Inter Milan vs Lazio Predictions

• Both teams have scored in each of the last six head-to-head meetings between Inter Milan and Lazio.
• Only Napoli (67) have bettered Inter’s tally of 51 goals in Serie A this season.
• The league leaders are also the only team to score more away goals (34) than Lazio’s 24 this term.

San Siro clash may decide Scudetto, but top-four the focus

Inter Milan’s Sunday lunchtime clash with Lazio could be the game which sees Napoli crowned Scudetto winners, with the Biancocelesti likely to need a win in order to deny the Partenopei their party. However, for Simeone Inzaghi’s Nerazzurri and his former club Lazio, the battle for a top-four finish is the only thing that matters as Serie A enters the run-in. Starting the weekend in sixth, Inter trail Lazio by seven points, and they require a win to drag their opponents into the thick of a heated battle for Champions League football.

While Inter have struggled in Serie A, leading to questions being asked concerning Inzaghi’s future, they remain alive on three fronts after sealing a 2-1 aggregate win over Juventus in the Coppa Italia semi-finals on Wednesday. The Nerazzurri have now won three of their last five games to cast aside a recent six-match winless run, netting seven times in their last three. While Inter are Serie A’s joint-second most prolific outfit with 51 goals this term, last week’s 3-0 rout of Empoli represents their only clean sheet in their last six league outings, and the visit of Lazio promises entertainment for neutrals.

Indeed, the last six meetings between Inter and Lazio have contained goals at both ends, with the net bulging a total of 20 times during those fixtures. The Biancocelesti have actually come out on top three times in their last six matches against the Nerazzurri, but last week’s shock defeat to Torino was a real blow to their hopes of finishing second, which had been bolstered by an eight-game unbeaten run. Only Napoli (34) have outscored Lazio on the road in Serie A this term (24), and Maurizio Sarri’s men could play their part in another entertaining clash at San Siro next time out.

Champions League-chasers can both net

With Inter’s inconsistency placing their hopes of a top-four finish in real danger ahead of this blockbuster clash, punters are advised to neglect the result markets and back goals – these two rivals appear difficult to split, and two top-class forward lines can be relied upon to provide goals.

Both teams to score looks a prudent alternative play, while a 1-1 draw could represent a solid correct score prediction with Inter failing to win four of their last five at San Siro (D1 L3). If Napoli beat Salernitana on Saturday, such a result would wrap up the Partenopei’s title triumph.

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