Inter Milan Vs Frosinone, Guarantee To Secure Peak Position At Giuseppe Meazza

Lautaro Martinez, the Inter Milan forward who will busy Fransinoe's defense. (photo: tiwtter @inter)

JAKARTA - Inter Milan prepare to face Frosinone in the Serie A match at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Sunday 12 November, or Monday morning WIB. Inter, who are in an impressive performance, are trying to maintain the top position of the standings against the Frosinone surprise team.

Inter again relied on Lautaro Martinez to score a winning goal in the midweek Champions League game, where they beat Salzburg 1-0. The result ensures Inter qualify for the last 16 with two games remaining. Now they are ready for a job that should be easier against Frosinone.

Since the October international break, Inter have won all five competitive games, including three in Serie A, so they are two points ahead at the top of the table. Simone Inzaghi's side made it through last week's tough test, beating Atalanta 2-1 at home to opponents.

On the other hand, Frosinone appeared positive after returning to Serie A and is currently in a fairly good ranking with 64% unbeaten in the initial 11 matches Serie A (4 wins, 3 draws, 4 losses). Empoli's 2-1 win over Empoli in the last match managed to end their streak of two consecutive defeats.

Nonetheless, Frosinone needs to be careful because in their last Serie A game, they lost 3-0 and lost 4-3 to Cagliari.

Currently inter are the leaders in Serie A with nine wins from 11 matches. This is one of the reasons for Lautaro Martinez's impressive performance with 12 goals in Serie A this season. But in this match Inter wanted to improve his performance at home after two draws.

While guests are in positive form after ending two consecutive defeats. This is a bad record in Serie A's away match, losing in three of five games. Matias Soule, a loan player from Juventus, became one of the best Frosinone players of the season.

In this match Inter will lose Benjamin Pavard whose condition is doubtful, and Juan Cuadrado. Luckily Marko Arnautovic again performed well after scoring a goal in the Champions League.

From the guest camp Abdou Harroui was absent. Meanwhile, Sergio Kalaj and Francesco Gelli are also likely absent, but Gelli can join the squad.

Despite his status as a promotional team, Frosinone has fully appeared surprising as a new Serie A team by collecting 15 points from 11 matches, enough to occupy 11th place and 7 points ahead of the relegation zone.

Canarini returned to the highest caste of Italian football for the first time since the 2018/19 season after four seasons in Serie B, which closed with a winning campaign under manager Fabio Grosso. Losing a manager and a number of key contributors from the 2022/23 season should make Frosinone a favorite to be directly degraded, but the reality is far from that.

Frosinone relies heavily on loan player markets to confront Serie A, but in a rather unusual way with an emphasis on veteran experience. In contrast, young talents from clubs like Bayern Munich and Real Madrid have found temporary homes at Lazio, and that has had a major impact.

The average age of starting XI Frosinone is 24.8 years is the lowest in the league, only one of their players is above the age of 30 who regularly play 90 minutes in full. Of the 19 players with some early appearances, only 7 are over 25. Of course, the loss is that Frosinone only has 3 out of 11 core players in it, but it will be a challenge to be overcome next summer if they stay in Serie A.

Currently, Eusebio Di Francesco's team looks like a solid candidate to achieve that goal, although slightly eased after the start of the summer but managed to establish a position midway through the standings. This is mainly thanks to their attack line, which is the eighth best attack on the Italian peninsula.

A loan winger from Juventus, Matias Soule (5 goals, 1 assist), has become a star who immediately appears and is happy to be watched without the shackles of the bianconeri, while other loan players, Reiner (1 goal, 2 assists) and Arijon Ibrahimovic (1 goal, 1 assist), are serious threats.

While Inter will be busy reducing guest attacks, they will love the opportunity to break through the Frosinone defense, which has the 5th highest number of goals in the league and have only picked up two points in five away games this season.

Estimated Lineup:

Inter (3-5-2): Yann Sommer; Matteo Darmian, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni; Denzel Dumfries, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco; Lautaro Martinez, Marcus Thuram.

Frosinone (4-2-3-1): Stefano Turati; Anthony Oyono, Caleb Okoli, Simone Romagnoli, Riccardo Marchiza; Luca Maazzitelli, Enzo Barrenechea; Arijon Ibrahimovic, Matias Soule, Reinier; Walid Cheddira.

This match is a test for Inter who are trying to maintain the top of the Serie A standings, while Frosinone will struggle to achieve a positive result at the difficult opponent's headquarters.