At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time tomorrow, the third round of the Coppa Italia, Inter will play empoli at home, and after defeating Juve in the Super Cup to win the championship, Inter set their sights on another cup field.
Recent status: Inter in the case of a serie A minor round, or 2 points ahead of Milan, although the last round in the away game 0-0 draw with Atalanta, but the good guys also took a point, the second Milan, if they won could have temporarily overtaken, but Milan upset the defeat of spezia, which also made Inter more stable in their position. At present, in all domestic competitions, Inter have been unbeaten in 17 consecutive rounds.
Empoli after two seasons of dormancy in Serie B, this season finally rushed to Serie A, this time back, as if he has summed up the experience, learned the lessons of the last relegation, this season has now won 8 games, ranked 11th, from the relegation zone has been more than ten points difference, but they have been in general recent form, all competitions for 5 consecutive winless, in the second round of the Coppa Italia, Empoli beat Verona 4-3 away to advance.
All-time engagement record: Inter are unbeaten in their last 10 meetings with Empoli, winning 9 and drawing 1, with inter beating Empoli 2-0 away in Serie A last October.
Casualty suspension: Inter is in good health and has no injury stoppage.
Empoli: Midfielders Parisi and Haas are unable to play due to injury, and defender Mattia Viti is also in doubt.
The two sides are willing to fight: after just winning the Italian Super Cup, Inter turned their eyes to the Italian Cup, in the league they have been soaring, if they have been able to maintain, the suspense of winning the championship is not very large, in the Italian Cup, last year in the semi-finals they lost to Juve, did not enter the final, this year's strength is much stronger than last year, a giant team's desire for the championship, never ending, no one will feel the champion more, so Inter in the game against Empoli, naturally want to pass the customs smoothly, And Empoli as a middle and lower-down team, for the cup, itself should not have too many ideas, this season to retain the Serie A qualification is the first priority, this weekend to play Roma, whether there will be rotation is also unknown, although there is no team that does not want to win, but from Meazza away to win Inter, it is really difficult.
Results prediction: Inter was not affected by the African Cup of Nations, and according to the pre-match news, they also did not have players injured, the fully organized Nerazzurri, this season they scored the most goals in Serie A, conceded the second fewest goals, in all respects are very strong, Inter this season at home 11 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, the only game lost is still in the Champions League against Real Madrid, so their home score ability is also particularly strong, Empoli's recent state is not good, has been 5 winless, although the last round of promotion, but 4-3 score, It can also be seen that their defense is really average, this time against Inter, not necessarily so good luck, this game is optimistic about Inter to win, promotion at the same time, it is expected to play a big score, after all, on the 0-0 draw Atalanta, the players are also bad.