AC Milan vs Inter prediction: ITALY: Coppa Italia betting tips on match 2025-04-01 19:00.
[p]AC Milan missed a penalty and fell to a 2-1 defeat against Napoli on Sunday to end a mini-resurgence that saw them win back-to-back games. The Rossoneri now find themselves five points behind the top-six, which means the Coppa Italia, where they face city rivals Inter Milan in the semi-final, remains their best chance to qualify for Europe next season. [/p]
[p]Boss Sérgio Conceição could be feeling the pressure of lifting the performances to achieve their objective of UEFA Champions League qualification and will hope that the Derby della Madonnina could reinvigorate their campaign. They are encouragingly unbeaten in three competitive H2Hs (W2, D1), but were knocked out of this competition at this stage by Inter the last time these sides were drawn against each other back in 2021/22.[/p]
[p]Inter beat Udinese 2-1 at this venue on Sunday, scoring 2+ goals for a fifth game running to extend their winning run to five matches and maintain a three-point lead at the top of Serie A. They remain in the hunt for a famous treble, and with Empoli or Bologna waiting in the final, this edition could be the Nerazzurri’s best chance at becoming the outright second-best performing club in the Coppa Italia – they’re currently tied on nine titles with Roma.[/p]
[p]Next week’s first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich perhaps serves as a distant distraction, but Inter will know the immediate enormity of this clash. Having played and won both prior Coppa Italia fixtures this season at the San Siro against top-flight opposition (Udinese and Lazio), keeping a clean sheet in both, Inter will hope defensive solidity can help them secure a first-leg advantage here.[/p]
[p]Key battle: Mike Maignan has kept only one clean sheet in 11 H2Hs, although that did come when AC Milan were the designated hosts in the 2021/22 Coppa Italia semi-finals. Marko Arnautović could test him early as the forward scored Inter’s opening goal against Udinese at the weekend and also scored first in both of Inter’s Coppa Italia games this season.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: AC Milan’s last six games were all decided by a one-goal margin (W2, L4).[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]