A rejuvenated Inter Milan side will try to extend their undefeated streak to five games when they visit Stadio Carlo Castellani to play against Empoli, who have been struggling all season to win games and avoid relegation spots. Roberto Mancini's crew will get to this match after two great results for them, having drawn with Juventus and defeating Genoa with a 3-1 score.
The hosts arrive into this match with the intention of breaking their winless streak of five games. During this stint, Empoli have drawn four matches and lost in their last outing against Sampdoria with a tight 1-0 score. For Saturday's game, Empoli's coach Maurizio Sarri will trust his center backs Daniele Rugani and Lorenzo Tonelli to make their presence felt inside both boxes, since the Tuscans have made quite an impact on set pieces. A loss by the hosts could send them into relegation spots, and with the youngest squad playing the Serie A, it could be complicated for them to bounce back.
Inter have shown a new face in 2015. With the recent signings of Xherdan Shaqiri and Lukas Podolski, Roberto Mancini's men have found some long-lost trust in themselves, earning big results as the ones mentioned earlier. While Podolski has shown his class in the couple of games he has played for the Nerazzurri, Shaqiri is set to make his debut with his new club, and will try to make an impact to earn a starting spot later on, something he could not do while playing for Bayern Munich. If Inter manage to get three points on Saturday and their neighbor Milan loses their match against Atalanta, then Mancini's men would surpass the Rossoneri for the first time this year, thus confirming their hopes to earn European football next season.
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