Inter Milan vs Sassuolo – Preview, H2H, Line-ups, Prediction | Serie A 2021-22

Dzeko of Inter Milan
Dzeko of Inter Milan

Inter Milan will continue their Serie A title defence this Sunday as they welcome Sassuolo to the San Siro.

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) (Milan)

Key Statistics

Inter Milan have lost two of their three home games in all competitions. 

The hosts remain unbeaten against sides that start this round in the bottom half (W10, D1).

They are unbeaten in three home H2Hs with Sassuolo (W1, D2).

Sassuolo have only won one of their last five league away fixtures (D3, L1).

The visitors have conceded 44 goals in the league this season. Only five teams have conceded more goals in the league this season. 

Head to head

In the last ten meetings between both sides, Inter have four wins while Sassuolo also have four wins. The four wins for Inter came in the last four games.  

Latest performances in all competitions

Inter Milan: L-D-W-L-W

Sassuolo: D-L-L-D-W

Inter Milan 

Inter Milan return to domestic football when they play host to Sassuolo in the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Sunday Evening.

The hosts are off the back of a demoralising 2-0 loss to Liverpool in the Champions League. Having looked the most likely to score in better parts of the game, the Italians were undone by a sublime header by substitute Roberto Firmino and a Mohamed Salah goal in the dying stages of the game.

Inter lost their position at the top of the table to city rivals AC Milan after their draw with Napoli in their last domestic action. They now trail Milan by one point and have a game in hand.

Simone Inzaghi’s boys are on a quest to retain their throne as the Italian champions and show that their exploits last season was no fluke. A win against twelve-placed Sassuolo will keep AC Milan under pressure while Inter will remain firmly in pole position to keep their crown.

With their recent defeat to Liverpool and the earlier draw with Napoli, Simone Inzaghi will have to return to the drawing board to get his team firing again as the season winds down and both AC Milan and Napoli both in contention for the Serie A crown.

Possible Inter starting line-up

Samir Handanovic, Milan Skriniar, Stefan de Vrij, Federico Dimarco, Matteo Darmian, Danilo, Hakan Calhanoglu, Arturo Vidal, Federico Dimarco, Lautaro Martinez, Alexis Sanchez.

Injured: Joaquin Correa, Robin Gosens, Matias Vecino 

Doubtful: None 

Suspended: Alessandro Bastoni, Marcelo Brozovic

Sassuolo

Sassuolo travel to Milan to face Inter Milan as they continue their bid to move up the table and unto a more respectable position in the table.

The visitors are winless in their last four games in all competition and find themselves in twelfth position sitting pretty comfortably above the relegation zone with nine points separating them from 18th placed Venezia. 

With their recent struggles, Sassuolo face the daunting task of overcoming Inter Milan and taking maximum points. They can only boast a draw and four losses in their last five matches against the Milan based club.

With thirteen rounds of football left to play, Sassuolo have to return to winning ways if they are to remain relevant in the Italian League.

Possible Sassuolo starting line-up

Andrea Consigli; Mert Mulder, Vlad Chiriches, Rogerio, Giorgos Kyriakopoulos; Maxime Lopez, Davide Frattesi Matheus Henrique; Hamed Traore, Domenico Berardi, Ruan.

Injured: Filip Djuricic, Pedro Obiang 

Doubtful: None 

Suspended: Gianmarco Ferrari

Prediction

Inter Milan 3-0 Sassuolo