Inter Milan vs Lazio 08-05-2013 Italian Serie A

Inter Milan vs Lazio - Italian Serie A
Match date: 8 May 2013
Kick Off Time: 18:45 GMT
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza - Milano

 Lazio visit Milan for a mid-week game against Internazionale in the Serie A next week. There are many things in common between these two teams, but none of them positive.  Both these teams are among the could-have-beens of the season. They have played well at times, and played miserably on occasions. They are likely to finish the season with nothing to show off for their toil.  One of these teams can finish within the top-five of the league – provided the team wins all the remaining four matches, and Roma and Udinese struggle in their remaining four matches.

Inter Milan with 1 win and 4 losses in their last five games; their home record is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in their last ten matches. Inter is currently ranked 8 in the standings of Serie A after 35 played games; 16 wins, 5 draws and 14 losses. They have four clean sheets home and have failed to score twice on home soil. Their top scorer is Rodrigo Palacio, the Argentine attacker has scored 12 goals in his 31 Serie A appearances but unfortunately for Inter is he out due to a thigh injury. Dejan Stankovic, Gaby Mudingayi, Luca Castellazi and Joel Obi are all long-term injury concerns for Inter. Diego Milito and forward partner Antonio Cassano are also out. The list goes on with, Matias Silvestre, Javier Zanetti, Walter Samuel, Esteban Cambiasso, Fredy Guarin, Walter Gargano and Yuto Nagatomo sums up their injury list up.

Lazio comes in to this game with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in their last five games; their away record is 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses in their last ten matches. Lazio is currently ranked 7 in the standings of Serie A after 35 played games; 16 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses. They have six clean sheets away and have failed to score ten times on away ground. Their top scorer is Miroslav Klose with 15 goals in his 26  Serie A appearances. Giuseppe Bivia is out due to a suspension. Ederson, Alvaro Gonzalez and Stefano Mauri are all out. Senad Lulic and Stefan Radu are in uncertain status but are likely to play since they both participated in the 6-0 game against Bologna a few days ago.

 Possible line-ups:

 Inter Milan: Handanovič; Jonathan • Juan • Ranocchia • Chivu; Álvarez • Kuzmanović • Cambiasso • Kovačić; Cassano • Rocchi.
LAZIO: Marchett; Biava • Konko • Dias • Radu; Hernanes • Candreva • González • Ledesma • Lulić; Klose.