Udinese vs Inter Milan: Match Preview and Predicted Lineups
Inter Milan have set their sights on the Serie A title, halfway through this season, as they sit first. The nerazzurri are three points clear of second place rivals AC Milan, and they are hopeful to extend their lead on the rest of Serie A. Inter have played their last two games at home and are now preparing to travel to Udine.
A win for Inter would temporarily give them a six point lead ahead of their cross town rivals. However, tenth place Udinese stand in their way, as the I Bianconeri look to claw back points to Europe. As of right now they sit six points, behind seventh place Atalanta, and Udinese won’t go down without a fight.
This game will be the second game of the weekend, after Pisa managed a draw against Atalanta yesterday. The game in Udine will kickoff at 3pm local time, and the weather will be cold, but without rain. Inter will like their chances away from home, however Udinese will fight to steal a point or all three.
Predicted Lineup: Udinese (4-4-1-1)
Maduka Okoye
Hassane Kamara, Oumar Solet, Christian Kabasele, Thomas Kristensen
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp, Jesper Karlstrom, Jakub Piorowski, Alessandro Zanoli
Arthur Atta
Keinan Davis
Udinese will shift formation from their two all draw at home against Pisa as they look to stop Milan. This change from a 3-5-2 to a 4-4-1-1 sees Nicolo Bertola, Lennon Miller and Nicolo Zainolo drop to the bench for Thomas Kristensen, Jakub Piorowski and Arthur Atta taking their places.
Predicted Lineup: Inter Milan (3-5-2)
Yann Sommer
Yann Aurel Bisseck, Manuel Akanji, Carlos Augusto
Luis Henrique, Petar Sucic, Nicolo Barella, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco
Lautaro Martinez, Pio Esposito
Inter will take the chance against Udinese to rotate some of their players before the Champions League midweek. Manuel Akanji will be the only centre back remaining from Lecce, with Acerbi and Bastoni going to the bench. In the midfield Petar Sucic will replace the injured Hakan Calhanoglu. And in attack both will change with Marcus Thuram and Ange-Yoan Bonny dropping to the bench for Lautaro Martinez and Wednesday goalscorer, Pio Esposito.
All predicted lineups come from Gazzetta Dello Sport
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Inter Milan vs Como: Coppa Italia Second Leg Match Preview and Predicted Lineups
Inter Milan are set to host Como in a place in the Coppa Italia final in Rome on the 13th of May. All is to play for in this second leg as the first leg ended in a nil-nil draw between the two teams in Como. The two have faced off between that game in gameweek 32 of the season where Inter won 4-3.
The key to Inter winning will be which of their usual eleven they decide to start and who to bench. Inter have good enough pieces off the bench where they can afford to not play all of their starters. However, if they over rest, Como could steal a win away from home. However, Chivu will likely not make many changes as Inter have pretty much wrapped up the title.
For Como, the key would be finding the right mix between the attack and defence. Cesc Fabregas has been known to be too keen to score in some of these games. While this has worked for Como this season in scoring in these games it has lead their defence extremely vulnerable. An example of this is when they lost 4-3 to Inter despite having a two goal lead at halftime.
Predicted Lineups (according to Sky Sport Italia)
Inter Milan (3-5-2)
Josep Martinez
Manuel Akanji, Francesco Acerbi, Carlos Augusto
Denzel Dumfries, Hakan Calhanoglu, Nicolo Barella, Piotr Zielinski, Federico Dimarco
Ange Yoan Bonny, Marcus Thuram
Como (3-4-2-1)
Jean Butez
Jacobo Ramon, Diego Carlos, Marc Kempf
Assane Diao, Maximo Perrone, Lucas Da Cunha, Alex Valle
Nico Paz, Martin Bautrina
Tasos Douvikas
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Bologna vs Roma: Match Preview and Predicted Lineups
Bologna are set to continue on their Europa League, journey today after a win against Brann in the round of 32. They are now set to face Roma, in an all Italian Derby in the Round of 16. Bologna come into the game over a shocking loss on the weekend against Hellas Verona.
Roma come into this game in similar circumstances after a shock loss to Genoa last weekend. Both teams lost 2-1 in the games that they were favoured in. They are now looking to turn their form around in today’s game to take a first leg lead, before travelling to Rome.
The first leg of the game, will be played in Bologna, before the second leg at the Stadio Olimpico next week. Roma, earnt the advantage of playing at home in the second leg by finishing top eight in the group stage. Roma managed to edge out Bolgona as they two sides finished eighth and ninth.
Predicted Lineups via Sky Sport
Bologna 4-3-3
Lukasz Skorupski
Juan Miranda, Martin Vitik, Jhon Lucumi, Joao Mario
Tommaso Pogeba, Remo Freuler, Lewis Ferguson
Jonathan Rowe, Thjis Dallinga, Federico Bernardeschi
Roma 3-4-2-1
Mile Svilar
Mario Hermoso, Evan Ndicka, Daniele Ghilardi
Wesley, Niccolo Pisilli, Manu Kone, Zeki Celik
Bryan Cristante, Bryan Zaragoza
Donyell Malen
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Atalanta vs Bayern Munich: Match Preview and Predicted Lineups
Atalanta are set to play the first leg of their round of 16, Champions League clash. This comes after they managed to make it past the Round of 32, against Dortmund, with a 4-1 win at home. The tie was won late with a 90+8 penalty being the only thing separating the two sides.
Atalanta have now won the rights to face Dortmund biggest rivals, Bayern Munich. Bayern sit first of the Bundesliga being, 11 points clear of second place Dortmund. They have also won 7 games in a row before today’s game, including a 3-2 win over rivals Dortmund.
Meanwhile, Atalanta have had up and down league form this season. Atalanta have not won since their win over Dortmund, with two draws and a loss. They will look to turn their form around today, against Bayern however it won’t be easy. The home ground advantage will be big in Bergamo, as they hope to build a lead before the second leg in Munich.
Predicted Lineups via Gazzetta Dello Sport
Atalanta: 3-4-2-1
Marco Carnesecchi
Sead Kolasinac, Isak Hien, Berat Djimsiti
Lorenzo Bernasconi, Mario Pasalic, Marten De Roon, Davide Zappacosta
Nicola Zalewski, Lazar Samardzic
Gianluca Scamacca
Atalanta will make four changes from their two-two draw against Udinese at the weekend. In defence Odilon Kossonou will be replaced by Berat Djimsiti on the right side of the defence. Palladino will go for experience in midfield with Marten De Roon and Davide Zappacosta replacing Yunus Musah and Raoul Bellanova. Kamaldeen Sulemana will also be dropped to the bench after a poor game for Nicola Zalewski.
Bayern Munich: 4-2-3-1
Jonas Urbig
Konrad Laimer, Jonathan Tah, Dayot Upamecano, Josip Stanisic
Aleksandar Pavlovic, Joshua Kimmich
Luis Diaz, Serge Gnabry, Michael Olise
Harry Kane
Bayern Munich will make heavy changes from their win against Gladbach on the weekend. In defence Jonathan Tah and Josip Stanisic come in for Min-Jae Kim and Tom Bischof. Aleksandar Pavlovic will allow Leon Goretzka some rest in the holding positions. Michael Olise and Serge Gnabry join the attack replacing Lennart Karl and Jamal Musiala. While Harry Kane reclaims his starting spot from Nicolas Jackson for the first leg of the tie.
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