Juventus vs Internazionale – Serie A – Preview

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Sreya

Juventus vs Internazionale – Juventus hosts Internazionale at the Juventus Stadium, Turin on 9th December, Saturday in a crucial Serie A fixture.

Juventus are third in the Serie A standings with thirty-seven points while Internazionale sit atop the Serie A standings with thirty-nine points.

Juventus’ 1-0 win over Napoli in their last game helped Allegri’s side recover from their shocking 3-2 loss to Sampdoria a couple of games back, but Internazionale have been pretty much unstoppable in the last few weeks, with six consecutive wins, including a 5-0 victory over Chievo last week.

Team News

Stephan Lichsteiner, Benedikt Howedes and Marko Pjaca are sidelined through injuries while Gianluigi Buffon is carrying a slight knock. Inter Milan do not have any injury or suspension concerns.

Juventus Possible Starting Lineup: Wojciech Szczesny, Mattia de Sciglio, Mehdi Benatia, Giorgio Chiellini, Alex Sandro, Claudio Marchisio, Sami Khedira, Miralem Pjanic, Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain, Mario Mandzukic.

Internazionale Possible Starting Lineup: Samir Handanovic, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Milan Skriniar, Mirinda, Davide Santon, Roberto Gagliardini, Matias Vecino, Antonio Candreva, Borja Valero, Ivan Perisic, Mauro Icardi.

“Inter are a difficult opponent, they are top of the table and deservedly so, they are a very strong team and have a great coach. It will be a battle that we want to win to go top of the table, and then we will wait and see for Napoli’s result.

We hope that it will be a great game, and that we are able to take three vital points in the fight for the Scudetto.”

– Gonzalo Higuain, Juventus.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Juventus vs Internazionale H2H Stats, Juventus have won three and lost two of their previous five matches against inter Milan. Juventus have kept a clean sheet in their last 3 home matches against Inter in all competitions, but Internazionale are undefeated in their previous seventeen Serie A games.

It should be a closely contested affair with a 1-1 draw being the most probable outcome.