defeats against Juventus, totaling 87. It accounts for 13% of the total matches lost by the Nerazzurri.
However, Simone Inzaghi’s side could draw inspiration from their fine home form, having lost only once in the last 19 home games in Serie A, boasting 14 wins, 4 draws, and just 1 loss. That defeat came against city rivals AC Milan in September.
A 3-5-2 formation with midweek hero Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martínez in attack is expected. Hakan Çalhanoglu and Francesco Acerbi are ruled out of this weekend's clash, and medical tests have also confirmed that Inter will be without Carlos Augusto due to a thigh injury.
Juventus
Ten-man Juventus were stunned in a 1-0 loss to Stuttgart in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night after a stoppage-time goal from El Bilal Touré [90’+3]. The Old Lady, who are 3rd on the Serie A standings, will be looking to bounce back to winning ways when they make the difficult trip to face Inter at the weekend.
A 1-0 win over 10-man Lazio helped Juve keep 4th place as the only side in the league to remain unbeaten. This is the first time in club history that Juve [DDWDW] have remained unbeaten after Match Day 8.
Ahead of Sunday’s top-of-the-table clash, Juventus are unbeaten in six of the last seven Serie A matches against Inter when both are in the top three positions at the start of a matchday [3W, 3D, 0L]. They will be hoping to maintain this record when they visit Milan on Sunday.
Dušan Vlahović is expected to lead the attack in Thiago Motta's 4—2—3—1 formation. Meanwhile, Teun Koopmeiners and Arkadiusz Milik are both ruled out of the weekend’s clash.
