Salernitana-Inter is a Serie A Week 29 match to be played on Friday at 17:00: odds, predictions, TV and streaming
Inter, AC Milan and Napoli, the three teams involved in next week’s Champions League quarter-finals, advance to Friday on a day when, exceptionally, almost all matches will be played on Saturday due to the Easter holidays. The Nerazzurri are the first to take to the pitch and they will do so at the Arechi stadium in Salerno, just three days after the chaotic challenge against Juventus in the Coppa Italia semi-final.
In the first leg at the Allianz Stadium, Simone Inzaghi’s side only managed to avoid defeat (1-1) in the last minute thanks to a penalty converted in the dying minutes by Lukaku, who was then sent off for double admonition for a provocative jubilation towards the Juventus fans. In the final paraphernalia, the referee also waved a red card to goalkeeper Handanovic, who will miss the return leg along with the Belgian striker. Inter now urgently need to get back to winning ways in the league and put an end to their worrying run of consecutive defeats, which stretched even further last Saturday after their third knockout in a row against Fiorentina, who came to the San Siro with a goal from Bonaventura. Champions League places are now no longer safe: the Nerazzurri have slipped to fourth place, have the same points (50) as fifth-placed Roma and are breathing down Atalanta’s neck.
Inter, victory obligatory
The Piacenza coach’s bench is no longer so solid and the feeling is that a large part of his future will also depend on the outcome of the upcoming double-header against Portuguese side Benfica in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Piatek
There was a hint of a reaction against Juventus, but the latest numbers recorded by the Nerazzurri are truly worrying. In the last five games Inter have only scored two goals, both on penalties: the last goal on action was a month ago, when Lautaro Martinez and his team-mates got the better of Lecce at the San Siro. To find the last away success, instead, we have to go back to January, to the match against Cremonese. On the other hand, Paulo Sousa’s Salernitana, undefeated for five days, in which the Granata got the better of Monza and drew four consecutive games against Sampdoria, Milan, Bologna and Spezia. Small steps towards a salvation that should arrive without major problems, given that the distance from the third-last place is nine points. In the last three meetings between Inter and Salernitana, the Nerazzurri have always won with an aggregate score of 12-0: the last Granata success dates back to 1999.
Salernitana-Inter: latest line-up news
Sousa must do without Crnigoj and Mazzocchi, both unavailable for the clash with the Nerazzurri. Sambia and Bradaric will be back on the flanks, while in the middle Coulibaly will be supported by Bohinen. The form chosen by the Portuguese coach should still be the 3-4-2-1, with Kastanos and Candreva behind one of Dia and Piatek.
On the other side, Inzaghi will make several changes compared to the Coppa Italia, also in anticipation of the Lisbon match with Benfica. Lukaku will play in attack this time, on the outside Dumfries and the re-established Dimarco, nothing to do for Calhanoglu and Skriniar.
The Prediction
Inter can play with fire no longer. And against Salernitana they should put an end to the negative series that has made Inzaghi’s bench more shaky. What is certain is that the granata will not make life easy for them as they have done with other big names in a match in which even the hosts should score at least one goal.
Salernitana v Inter (line-ups)
- SALERNITANA (3-4-2-1): Ochoa; Gyomber, Daniliuc, Pirola; Sambia, Coulibaly, Bohinen, Bradaric; Candreva, Kastanos; Dia.
- INTER (3-5-2): Onana; Darmian, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Brozovic, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Lukaku, Lautaro Martinez.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
