Inter Milan will be looking to continue their pursuit of Serie A leaders Juventus when they travel to Torino in Italy's top flight on Saturday night. On the other hand, It's the battle of the underachievers in Serie A as AC Milan host Napoli on Saturday at the San Siro, report agencies.
Antonio Conte's side sit second in Serie A with 31 points from their 12 matches this season, while Torino are currently down in 11th with 14 points to show from their start to the 2019-20 campaign.
Four wins, two draws and six defeats - that is how Torino have performed in Serie A this season. A total of 14 points has left them in 11th spot in the table, some 17 points off their opponents on Saturday night.
The Turin giants finished seventh in Italy's top flight last term, while they have actually only ended a Serie A season in the bottom half of the table in just one of their last six campaigns.
Torino have a number of injury concerns ahead of the match with both Lyanco and Diego Laxalt picking up problems on international duty, meaning that the pair are doubts for this weekend.
Kevin Bonifazi and Iago Falque are also still on the sidelines, while Simone Zaza is unlikely to recover from a sprained ankle in time for Saturday night's affair in Turin.
Andrea Belotti scored twice in the 4-0 win over Brescia before the international break, and the Italian is once again expected to be supported by Simone Verdi in the final third.
As for Inter, on-loan Manchester United attacker Alexis Sanchez remains on the sidelines with an ankle injury, while Matteo Politano and Alessandro Bastoni are still unavailable for selection.
Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez will continue as the front two in a 3-5-2 formation, while Stefano Sensi should feature in the XI having recovered from his recent injury problems.
Elsewhere, Diego Godin and Antonio Candreva should return to the side having been omitted from the first XI against Verona last time out.
The home side will be without former Villarreal duo Mateo Musacchio and Samuel Castillejo for the game due to injury.
However, they do have more or less their first choice eleven available so expect them to pick an exciting front three of Krzysztof Piatek, Hakan Calhanoglu and Suso.
Napoli, on the other hand, will be without long-serving left-back Faouzi Ghoulam and could also also miss striker Arkadiusz Milik due to knee injuries.
The one long-term injury they have is to French full-back Kevin Malcuit, who is expected to be out until April with a knee problem of his own.
Where to begin on Milan's form. Not only have the Rossoneri been awful in terms of results, they've been awful to watch too.
Not one of Marco Giampaolo's summer signing has done much to impress, while new manager Stefano Pioli hasn't exactly had the new manager bounce that fans would have been hoping for. In fact, their only win since the former Fiorentina man took over was against second from bottom SPAL. Napoli's recent form hasn't been a whole lot better. Carlo Ancelotti's side have won just one of their last five in Serie A leaving them way off the pace in the title race.
After the players refused club president Aurelio De Laurentiis' order to go into 'retiro' (retreat) to fix their poor run, fans gathered outside the club calling them mercenaries, targeting club captain Lorenzo Insigne in particular. Napoli is a club in crisis, and a win on Saturday is a must to sooth tensions.