Inter Milan Vs Fiorentina
Inter Milan Vs Fiorentina Saturday 19 March, 2022 – 17:00 (GMT)
Italian Serie A
Pick: Inter Milan WIN & Both Teams to Score
Odds: 2/1
Bookmaker: Bet365
(All betting odds correct at time of writing: 16 March 2022)
Preview: These teams traded seven goals in last season’s corresponding fixture, as Inter Milan scored twice inside the closing five minutes to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Will there be further thrills when the sides reconvene at San Siro?
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Inter Milan – Inzaghi’s faltering charges in must-win territory?
Following last week’s disappointing outcome in Turin, which was coupled with a narrow-margin win for AC Milan at home to Empoli, the destiny of this season’s Scudetto is no longer in Nerrazzuri hands. This is because the reigning Serie A champions required a last-ditch equaliser from Alexis Sanchez to salvage a 1-1 draw away to Torino last time, leaving them four points adrift of the summit albeit with a game in hand.
Having at one stage been cruising towards a second successive title after seeing out 2021 with six consecutive league victories, Inter Milan are now enduring easily their worst spell of the campaign. Already out of the Champions League. They have one win in six in Serie A (D3 L2), losing back to back home games versus Milan and Sassuolo prior to their 5-0 rout of struggling Salernitana last time out at San Siro.
Key Stat: Inter have failed to keep a clean sheet in five of seven previous league games, and in four of their past five as hosts.
Fiorentina – La Viola closing in on top-six?
A scruffy finish from an unusual source helped keep La Viola in the hunt for European qualification via the league. With their Coppa Italia second leg against Juventus delicately poised, trailing the Bianconeri 1-0 after losing in Florence earlier this month, Lucas Torreira’s goal bundled in from close range in last week’s 1-0 win at home to Bologna could prove very pivotal indeed come the end of the season.
Vincenzo Italiano’s charges have now won three of the last five in the league (D1 L1), to close within two points of sixth-placed Roma. Crucially, Fiorentina have played a game less than many of the teams around them. But their momentum could be checked in Milan where they have taken just a point across the last five seasons when facing Inter, more recently losing a seven-goal thriller at the death in September 2020.
Key Stat: Fiorentina have won only once across their last five Serie A away matches (D2 L2) – netting an 89th minute winner in a 2-1 victory away at 15th-placed Spezia. Their record this season when facing teams currently above them in the table reads W1 L3.
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Inter Milan Vs Fiorentina Betting Advice
Ten points from their past five league games is early proof that life post-Vlahovic does indeed exist for Fiorentina, who are now within a couple points of the European places in Serie A. Sure they aren’t as prolific, netting precisely one goal in four successive league outings, but this has only made them more streetwise defensively. Last week’s shutout of Bologna making it four conceded in five league games.
Inter Milan Vs Fiorentina – Key Facts:
- A stirring second half display saw Inter fight back from 1-0 down at half-time to win 3-1 when the sides met first time around this season in Florence.
- Inter have now won each of the last three Serie A meetings, as well as four of the previous five held in Milan. Two of the most recent three were settled by a single goal.
- Fiorentina are seldom beaten convincingly on their travels either. Their recent 2-1 loss at Sassuolo meaning five of seven away losses this term were by a single goal.
Away from home, though, Fiorentina are undoubtedly vulnerable. While they were unfortunate to lose last time out at Sassuolo, that result would make it one win in five away from Florence having conceded in ten straight away fixtures. Ominous, then, ahead of facing an Inter side with eight home wins from the last ten. However, a paucity of clean sheets lately for the Nerrazzuri makes a bet on Inter winning & BTTS appealing.
Best Betting Odds – Inter Milan Vs Fiorentina
Inter Milan – 1/2 (Coral)
Draw – 15/4 (PaddyPower)
Fiorentina – 13/2 (BetVictor)
