Inter Milan are current Serie A table toppers, one point clear of second-placed arch-rivals AC Milan, while Salernitana sit bottom of the lot, having picked up just eight points from 17 games.When the reigning Italian champions continue their league campaign away to struggling side from Salerno on Friday night, Nerazzurri will be bidding to record a sixth straight Italian top tier victory.Along with a pretty bad form by Salernitana, the club is hit by controversy regarding their ownership and possible elimination from the league due to administration issues. But on the pitch itself, Stefano Colantuono’s side have lost each of their last four games in all competitions, including a 1-0 defeat to Genoa in the Coppa Italia on Tuesday night.Do they even think about the game? Salernitana and Juventus meet amid serious problems behind the scenesMeanwhile, Inter are unbeaten in their last nine Serie A matches, recording seven wins in the process. Their victories against Cagliari, Venezia, Spezia and Roma all came without conceding a single goal.And even though it is not going as smoothly in the Champions League (suffered a 2-0 defeat to Real Madrid to close off the group stage and being paired with Liverpool in the last-16 stage) – a record of 12 wins, four draws and one defeat from 17 matches has seen Simone Inzaghi’s team collect 40 points in the Serie A, which has left them top of the table.As far as the rosters go Joaquin Correa and Matteo Darmian and remain unavailable for selection, while Christian Eriksen has officially terminated his contract with the club on mutual basis.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Edin Dzeko has rested against Cagliari last time out, with Alexis Sanchez featuring alongside Lautaro Martinez.Sanchez also netted in the impressive win, but Dzeko should be back in the side here, while Ivan Perisic and Denzel Dumfries are set to continue in the wing-back areas for the summit holders.Home team will be without Leonardo Capezzi, Stefan Strandberg, Cedric Gondo, Antonio Russo and Matteo Ruggeri due to injury.Nerazzurri lost Antonio Conte as head coach over the summer and also sold goal machine Romelu Lukaku, but the winning has continued for the Black and Blues, who are bidding to secure back-to-back Serie A titles for the first time since 2008-09 and 2009-10.SERIE A ROUND 18Friday20:30 Lazio – Genoa22:45 Salernitana – InterSaturday 17:00 Atalanta – Roma20:00 Bologna – Juventus22:45 Cagliari – UdineseSunday 14:30 Fiorentina – Sassuolo17:00 Spezia – Empoli20:00 Sampdoria – Venezia20:00 Torino – Hellas Verona22:45 Milan – Napoli
