With two dramatic victories behind them, Inter host the impressive Viola in hopes of securing their first Serie A home win of the season. Match on Tuesday at 21:00 CET.
After the last week’s amazing comeback against Tottenham Hotspur and the last gasp win against Sampdoria on Saturday, the demons of the Parma loss can finally be erased. As such, expect the Meazza stands to be packed (for a Tuesday night) with the Nerazzurri faithful looking to urge their team on to the first league home victory this season.
It’s important to note that Luciano Spaletti might be relishing the prospect of facing Stefano Pioli’s Viola than that of facing Parma. Spaletti’s Inter generally have a better time when facing team that come at them looking for a result, rather than throwing men behind the ball and hoping to nick something on a fast break. That being said, Fiorentina currently possess one of the league’s most in-form attacking lines. Federico Chiesa, Giovanni Simeone and Marko Pjaca have been running circles around opponents’ defenders and currently possessing the second best record in the league with eleven goals scored.
On the other hand, Inter’s grit and desire have been on full display in the previous two matches. With the defensive unit functioning quite efficiently at the moment, the only thing the team has improve is putting the ball in the back of their opponents’ nets. As evidenced in the previous two games, as long as the team doesn’t drop its head, or let in silly goals due to individual mistakes continues tries to score will lead to a win sooner or later.
Team News
Sime Vrsaijko is still unfit to play on the right side of defense, and so one can expect Danilo D’Ambrosio to slot into that position. With no other real injury to deal with, Spaletti will probably play with the same starting eleven from the previous match, possibly bringing Ivan Perisic back in ahead of Matteo Politano.
Probable Inter line-up (4-2-3-1): Handanovic; Asamoah, DiVrij, Skriniar, D’Ambrosio; Borozovic, Vecino; Perisic, Nainggolan, Politano; Icardi (C)
Stats
Last Season: Inter 3 – 0 Fiorentina
Last 10 Head to Head: Fiorentina take a slight edge over Inter in the last 10 games record, with five wins to Inter’s four.
Keep an Eye on
Marcelo Brozovic: With arguably back to back man of the match performances in the last two matches, the Croatian midfielder seems to have shaken off the World Cup cobwebs from his mind. In a match where a very dangrous Fiorentina is expected to come at Inter, Brozo’s contribution in supporting the defense and transitioning the play to attack will be pivotal in how this match ends.
Officials
Referee: Silvio Mazzoleni
Assistants: Del Giovane, Longo
Fourth Official: Marinelli
VAR Officials: Irrati, Vivenzi
Prediction & concluding remarks
Prediction & scorers: Inter 2-0 Fiorentina with Icardi and Nainggolan scoring.
Concluding remarks: While this can never be deemed an easy match, it is exactly this type of match where Inter must push themselves to come out as nothing but victors. A win here will further the budding positive run that’s currently in development and also send a message to the team itself and the rest of the league that the poor form of the first few matches is finally behind them.
