Inter vs Lazio preview

December 20, 2014
By: Nemanja Lazarevic

Inter vs LazioHaving just recorded the first win under Roberto Mancini, Inter will be hoping to start a fresh winning run and revive their top 3 bid.

Meanwhile, Lazio climbed to fourth with a comfortable triumph over Atalanta and they are now looking to continue the rich vein of form at Giuseppe Meazza.

After Walter Mazzarri failed to get Inter Milan back where they belong, the club chiefs appointed Roberto Mancini as his successor, but the former Manchester City boss has had a rocky start to his new coaching job.

While the Nerazzurri did well to secure their place in the Europa League knockout stages, they experienced all sorts of problems on domestic stage.

Inter slipped to 12th in the overall standings as they could only take two points from five league matches before finally returning to winning ways last weekend.

The Nerazzurri produced a very good performance to see off Chievo on the road and they are now available at 2.20 (6/5) to defeat Lazio as well.

Important midfielder Hernanes is back in contention, leaving Jonathan as the only unavailable player at the moment.

Zdravko Kuzmanovic looks set to keep his place in the side, whilst Yuto Nagtomo and Pablo Osvaldo should be preferred to Danilo D’Ambrosio and Rodrigo Palacio.

Probable starting line-up (4-3-1-2): Handanovic – Nagatomo, Ranocchia, Juan Jesus, Dodo – Guarin, Medel, Kuzmanovic – Kovacic – Icardi, Osvaldo.

Lazio management made quite an effort this summer to reinforce the playing squad while appointing Stefano Pioli to try and improve the club’s fortunes.

And even if the squad rebuilding process took some time, the Biancocelesti have been playing close to their potential and now have a chance to climb to third position in the standings.

Lazio are currently on a three-match winning run, having defeated Varese in Coppa Italia, while recording back to back Serie A triumphs over Parma and Atalanta.

And with the players in very good spirits at the moment, there may be some value in odds of 3.75 (11/4) offered on away win.

Stefano Pioli will have important midfielder Marco Parolo back from suspension, but Lucas Biglia looks set to miss out through a muscle problem.

The likes of Santiago Gentiletti, Mickael Ciani, Bruno Pereirinha, Antonio Candreva, Ederson and Edson Braafheid remain on the sidelines.

Probable starting line-up (4-3-3): Marchetti – Basta, de Vrij, Cana, Radu – Parolo, Ledesma, Lulic – Anderson, Klose, Mauri.

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