Overview
Inter Milan are in impressive form this season. Coach Simone Inzaghi's team is on a 14-match winning streak in Serie A and Coppa Italia.
In their most recent match, Inter defeated Lazio 6-0 away from home. Notably, Lazio is also one of the teams competing for the Serie A title this season. With their current form, it is difficult to find a team in Italy that can stop Inter.
Inter's impressive domestic run could be maintained as they only have to face Udinese in the Coppa Italia round of 16. Furthermore, Udinese have won just 1 of their last 7 matches, with 1 draw and 5 defeats. Clearly, with this poor form, only a miracle can help Udinese create a surprise against Inter.
Inter will play at home at Giuseppe Meazza and will be confident of a win against Udinese. Apart from the defeat to AC Milan, Inter have not lost any home games this season.
A solid defence has been the bedrock of Simone Inzaghi's side as they have kept six clean sheets in their last nine games.
Meanwhile, Udinese are in very poor away form, having won only 1 of their last 6 matches. Therefore, this could even be a heavy defeat for Udinese against the Milanese representative.
Inter Milan also have an impressive head-to-head record against Udinese, winning seven of their last eight matches. The Nerazzuri won 4-0 in their most recent meeting and also beat their opponents 3-2 in Serie A in September.
Human resources situation
Inter Milan are likely to make a number of changes to their squad for this game, with the likes of Carlos Augusto, Matteo Darmian, Piotr Zielinski and Marko Arnautovoc all starting against Udinese.
On the other side of the front line, Keinan Davis, Maduka, Oier Zarraga and Martin Payero are all out through injury. Sandi Lovric was also injured in the match against Napoli and will be replaced by Arthur Atta.
Expected lineup:
Inter Milan: Sommer, Bisseck, De Vrij, Bastoni, Darmian, Asllani, Zielinski, Mkhitaryan, Augusto, Arnautovic, Thuram.
Udinese: Sava, Gianetti, Bijol, Kristensen, Zemura, Ekkelenkamp, Karlstrom, Atta, Ehizibue, Lucca, Thauvin.
The match between Inter Milan and Udinese takes place at 3:00 a.m. on December 20 (Vietnam time).
