Inter Milan vs Parma - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to reclaim apical spot successful Serie A, reigning champions Inter Milan volition invited lowly Parma to San Siro connected Saturday.

While Inter are inactive undefeated acknowledgment to a bid of spectacular comebacks, they indispensable look opponents keen to marque the champion imaginable commencement nether caller management.

Match preview

It was an eventful fortnight starring into the agelong planetary interruption for Inter, who clawed their mode backmost into 3 consecutive Serie A matches aft falling behind.

First, they conquered Napoli successful a five-goal thriller, earlier recovering from 2 down to bushed Udinese 5-3, past the Nerazzurri showed adjacent much mettle by salvaging a precious constituent down successful Rome. 

Both Roma and Inter took a cleanable grounds into their showdown astatine Stadio Olimpico, and Italy's apical 2 played retired an absorbing 2-2 draw. Having struggled to support gait with their hosts earlier the break, skipper Lautaro Martinez bailed his squad retired erstwhile again, scoring consecutive aft fractional clip and aboriginal levelling the scores.

Currently locked connected 13 points with some superior clubs, Cristian Chivu's broadside volition play earlier Roma and Lazio this weekend, giving them a accidental to prehend the acme connected Saturday night.

Averaging 3 goals per crippled - and with their lone decision an unlucky Champions League nonaccomplishment to Real Madrid - Inter present purpose to triumph each of their archetypal 4 Serie A location fixtures for the archetypal clip successful 9 years.

As the Milanese giants are unbeaten successful 9 league meetings with Parma, portion scoring astatine slightest doubly each time, precedent is surely connected their side.

Parma's past top-flight triumph implicit the Nerazzurri dates backmost to 2018, erstwhile existent Inter prima Federico Dimarco scored their victor astatine San Siro.

This year, they whitethorn caput determination successful immoderate trepidation, having precocious sacked their brag and with conscionable 4 points connected the board.

Despite steering his squad to a gritty 2-1 triumph against Genoa conscionable earlier the break, Carlos Cuesta was soon dismissed, and a acquainted look has been appointed to win the young Spanish coach.

Alberto Gilardino scored 56 goals successful 3 campaigns arsenic a Parma subordinate betwixt 2002 and 2005 - earlier joining Inter's metropolis rivals AC Milan - and remains the club's second-highest top-flight scorer. 

Having compiled a mixed grounds successful absorption truthful acold - past season's spell astatine Pisa was a peculiar lowlight - helium could hardly look a tougher start.

Stretching backmost to the process extremity of past term, Parma person mislaid their past 4 distant games, and they indispensable present sojourn the free-scoring Scudetto holders.

Inter Milan Serie A form:

Inter Milan signifier (all competitions):

Parma Serie A form:

Parma signifier (all competitions):

Team News

Although Inter tin invited backmost set-piece specializer Hakan Calhanoglu and perchance see Djed Spence for the archetypal clip since helium signed, they volition beryllium missing 2 much England internationals.

John Stones is inactive sidelined with a flexor problem, portion Curtis Jones could beryllium retired of enactment until November aft injuring his close thigh.

Chivu inactive has plentifulness of options crossed the pitch, though, and nary much than successful the last third: Ange Bonny, Marcus Thuram and Italy prima Pio Esposito are each vying to spouse Martinez up front.

The second has precocious scored consecutive braces successful the league, taking his vocation tally to 136 Serie A goals - lone Benito Lorenzi (138) and Giuseppe Meazza (197) person managed much for Inter.

A compatriot of 'El Toro', Argentine striker David Romero has scored successful some of his past 2 appearances, truthful helium is apt to pb Parma's attack.

Pontus Almqvist (calf) and Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (groin) are presently unavailable owed to injury, portion Gilardino besides has concerns astir young defender Dominik Drobnic (wrist). 

Inter Milan imaginable starting lineup:

J. Martinez; Bisseck, Akanji, Bastoni; Diouf, Barella, Calhanoglu, Zielinski, Dimarco; Thuram, L. Martinez

Parma imaginable starting lineup:

Corvi; Delprato, Carlos, Troilo; Britschgi, Bernabe, Keita, Sierro, Valeri; Lontani, Romero

We say: Inter Milan 3-0 Parma 

Inter person recorded the astir shots connected people successful Serie A this season, portion Parma person produced the fewest, and that inclination should proceed successful Milan.

Expect one-way traffic, with the hosts wholly dominating possession and territory, arsenic the Serie A champions stroll to yet different location win.

For information investigation of the astir apt results, scorelines and much for this lucifer delight click here.