Juventus vs Inter prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2022-11-05 19:45.
Far from the days of being a title decider, this season’s first Derby d'Italia will see Juventus and Inter Milan fighting to stay relevant in the Serie A (SA) race for the top six! The mood in the home camp could hardly be poorer, after Juventus ended their UEFA Champions League (UCL) campaign with the unwanted record of being the second Italian side to lose five group stage matches in a single campaign and only scraping through to a Europa League transfer on goal difference.
Manager Massimiliano Allegri saw the positive side after a 1-2 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, urging his injury-depleted side to be “fired up” for their SA recovery. Three league wins on the trot has revived their SA campaign and with two of their remaining three games before the winter break against direct top-six competitors, continuing that momentum would make a statement of intent. After the last SA H2H did not finish in their favour (L 0-1), a win here would also help Juventus maintain a long-standing record of having not lost consecutive top-flight H2Hs without scoring since April 1963.
Inter had a better UCL journey than Juventus making it out of their group even before their last game, where a heavily-rotated side lost 0-2 at Bayern on Wednesday. Simone Inzaghi now wants his team to face Juventus “with grit” hoping that his recent personal run against Juventus (W3, D1) can be extended. A win would be a double bonus marking their first consecutive H2H wins in the league and away from home, both prospects unheard of in nearly two decades.
Such an eventuality is not far-fetched as the Nerazzurri travel on the back of four consecutive league wins, scoring 44% of their season tally of goals (11) in that period. That scoring blitz may continue here as Inter have averaged 2.1 goals per game across their last ten league trips.
Players to watch: Juventus’ Juan Cuadrado has scored a personal-high five SA goals against Inter, each coming in home matches. His effect could be nullified by Hakan Çalhanoğlu, who netted Inter’s winner in this match last campaign and has seen his last four direct league goal contributions (G1, A3) come in wins.
Hot stat: Inter have scored first in ten of their last 11 away SA games, a sequence that started with this fixture last campaign.