Torino – Inter: 18th March 2017

Defense adrift

Turin 10th place in Serie A with 39 points collected in 28 rounds. Thus, Sinisa Mihajlovic’s students have failed the maximum in terms of defensive organization this season, accounting for shamefully second worst defense in the first 17 ranked Italian. Although they had a championship hopeful beginning, torinezii developments have succumbed inconsistent, placing it at the moment in the median of the hierarchy, the more likely void catch a place in Europe.

On wave

Internazionale Milano occupies the 5th position in Serie A with 54 points after 28 stages obtained. So, under the command of Stefano Pioli, “nerazzurii” were revived in the championship, being left in the middle seats in the table at the time of dismissal of Frank De Boer. At the moment, Inter has a good chance to catch a place in Europe, winning victories on the line in the hierarchy, if exempt bands disputes in front of the podium. Moreover, the morale “nerazzurilor” reached its peak in the previous round, when they destroyed the revelation of the championship, Atalanta, even on “Giuseppe Meazza”, beating the score of 7-1.

Direct meetings

In the last ten direct confrontation between the two teams, Inter was imposed four times, Torino other twice, while four duels ended in a draw;

In the first leg, Inter won the “Giuseppe Meazza” 2-1, thanks to “double” successes of Mauro Icardi.

Probable teams:

Torino (4-3-3): Hart- De Silvestri, Rossettini Moretti, Barreca- Benassi, Lukic, Baselli- FALQUE, Belotti, Ljajic

Inter (4-2-3-1): Handanovic- D’Ambrosio, Medel, Miranda, Ansaldi- Gagliardini, Kondogbia- Candreva, Banega, Perisic- Icard.

Conclusions & tip

Given the circumstances of this game, we anticipate a spectacular progress of hostilities, the offensive potential of both teams to be reflected on the pitch. Although Torino present a defense to the ground, his boys Mihajlovic owes more offensive triplet-Belotti FALQUE-Ljajic, especially central striker, who is actually leading scorer and first Italian leagues today. Consequently, we should assist to goals from both sides, but, however, Inter will be a valuable addition that will have to materialize to strengthen its position in the hierarchy.