Inter Milan midfielder Gary Medel. (Photo : Getty Images)
Opening day losing squads Inter Milan (0-1-0, 0 points) and US Citta di Palermo (0-1-0, 0 points) meet one another at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Sunday, Aug. 28 for their 2016-2017 Serie A season Week 2 fixture.
The two teams failed to score any goals in their season-openers last week and they will both try to achieve that against each other in this weekend match in San Siro.
Europa League qualifiers Inter Milan was blanked by last term's middling team AC Chievo Verona, 0-2, at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi last Sunday to start the new season on the wrong foot, Goal reported.
Newly-appointed head coach Frank de Boer had a "poor start to life" with I Nerazzurri, the report said, as they were completely outplayed by Gialloblu, who got a second-half brace from Slovenian midfielder Valter Birsa at the 49th and 81st minutes.
The former Ajax manager took over from the sacked Roberto Mancini just recently and had only been with his Inter players in just one preseason friendly prior to their season-opening match with Chievo.
Despite a stronger team on paper, which includes high-profile players such as Mauro Icardi, Eder, Ever Banega, Antonio Candreva, Gary Medel, and Geoffrey Kondogbia, La Beneamata could still not turn back a gritty Mussi Volanti XI.
Meanwhile, Palermo was also blanked by their opening day opponents US Sassuolo Calcio, 0-1, at their own home field of Stadio Renzo Barbera also last Sunday, as per ESPN.
Forward Domenico Berardi scored the lone goal of the contest at the 31st minute with a successful penalty kick off a Slodoban Rajkovic foul on Sassuolo striker Gregoire Defrel.
The Serbian defender was booked for a second yellow card during stoppage time which led to him being sent off the pitch, giving the Rosanero no chance to find the equalizer late in the match.
Inter is expected to improve their chemistry with their coach in their second Italian top flight match although it will not be at 100 percent yet. A close win for Inter is predicted.
The predicted result is a 2-1 bounce back win for Inter Milan.
Inter Milan starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Handanovic; D'Ambrosio, Ranocchia, Miranda, Nagatomo; Medel, Kondogbia; Candreva, Banega, Eder; Icardi
Palermo starting lineup (3-4-3 formation): Posavec; Cionek, Vitiello, Goldaniga; Rispoli, Hiljemark, Gazzi, Aleesami; Bentivegna, Quaison, Balogh
