Serie A 2022-2023: Inter Milan vs Udinese: Predicted lineup, injury news, head-to-head, telecast

'The Nerazzurri' will look to stay in the top four as they face 'The Little Zebras' on Saturday.

In their most recent Serie A match, Inter Milan drew 0-0 with Sampdoria away from home despite having 20 more shots than their opponent. Federico Dimarco had the most shots with three for Inter Milan despite their inability to score. They are 15 points behind Napoli and sit on second place with 44 points.

On February 12, Udinese's most recent game ended in a 2-2 draw against Sassuolo at home, outshooting Sassuolo 18 to 5. Iyenoma Destiny Udogie and Jaka Bijol both scored one goal to give Udinese the lead. They are 8th on the table with 30 points.

Kick-off:

Saturday, 18-02-2023; 7:45 pm (GMT)

Sunday, 19-02-2023; 1:15 am (IST)

Udinese form(all competitions): L-W-D-L-D

Inter Milan form(all competitions): L-W-W-W-D

Players to watch

Inter Milan: Lauturo Martinez

After winning the FIFA World cup 2022 with Argentina, the striker has been unstoppable this season and is playing a key role in the Inter's campaign. The striker has netted 12 times this season for the club and is known for his speed and agility. He and Dzeko are the top scorers for the club currently with Lukaku making a return in the last match.

Udinese: Beto

The Portuguese attacker is the best player this Serie A season so far for the club he has bagged 7 goals and 1 assist so far. The 25-year-old is known for his fast dribbling and solid finishing, however, the player needs to work on his passing ability as he likes to keep the ball more often on his foot which could lead to heavy counterattacks.

Match Facts

• Failing to beat Sampdoria on Monday may have been the moment when Inter fans finally realized that the Scudetto is probably beyond them this season.

• Now Inter must concentrate on staying ahead of a chasing pack that includes Atalanta, Roma, Milan, and Lazio.
• Picking up three points on Saturday should not be too much of a problem for the home side, but any slip-up could mean dropping out of the top four.
• Udinese does have an outside chance of qualifying for Europe this season, so they will not roll over for Inter this weekend.

Injury and Team News

Although Simone Inzaghi believes that both Robin Gosens and Marcelo Brozovi will be healthy for the weekend, he may start the game favoring Federico Dimarco and Hakan Calhanoglu, respectively. Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez need to have another opportunity to revive their front-line goal-scoring relationship.

Injuries are not a major concern for Andrea Sottil going into the weekend trip to San Siro. Roberto Pererya and Beto should start up front for him because Gerard Deulofeu is still out, while Isaac Success might come off the bench later on.

Head-to-head record

Matches - 28

Inter - 18

Udinese - 7

Draws - 3

Predicted Lineups

Inter predicted lineup (3-5-2): 

Onana; Škriniar, Acerbi, de Vrij; Darmian, Barella, Mkhitaryan, Calhanoglu, Dimarco; Lukaku, Martinez

Udinese predicted lineup (3-5-2): 

Silvestri; Rodrigo Becão, Pérez, Bijol; Ehizibue, Lovrić, Samardzic, Walace, Udogie; Pererya, Beto

Match Prediction

Given that they have had a few quiet days to prepare, both teams ought to be fairly well-rested for this game. Hopefully, there will be a lot of action on the field as a result. However, Inter might score two or more goals to win the game since they would want to entertain their fans after upsetting them last week.

Prediction: Inter 3:1 Udinese

Telecast

India – Voot, Jio CinemaUK – Eurosport app, beIN SportsUSA – fuboTV, Fox SportsNigeria – DAZN