Inter travel to the Stadio Ennio Tardini on Saturday evening to face Parma in league

Inter travel to the Stadio Ennio Tardini on Saturday evening to face Parma in Serie A, hoping to maintain their place at the top of the table as they chase a second successive Scudetto title.

Indeed, Inter are widening the gap in terms of Serie A winner odds, as they currently lead second-placed Napoli by three points with just eight games to go. They are unbeaten in nine matches in total over all competitions, winning seven of them.

In contrast, Parma are winless in four matches in the league, and have only won once in 12 in the division. The hosts will be sweating on their current form as they currently sit in 16th spot in the table, and just three points clear of the dreaded relegation zone.

The most recent H2Hs do not bode well for Parma either, as Inter have won the previous three meetings. The Scudetto holders are also unbeaten in the last seven going further back.

In the reverse fixture, Inter ran out 3-1 winners at San Siro, with Federico Dimarco giving them a 1-0 lead in the first half. Nicolo Barella and Marcus Thuram scored in the second half to secure victory, with a late Matteo Darmian own goal proving a consolation for Parma.

BoyleSports are offering 5/4 odds for another Inter HT/FT win projection on Saturday.

Hernani will return from suspension for Parma, but they have a number of key squad players on the injury list.

Sandwiched between crucial games against bitter city rivals AC Milan and European heavyweights Bayern Munich in the Champions League (UCL) quarter-finals, Inter may be tempted to rotate the squad a little bit in a match they are big favourites to win. Scorer in the reverse fixture Barella is suspended, while Denzel Dumfies, Piotr Zielinski, Mehdi Taremi and Lautaro Martinez still have injury problems.

Parma: Suzuki, Del Prato, Vogliacco, Valenti, Valeri, Hernani, Bernabe, Sohm, Man, Bonny, Almqvist.

Inter Milan: Sommer, Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni, Darmian, Frattesi, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco, Arnautovic, Thuram.