Overview
Venezia were held to a draw by Empoli in the most recent round of Serie A despite opening the scoring first. This result left coach Eusebio Di Francesco's team with only 1 win in the last 9 matches. With only 14 points and second to last place in the rankings as of the end of round 19, Venezia is in an extremely difficult situation.
Meanwhile, Inter Milan also just fell to arch-rivals AC Milan in the Italian Super Cup final with a decisive goal in extra time. However, the Giuseppe Meazza home team is still in very good form in Serie A this season.
Specifically, Inter won all 5 recent rounds and are on a 12-match unbeaten streak. Before round 20, they were 4 points behind the leading team Napoli but still had 2 matches left to play.
Inter, with guns like Lautaro, Thuram and Calhanoglu, are the team with the most goals in Serie A this season (45 goals), including 19 goals in just the last 5 matches. Meanwhile, their defense is also very solid with only 15 goals conceded since the beginning of the season.
Notably, Inter Milan have defeated Venezia in all three of their most recent encounters. Not only that, with being completely unbeaten away from home in Serie A since the start of the season (6 wins, 2 draws), Inter are likely to get 3 points in this trip to Pier Luigi Penzo Stadium.
Human resources situation
Venezia will be without injured player Svoboda for this match. Meanwhile, Duncan, Crnigoj, Doumbia and Oristanio are still doubtful.
On the other side of the front line, Di Gennaro and Joaquin Correa of the away team are absent due to injury. Meanwhile, Acerbi, De Vrij, Pavard, Calhanoglu and Thuram are uncertain to be healthy enough to play.
Expected lineup:
Venice: Stankovic, Altare, Idzes, Sverko, Zampano, Busio, Caviglia, Ellertsson, Carboni, Pohjanpalo, Yeboah.
Inter Milan: Sommer, Darmian, Bisseck, Bastoni, Dumfries, Barella, Asllani, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco, Taremi, Lautaro Martinez.
The match between Venezia and Inter Milan takes place at 9:00 p.m. on January 12 (Vietnam time).
