Inter vs Juventus prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-10-26 17:00.
[p]Only one point separates Inter Milan and Juventus ahead of the first Derby d’Italia of the season with the hosts two points behind leaders Napoli after eight rounds. The Nerazzurri survived a scare against Young Boys (W 1-0) on Wednesday in the Champions League as a late goal extended their winning sequence to five games, meaning they should come into this game confident they can post consecutive top-flight H2H wins for the first time since April 2004 after winning the last such encounter 1-0.[/p]
[p]That win came at San Siro, where Inter have lost just one of their last four league H2Hs (W2, D1). Their form at their home venue this season adds weight to their hopes of extending that record, as the hosts have recorded three wins across the last four home league games (L1) with all victories seeing them score 2+ goals.[/p]
[p]Juventus travel here on the back of a 1-0 Champions League loss to Stuttgart, with the lone strike coming in stoppage time. That result put an end to their previously unbeaten competitive start to 2024/25 (W6, D4), but the Old Lady may be worried more about their indiscipline on the pitch, as they were reduced to ten men in three of their last four games.[/p]
[p]Overall though, that battling spirit has served them well, as Juve remain the only unbeaten team (W4, D4) of this league campaign. The visitors have banked on their defensive strengths to stay close to the top of the table, having conceded just one league goal this entire season and remain the only team in the traditional big five European leagues this season yet to concede on the road.[/p]
[p]Key battle: Marcus Thuram has scored five of Inter’s last six league goals at this venue across two wins, with each one arriving on or before the hour mark. Looking to halt him could be a refreshed Juve goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio after he sat out the continental game due to suspension, but Di Gregorio has a poor personal H2H record of four goals conceded in three games.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Eight of the last nine Serie A H2Hs produced under 2.5 goals with five seeing exactly two goals.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]