Inter vs Lazio prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-05-18 16:00.
[p]Inter Milan may have already secured the title, but Simone Inzaghi’s dominant side are still chasing records as the season draws to a close. A 5-0 thrashing of Frosinone at the weekend made them the second team to have won 4,600 points in Serie A history, while two more victories to end the season would see the Nerazzurri set a club-record 31 wins in a top-flight campaign.[/p]
[p]The champions will be looking to bow out at the San Siro on a high, something the home faithful have become used to with Inter winning nine of their last ten home league finales (L1). The only blemish in that run came in 2018 against Sassuolo, coincidentally the only side to have beaten Inter on home soil in Serie A this season (W14, D3)![/p]
[p]An in-form Lazio side are the last team to try and breach fortress San Siro this term, and bring with them a six-game unbeaten run (W5, D1). The arrival of coach Igor Tudor seems to have reinvigorated the Eagles, who can move to the brink of qualification for next season’s UEFA Europa League with a victory, though back-to-back two-goal H2H defeats suggests that could be tricky.[/p]
[p]Lazio haven’t lost three consecutive league H2Hs since September 2019, and avoiding a repeat will depend on an improvement on their patchy away form. The capital club have won just two of their last five away league matches (D1, L2), and that run has seen plenty of late drama, with four of the last five goals scored in Lazio’s away games coming beyond the hour mark.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Marcus Thuram has scored Inter’s final goal of the match with six of his last ten league strikes, including in the reverse H2H. Looking to mirror him in that regard could be Ciro Immobile, who has rounded off Lazio’s scoring with five of his last seven league goals.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Eight of the last ten Serie A H2Hs have produced exactly one first-half goal.[/p]