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Inter play Monza to hold onto first place
Serie A

Inter play Monza to hold onto first place

Top versus bottom: Inter host bottom of the table Monza

Inter and Monza will play at San Siro at 20:45 CET. The home side, after drawing to Napoli last week, will want to get back to winning ways to ensure that they keep first place without waiting for the results of Napoli vs. Fiorentina and Juventus vs. Atalanta tomorrow. Monza, with their backs against the wall, are looking for precious points to start a charge to safety.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

This will be the sixth meeting between Inter and Monza in Serie A, with the Nerazzurri winning two of the previous five Lombard derbies (D2 L1). Monza’s only victory in four previous visits to the San Siro (vs Inter & Milan – L3) came in their first Serie A game at the Meazza, against Inter: 1-0 in April 2023, thanks to Luca Caldirola's goal in the 78th minute. Inter (1st – 58 points) will begin MD28 six points clear of fourth (Juventus – 52 points): in the era of three points for a win, this is the smallest gap between 1st and 4th position in Serie A after the first 27 matchdays.

DID YOU KNOW?

Inter have won each of their last three home games in Serie A and could record four consecutive home wins for the first time in this edition of the tournament; the last precedent dates back to the series of nine consecutive league wins at the Meazza recorded between October 2023 and March 2024. Two of the three teams that have won fewer points than at this stage last season will face each other: -22 for Monza (14 points so far, 36 in the last league season) and -14 for Inter (58 points in 2024-25, 72 in 2023-24) – between them Milan (-15). This game will see Serie A’s best attack take on the leagues third worst defence this season: 60 goals scored by Inter, 45 goals conceded by Monza (only less than the 56 conceded by Hellas Verona and the 46 conceded by Parma). Furthermore, the Nerazzurri (12) are second only to Juventus (14) for clean sheets, while only Lecce (18) have scored fewer goals than Monza this term (21).

PLAYERS

Lautaro Martínez has scored five goals in five appearances against Monza in Serie A; among the teams against which he has played at least 180 minutes in the competitions, only against Salernitana does he boast a better minutes/goal ratio than against the Biancorossi: one goal every 33' against Salernitana, one every 67' against the Brianza team. Keita Baldé – who scored five goals in 24 appearances for the Nerazzurri in Serie A in 2018/19 – has already scored three goals against Inter in the Italian top-flight (less only than the four he has scored against Fiorentina and Empoli): two with Sampdoria and one with Lazio. The Nerazzurri could become the first team against which he would score with three different clubs in the top-5 European Leagues.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: Mkhitaryan, Bastoni and Barella (Inter); Carboni and Kyriakopoulos (Monza)

REFEREE

ZUFFERLI (BERTI – CIPRESSA) IV: COSSO VAR: GARIGLIO AVAR: MERAVIGLIA

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Atalanta-Inter (Sunday 16 March, 20.45 CET) Monza-Parma (Saturday 15 March, 15.00 CET) (Photo Getty Images)