Inter will visit home side Atalanta at the Stadio Azzurri d’Italia Sunday afternoon as the Nerazzurri look for their second Serie A win in a row.
Il Biscione are sitting in a disappointing 10th place in the Serie A table this season, tied with cross town rivals AC Milan with 29 points each.
Atalanta are uncomfortably only five points out of the relegation zone, sitting in the 16th spot of the table ahead of Cagliari and Chievo.
The last meeting between these two squads saw Inter secure a clean sheet and coming away with a 2-0 win at home.
Roberto Mancini’s men are coming off an impressive 3-0 home win at the San Siro last week against Palermo while La Dea fought hard against Fiorentina last Sunday but were on the losing end of an exciting 3-2 scoreline away at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.
Atalanta do not have any suspensions in the books for this week but will be without defenders Nicolo Cherubin and Boukary Drame as well as midfielders Marcelo Estigarribia and Cristian Raimondi who are all out due to injuries.
Despite the loss last week, Stefano Colantuono looks to be keeping the same starting 11 for the upcoming match.
The Nerazzurri also have no suspensions to deal with this week but will be going into the match with a lack of defenders as Hugo Campagnaro, Marco Andreolli, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Nemanja Vidic and Yuto Nagatomo are all unavailable due to injuries.
Mancini looks to be making a few changes to his starting 11 this week. In defence, Brazilian left back Dodo looks to be replacing the injured Yuto Nagatomo and also youngster Mateo Kovacic taking over for Fredy Guarín in the midfield. In attack, Argentine striker Rodrigo Palacio will most likely find a spot back on the bench, with newcomer George Puscas getting the start and partnering Mauro Icardi up top.
Expected Starting XIs
Atalanta: Sportiello; Masiello, Stendardo, Benalouane, Bellini; Zappacosta, Cigarini, Carmona, Moralez; Gomez; Denis.
Inter Milan: Handanovic; Santon, Ranocchia, Juan Jesus, Dodo; Brozovic, Medel, Kovacic; Shaqiri; Icardi, Puscas.
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