Inter Milan v Southampton Predictions & Betting Odds – 20th October 2016

Saints to avoid defeat at the San Siro

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Inter Milan v Southampton Betting Preview – UEFA Europa League 20th October

What a huge European night for Southampton and the Saints may be a bit of value to go to the San Siro and take a win as well. Inter have crumbled to back to back defeats in their opening two Europa League games this season and are there for the taking. Southampton have bagged four points from their two games so far and a win out on the road in Italy would yield an important three points in their ambitions to get themselves closer to the round of 32. A draw wouldn’t be a bad result for the Premier League club and would keep them ticking along nicely in the group.

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Inter Milan v Southampton Betting Tips

The pressure is mounting on Italian giants Inter Milan who are well out of form right now. They have lost their last four European matches on the bounce and the back to back defeats which they have suffered in the Europa League this season have both been by a two goal margin. So things are not clicking for them at the moment and they need to turn things around or else they are going to be out of the qualification picture in this group pretty quickly. They may have a hard time breaking down the Saints as well. Frank de Boer isn’t having a great time of things having taken over in the summer. They have gone winless in their last four (D1 L3) in all competitions at the moment. Inter have produced just a W1 D2 L2 record across all competitions and they are yet to bag a clean sheet at the San Siro. Both teams to score in this fixture will return you a price of 10/11 with online betting site William Hill.

Inter’s other Europa League home fixture this season saw them lose 2-0 loss against Hapoel Beer Sheva and that has left them struggling. Even their main striker Icardi isn’t liked by his own fans, and he good cheered on the weekend by Inter supporters for missing penalty for them. Icardi is running as 11/8 outright favourite in the anytime goalscorer market Inter also have Eder who is a 2/1 shot in the market and Ivan Perisic at 2/1 who has scored in two of Inter’s last three home games. Inter do have a long history against English sides and their overall record against English opposition reads W13 D4 L11 (W9 D3 L2 in Milan) and they have actually won their three most recent home fixtures with Premier League visitors.

This will be Inter Milan’s first ever encounter with Southampton. The Saints are well in form at the moment and they have put together a seven match unbeaten streak in all competitions, winning five of those. Not only that, their defence had been highly impressive. They have conceded only one goal in their last seven games, a remarkable stretch of defence. Southampton are trading at a price of 11/4 to get out of this fixture with a clean sheet and the Saints, who do like to press forward are at a price of 9/2 to go and win the thing to nil. Southampton have never met an Italian side before and they go into this as just one of three clubs in this season’s Group Stage who are yet to concede a goal.

The Saints have produced just the one victory in their last seven away games in Europe with a W1 D3 L3 record, that win was a 2-0 success at Vitesse in last season’s UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. They failed to score in the other six away games in that sequence. The Saints have Charlie Austin going very well at the moment with goals and he is a price of 2/1 in the anytime goalscorer market for them. In Southampton’s’ other away game in the group, they played out a 0-0 draw at Hapoel Beer Sheva on Match Day Two. This looks as if it is going to be a low scoring affair on the night, and Southampton’s great defence may well keep the Premier League side in this.

Inter Milan v Southampton Betting Odds

Inter 6/5, Southampton 9/4, Draw 23/10

Inter Milan v Southampton Predictions

Southampton are a side who like to press forward but out on the road they may have to dial that back a bit. Inter Milan have already struggled to break down both of their other opponents so far in the group and may struggle similarly against the Saints as well. Look for a low scoring game under 2.5 goals and a 1-1 draw may have some appeal in the correct score market.

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