AC Milan vs Inter prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2022-09-02 16:00.
The day of reckoning, the event marked in calendars, and the moment two Serie A (SA) giants collide again – AC Milan host Inter Milan in the 177th Serie A Derby della Madonnina. The heat was turned up on this eternally fierce rivalry when the two went neck and neck for the Scudetto last campaign, but it was Inter who were left in the dust, watching on as their adversaries become league champions for the 19th time, equalling their own title haul!
Combined with reports that AC Milan are planning to build their own stadium on the current site of the shared San Siro, Inter will want immediate revenge to increase their H2H lead in SA (W67, D56, L53), and they are in free-flowing form with only Napoli (10) scoring more goals than Inter (9) in the league so far. They are likely to meet a red and black wall here however, as no side in the top-five European league has kept more clean sheets in 2022 than AC Milan’s 14.
The resilient Rossoneri are still unbeaten in this SA edition (W2, D2) but suffered a bump in the road during midweek in a 0-0 draw at Sassuolo. Despite this being just the second time AC Milan dropped points in their last ten league outings, they looked blunt in attack, and manager Stefano Pioli may now be anxiously awaiting news on newly-signed striker Divock Origi and fellow forward Ante Rebić who may make their returns here.
Inter got back to winning ways with an impressive 3-1 triumph over Cremonese on Tuesday, marking seven wins from their previous eight SA outings (L1), so they'll feel ready to take the city’s bragging rights. That one loss came in their previous game though, when a 3-1 defeat to Lazio marked the first time the Nerazzurri conceded three goals in a SA match since October 2021 – a game they also lost 3-1 away to Lazio!
Key battle: AC Milan’s Mike Maignan has secured five clean sheets from his last eight SA outings, with the stopper’s penalty save against Sassuolo also handing him the joint-highest penalty-save percentage among goalkeepers who have faced a minimum of 25 in the top-five European leagues (37%). Inter’s Lautaro MartĂnez is in red-hot form however, with at least one goal contribution (G3, A1) in each of his first four SA games for the first-ever time.
Hot stat: Inter have lost only once in the last six competitive H2Hs (W3, D2), and none of the last six when the designated away side (W3, D3).