Internazionale welcome the visitors Sampdoria in the Italian Serie A – Round 24. The match will be held on Sunday, February, 17th, at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) (Milan).
The hosting Internazionale ended the last year in the second place, but their after-break performance is horrible. It seems like the homeside gave up once they realized that they wouldn’t manage to catch up with the leading Juventus. Spalletti’s men are simply fooling around these days. Their solid breakaway from the fifth place, that they attained in the first half of the season, has gone in four rounds. If Inter continue to play like this, they will lose their Champions League spot, letting Atalanta or any Romans take the lead. The team’s horrendous performance is accompanied with internal conflicts where all parties are involved – the captain, the coach, and the manager. Icardi was deprived of his captain status, as he was thought not to talk to his partners. Thus, the environment within the team is far from being called working, which leads to bad results and recession. It’s hard to believe but Inter missed only five goals on their turf in the present campaign. Compare, for example, Juventus’ seven goals. Notably, the hosts allowed mostly to the lower table sides. Parma, Torino, and Fiorentina visited San Siro – looks like the opponents were merely underestimated.
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The last Inter’s encounter on their soil was really surprising. The relegation-threatened Bologna brought home three points from Milan. Was that an accident? We doubt it – the guests dominated, surpassed Inter by all parameters, and attained a well-deserved victory. The bleak hosts’ performance once again revealed internal conflicts. Indeed, Inter are hardly leaking on their turf, but there is a feeling that they are short of expected goals at home. According to xGA, their shortage is 2.36. The visiting Sampdoria are one of the sides that can correct this wrong, as they are in top-three (after Juve and Atalanta) by away effectiveness. Sampdoria score around two goals per outing on average.
Only Cagliari and Napoli withstood the pressure of Quagliarella, Defrel, and Co. All other contenders, including Juve, Lazio, Roma, Milan, Atalanta, and Fiorentina, allowed to Sampdoria at home. Inter will also do. The stats supports this – Sampdoria netted Inter in eight of last nine outings. Furthermore, Spalletti’s troops are not that fresh, as they travelled to Austria on Thursday in terms of the Champions League fixture. Lack of energy, internal conflicts, issues in performance, shortage of expected goals – this all stands for Sampdoria’s goal on Sunday. The guests will break the two-round goalless streak and score at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.
Prediction for the match: Sampdoria to score over 0.5 goals.
