AC Milan vs. Inter Milan – Betting Tips and Serie A Preview

Derby Della Madonnina or Derby di Milano is one of the biggest games in the world. The rivalry between these two sides is legendary and be sure that this match will also bring a huge battle. Regardless of the position in the standings and the current balance of power, a win against the city rival is imperative. According to the bookies, Inter is a favourite, but that doesn’t have to mean anything.

Milan is far away from its glory days. Over the past few years, they would constantly announce a big comeback to the top, setting high goals ahead of them. In almost all situations Rossoneri failed to justify high ambitions. The style their coach Marco Giampaolo prefers is hugely conservative and defensive-minded. When Milan plays, you won’t see many goals. For example, they played three matches in Serie A, and all of them ended with only one score. But not just that. During the preseason there was just one match which saw over 2.5 goals in which Rossoneri participated. After kicking off the Serie A with a minimal loss in Udine, Milan defeated Brescia and Verona, but their performances weren’t particularly breath-taking against these modest rivals.

According to Inter’s management, this is the season when Nerazzurri dethrone Juventus. With Antonio Conte in charge and several big landings in this summer transfer window, Inter looks like a team who might challenge the Old Lady. However, the latest game against Slavia Prague in the Champions League showed us many flaws of this unit. A 1-1 draw at home no doubt disturbed the atmosphere before the big derby, and we’ll see if this team has a character to rise above this unpleasant situation. Inter beat Lecce, Cagliari, and Udinese in the opening three rounds of Serie A. The efficiency of their games including the preseason events is mostly moderate, meaning between 2 or 3 hits per match.

Team News

Mattia Caldara is out for the hosts until late October. Davide Calabria is under suspension because of a direct yellow card.

It is very interesting to see that Inter doesn’t have any injured or suspended players for this event. Conte will not mix the line-up like against Slavia, and we can expect Diego Godin right from the first minute.

Prediction

Giampaolo will set ultra-defensive tactics in this clash and wait for Inter to make a mistake. Be sure of that. He is aware that Milan doesn’t have enough quality to enter an open fight against Inter, whose individual quality is on a much higher level. That will decrease the overall efficiency of this contest, and under 2.5 goals is our first choice here, and the safest bet of the day. Unibet is offering odds at 3/4 for this pick, and we recommend using it.

We wrote in the previous paragraph that in general, Inter is a better team than Milan. Although it is very ungrateful to claim something like that in this situation, we are confident in Nerazzurri’s win. All those big names will eventually find a way to crack Milan’s bunker. Odds at 13/10 with bet356 are worthy of taking this risk.