Serie A leaders Inter face third-placed Atalanta in a mouthwatering clash on Sunday, with only three points separating them with 10 rounds of matches remaining.

Inter have 61 points and lead 2023 champions Napoli, who visit second-bottom outfit Venezia, by a point, with Simone Inzaghi's side needing a win to guarantee keeping top spot.

The Nerazzurri have been flying in the Champions League, reaching the quarter-finals where they play Bayern Munich, but they have won only three of their last seven Serie A games, losing two.

They had suffered only one league defeat prior to that this season, which was at home to AC Milan in late September.

Indeed, Inter are winless in their last four Serie A away games (D2 L2), after a prior run of eight consecutive wins on the road.

They have not gone five consecutive away games without a win since doing so from December 2017 to February 2018. 

However, a 2-1 win over visiting Feyenoord in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday, which secured a 4-1 aggregate victory, should inspire confidence.

Inter were given a real scare by bottom club Monza before coming back to win 3-2 at San Siro last weekend, and have not won consecutive league games in nearly two months.

"It's true that the numbers in the Champions League are different to the league," said Inzaghi, after completing his 200th game as Inter coach on Tuesday.

"But we're in the mix in all competitions, happily so."

Atalanta, meanwhile, exited the Champions League and Coppa Italia last month (Inter face Milan in the semi-finals) and can focus on the prospect of a first Serie A title.

Inter and Atalanta are the league's top scorers with 63 goals each, while La Dea have conceded 26 to Inter's 27.

But Gian Piero Gasperini's Bergamo-based side have also struggled to regain momentum in the title race of late.

Atalanta have won only four of their last 11 Serie A outings, after an impressive streak of 11 straight wins between October and December, the longest in the club's history.

They have not won any of their five home games in the league in 2025 (D4 L1), drawing each of the last three. However, Atalanta have lost just one of their last 23 league matches (W15 D7), with their only defeat in this period coming against Napoli in January. 

Napoli's trip to Venezia earlier on Sunday follows a 2-1 home win over Fiorentina that ended a five-game winless run for Antonio Conte's men.

They can move top with a victory and would stay there for the international break if Inter fail to bring three points back from Bergamo.

Draw specialists Juventus, who like Atalanta only have Serie A to concentrate on, have gradually worked their way up the standings into fourth spot on 52 points.

They were routed 4-0 at home by Atalanta last weekend but can take encouragement from a five-game winning run before that defeat, as they prepare to travel to eighth-placed Fiorentina on Sunday.

Juve need a win to stay ahead in the race for a top-four finish, with Lazio chasing them in fifth one point back. Thiago Motta's side have won their last two away league games, against Como and Cagliari, and could record three consecutive Serie A wins on the road since January 2024.

Ninth-placed Milan, 17 points adrift of Inter and eight points off the top four, host Cesc Fabregas's Como on Saturday.