Defending a long undefeated series, the Internazionale closes this Monday, October 30, the eleventh round of the Italian Championship. It will face Verona at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi stadium in Verona, starting at 17:45 (Brasília time).
Verona’s recent performance
The owners of the house are still trying to piece together the last two defeats. In the ninth round, they lost the game against Chievo 3-2. In day ten on Thursday, October 25, they took a ruthless 3-0 to Atalanta in Bergamo.
Thus, parked in the six points (one win, three draws and six defeats), Verona plummeted to the eighteenth place, the first in the relegation zone. Although it is not a team with great investment, the result is below the expectations, but result of numerous failures and low capacity of reaction.
Of the last ten matches, Verona managed to defeat only the young Benevento. Likewise, with great difficulty. At home, he scored 1 – 0 in front of an opponent who had been one less since the 37 minutes of the first half (defender Luca Antei was sent off). The team still scored three times in that period with draws and suffered six defeats.
To attempt a reaction against Internazionale, coach Fabio Pecchia has to manage a series of medical problems that affect his defensive sector. Defenders Martin Caceres (seven matches in the 2016/2018 Italian Championship without a goal), Nicolo Cherubin (without performances) and Alex Ferrari (five games without a goal) are in the care of the medical department.
With 22 goals conceded, Verona has the second most leaked defense of Serie A Italian. If you are without two of your starters and with a lean cast, your situation could get even worse.
The current form of Internazionale
Although Internazionale was expected to grow with the investments made by the Chinese group that took over the club, initial results surpassed expectations.
The Milan team still have not lost official matches this season and has accumulated an unbeaten record of 12 games (10 wins and 2 draws) started last season. His last defeat happened in the penultimate round of the Italian Championship 2016/2017. It was beaten by Sassuolo, at home, by 2 to 1.
In the tenth round of the Italian Championship, he came to spend the night in the lead. He opened the day on Tuesday, October 24, and beat Sampdoria 3-2 at home to 26 points (eight wins and two draws). Napoli, who beat Genoa 3-2 away from their dominions on Wednesday, October 25, resumed the lead with 28 points. This time, Inter will be able to enter the field knowing the result of their main rivals.
Coach Luciano Spalletti has practically all the squad at his disposal to define the starting lineup. The only question is regarding midfielder Marcelo Brozovic (five matches in the 2017/2018 Italian Championship season, two goals). He suffered a muscle injury while serving Croatia in the qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and was out of Inter’s last three matches. It will have to undergo a new evaluation to know if it will be able to face Verona on Monday.
History of the matches Verona vs Internazionale
There were 13 duels involving the teams throughout history and Verona never managed to win. Inter took the best in ten chances and there were three draws.
PREDICTION: Internazionale win @ 1.40
