Inter Milan will host Serie A leaders AS Roma in what should be an interesting matchup between two of the best four teams in the league. With the lead of the season possibly on the line, nobody wants to pass up the opportunity to show who is who in Italian soccer.
AS Roma steps into complicated territory due to the fact that Inter has the best defense of the tournament so far. The team has only allowed seven goals and scored ten. Meanwhile, AS Roma could be the team to really break a strong defense.
They have the best offense this season with 25 goals already under their belt and only 12 against them. Surprisingly enough, Mohamed Salah,
AS Roma looks relaxed prior to a big game
.@OfficialASRoma travel in style. pic.twitter.com/WYMIeudRAS
— TheSPORTbible (@TSBible) October 29, 2015
The first images from the final training session before #InterRoma! Check out @22mosalah and @GervinhOfficial pic.twitter.com/ux84C9pDVY
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) October 30, 2015
Roma enters San Siro on a very hot streak. The team has won their last five games in a row and it does not get better than this for a team like Roma that really struggled to get good results last season. Now they have three team chasing them only two points behind and one of them is Inter Milan.
For all those reasons, it will be important for Inter to continue to show how strong their defense can be. They have only conceded two goals in their last four games and that means that they will not make it easy on Roma at all. They have only lost one game at home and four of the seven goals against them were scored by Fiorentina.
Their best offensive chances lie on what Mauro Icardi and Jovetic can do. Each of them has three goals so far this season. Inter has only lost one of their last five games and kept three clean sheets in the same amount of matches.
Inter is not afraid of a big challenge
.@robymancio: "We don't think we're starting the game as the underdogs. We know who we're up against and we'll give it our all" #InterRoma
— F.C. Internazionale (@Inter_en) October 30, 2015
.@robymancio: "Is #InterRoma decisive? I don't think so, but it will be important for both. There's still a long way to go"
— F.C. Internazionale (@Inter_en) October 30, 2015
In the last five games between both sides, things have been pretty even. Each side has won two games and there has been one scoreless draw back in 2014. The last time that the game was played in San Siro, Inter won 2-1 at the end of last season. This makes it a very hard game to predict with lots of pride on the line.
Team sheets for Internazionale vs AS Roma
Inter's XI: Handanovic; D'Ambrosio, Miranda, Murillo, Nagatomo; Guarin, Medel, Brozovic; Ljajic, Jovetic, Perisic.
Roma's XI: Szczesny, Maicon, Manolas, Rudiger, Digné, Florenzi, Nainggolan, Pjanic, Salah, Dzeko, Gervinho.
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