In a match postponed from earlier this year, reigning champions Inter Milan visit Bologna on Wednesday night – seeking to inch closer to a successful defense of their Serie A title.After beating Roma on Saturday to record a fourth straight league win, Inter returned to the top of the Serie A standings, for at least a day – their city rivals Milan shot back to the summit with a gritty victory over another capital club, Lazio.Tonight, Nerazzurri arrive at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara after having an excellent week in both league and cup – a victory over the ex-Inter boss Jose Mourinho ended Roma’s 12-match unbeaten run after they swept past Milan into the Coppa Italia final with a 3-0 second-leg win in midweek. Last year’s champions have the Scudetto’s destiny in their hands, with dreams of a domestic double still very much alive – they are only five wins away.Inter and Newcastle are not alone in wanting Bremer – north London rivals also interested in the BrazilianSimone Inzaghi’s men have a relatively gentle run-in to the end of their campaign, which concludes at home to Sampdoria next month – with Udinese, Empoli and Cagliari to play between now and then.Before welcoming Inter, this evening hosts posted a second successive draw at the weekend to go four games unbeaten. Also, Rossoblu hold their longest league run without defeat since early last year – they have also held Juventus and Milan, plus beaten Sampdoria 2-0 during that spell – seeing them secure a safe mid-table spot.In September’s reverse fixture at San Siro, Inter crushed Bologna 6-1, and to make matters even worse for the hosts – they also failed to defeat Inter in their last 15 attempts on home soil – losing 12 times in the process.The Rossoblu’s head coach Sinisa Mihajlovic – once an Inter player and assistant to former manager Roberto Mancini – has watched on from afar in recent weeks, as he undergoes treatment for leukemia.The Last Dance: Chiellini retires from international football against Argentina at WembleyWith the Emilian club’s inconsistency being replaced by an unbeaten streak that stretched to four games, the Serbian will surely have been impressed by his side’s feats in his absence.The former Inter striker Marko Arnautovic, who was suspended last time out, had scored each of Bologna’s previous six Serie A goals, with the last time another name appeared on the scoresheet being in January.Inter coach Inzaghi won’t have to shuffle much as far as his setup goes. Ivan Perisic will continue to occupy the visitors’ left flan as the presence of German wing-back Robin Gosens is in doubt due to a muscular problem.##EDITORS_CHOICE##While Matteo Darmian is a contender to feature on the opposite side, Denzel Dumfries remains favourite to retain his place. Veteran midfielder Arturo Vidal back in his squad following a knee injury.As far as the Bologna side goes – Arnautovic will start upfront, which should see either Riccardo Orsolini or Musa Barrow drop down to the bench, while Adama Soumaoro and Gary Medel would join forces in the back three if both are ultimately available (they served suspensions against Udinese). Midfielder Kingsley Michael is still on the road to recovery, so is not yet ready to be involved.One man’s trash…Mourinho buying players from Manchester??Bologna are unlikely to surrender in the manner they did when they last met Inter (losing by a five-goal margin) – the fact that they caused problems for both Milan and Juve gives Rosoblu the much-needed confidence. But the problem isn’t the confidence – it’s that Inter are a much more psychologically stable squad than the Bianconeri or Rossoneri.SERIE ARe-arranged matches – Round 20Wednesday19:00: (1.75) Fiorentina (3.60) Udinese (4.90)21:15: (1.58) Atalanta (4.20) Torino (6.50)21:15: (7.50) Bologna (4.60) Inter (1.42)***odds are subject to change***
