AC Milan vs Inter prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-04-21 18:45.
[p]Seldom have many Milan derbies had as much on the line as this one does, as AC Milan face suffering arguably the biggest embarrassment your fiercest rival could bestow upon you, with Inter Milan one win away from claiming the Serie A crown. Never in Serie A history has the Scudetto winner been confirmed at the end of a Milan derby, and the Rosseneri will hope to keep it that way, although five successive H2H defeats against Inter would suggest that’ll be a tall order. [/p]
[p]As Inter’s closest challengers, some optimistic AC Milan fans would argue that a win here would keep alive their title aspirations, but realistically it would only delay the inevitable with a 14-point gap to the leaders. Having been dumped out of the Europa League by Roma on Thursday, finishing as best of the rest is all AC Milan realistically have left to play for this season, and amidst a run of just one defeat in 17 league games (W12, D4), they’re not showing any signs of relenting in their quest to finish strongly.[/p]
[p]For Inter, the task here is simple – win and the title is theirs. A repeat of the 5-1 scoreline they managed in September’s reverse H2H would do just nicely, and although replicating such a hefty scoreline seems a long shot, a victory most certainly isn’t as the Nerazzurri are unbeaten in a whopping 26 top-flight games (W21, D5), although they still have some way to go if they’re to match AC Milan’s Serie A record of 58 games unbeaten set between 1991 and 1993. [/p]
[p]There is one record Inter can claim here though, and that’s becoming the joint-earliest team to win the Scudetto – potentially repeating Napoli’s feat of last season when they won it with five games to spare. One of just four teams in Europe’s traditional top-five leagues to come into this weekend without an away league defeat this term, Inter’s chances of wrapping up the title ‘on the road’ seem plentiful, even if this is essentially a ‘home’ game for them.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Milan’s Rafael Leão has grown to enjoy this fixture, contributing to four goals (G3, A1) in the last three Serie A H2Hs. With two penalty goals and two Flashscore Man of the Match accolades in as many Inter appearances, no one would love to net the winner in this game more than a man who crossed the city’s divide, Hakan Çalhanoğlu. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: AC Milan boss Stefano Pioli has lost nine Milan derbies – more than any other manager in the fixture’s history. [/p]