Lazio will host Inter Milan at the Stadio Olimpico in the most anticipated clash of Serie A Matchday 16.
Lazio Team News, Injuries, Suspensions & Probable Lineup
Marco Baroni will be hoping to have Matias Vecino and Alessio Romagnoli back in the squad, but neither man is expected to start. Ivan Provedel will return to the lineup, with Patric the favorite to start alongside Mario Gila. On the flanks, Nuno Tavares is certain of a starting berth, while Adam Marusic could win the ballot with Manuel Lazzari on the right flank.
Nicolo Rovella and Matteo Guendouzi should resume their partnership in the middle of the park, with Fisayo Dele-Bashiru dropped after a series of impressive starts. Gustav Isaksen and Mattia Zaccagni should occupy the wings, while Pedro has recently emerged as the favorite for the attacking-midfielder role. Finally, Tijjani Noslin will fill in for the suspended Taty Castellanos.
Lazio (4-2-3-1): Provedel; Marusic, Gila, Patric, Nuno Tavares; Guendouzi, Rovella; Isaksen, Pedro, Zaccagni; Noslin
Inter Milan Team News, Injuries, Suspensions & Probable Lineup
Simone Inzaghi will be without his two key defenders Francesco Acerbi and Benjamin Pavard, but he can still rely on a solid backline containing Stefan de Vrij and Alessandro Bastoni, while Yann Bisseck is the slight favorite to join them ahead of Matteo Darmian. Meanwhile, Denzel Dumfries and Federico Dimarco will occupy the wingback slots.
The former Lazio boss should resort to his tried-and-trusted midfield trio of Nicolo Barello, Hakan Calhanoglu and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, while Lautaro Martinez joins forces with the in-form Marcus Thuram upfront.
Inter Milan (3-5-2): Sommer; Bisseck, De Vrij, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Lautaro Martinez.
We can pull up an upset tonight..I just hope the defence don’t fold