Inter will look to continue their pursuit of Napoli and Roma as they travel to the Bentegodi on Sunday morning to take on struggling Hellas Verona.
After losing two of their opening three Serie A contests this season, Inter went on a four-game winning run to climb up the table.
However, Christian Chivu’s men saw their winning run end in Naples last weekend, as they were beaten 3-1 against reigning champions Napoli, on an evening where our man Gabriel landed a couple of winners.
The Nerazzurri did bounce back from that defeat at the Maradona in midweek, as three second-half goals earned them a 3-0 win against winless Fiorentina at San Siro, leaving them three points behind both Napoli and Roma.
Another side who are still winless in Serie A this season are Hellas Verona, who have only five draws to their name after the opening nine rounds of fixtures following their midweek defeat at Como.
Paulo Zanetti’s hosts have drawn three of their opening four Serie A encounters at the Bentegodi this term, but threw away a two-goal lead against Cagliari last weekend to draw 2-2.
Inter have dominated this fixture over the past three decades, as they are unbeaten in each of their previous 29 meetings with Hellas Verona (W24-D5-L0).
Hellas’s last victory in this fixture came way back in February of 1992.
Hellas Verona will be without Unai Nunez, Daniel Oyegoke, Moatasem Al-Musrati, Jean-Daniel Akpa Apro, Tomas Suslov and Grigoris Kastanos through injury.
Christian Chivu may decide to rotate his side here, but he will be unable to call upon the injured duo Matteo Darmian and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Hellas Verona: Montipo, Nelsson, Bella-Kotchap, Valentini, Belghali, Serdar, Gagliardini, Bernede, Frese, Nascimento, Orban.
Inter: Sommer, Akanji, Acerbi, Bastoni, Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Susic, Dimarco, Esposito, Martinez.
