Top-of-the-table Inter will host tough Atalanta at San Siro on Monday for a late fixture on matchday 26.
Last game the Nerazzurri beat Parma 2-1 away with an in-form Alexi Sanchez bagging both goals.
Meanwhile, Atalanta has been fighting for a spot in UCL. They are just one point behind 4th Roma with one game in hand.
Going into the game Conte has stated that the difference between the winner and the loser of tomorrow’s game will be made by the better offense.
Statistics & Encounters
The reverse fixture took place in early November with a tie between the two; both goals being scored in the second half in order by Lautaro and Miranchuk.
In the last 5 games against each other, both teams have totaled 6 points each with 1 win, 3 ties, and 1 loss. In these games, 11 goals were scored out of which the only player to score more than once was Lautaro, who scored two.
Last 7 Serie A matches for Inter:
vs Parma 2-1 (W)
vs Genoa 3-0 (W)
vs Milan 3-0 (W)
vs Lazio 3-1 (W)
vs Fiorentina 2-0 (W)
vs Benevento 4-0 (W)
vs Udinese 0-0 (D)
Goals for: 17
Goals against 2
Clean Sheets: 5/7
Atalanta’s Form in Serie A: W-W-L-W-W
Inter’s Form in Serie A: W-W-W-W-W
Suspensions, Injuries & Team News
All inter players will be available for this fixture. Bastoni, Barella, Brozovic, and Lukaku will be suspended next game (vs Torino) if they receive a yellow card.
Atalanta’s Hateboer and Sutalo will be unavailable due to injury.
Probable Line-ups
Inter (3-5-2): Handanovic; Skriniar, De Vrij, Bastoni; Hakimi, Barella, Brozovic, Eriksen, Perisic; Lautaro, Lukaku.
Atalanta (3-4-1-2): Gollini; Toloi, Romero, Djimsiti; Maehle, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Pessina; Muriel, Zapata.
Prediction
Inter: 2
Atalanta: 1
