Chelsea v Inter Milan Betting Tips – International Champions Cup, 28th July 7.00pm
This is the first game of the summer’s International Champions Cup for both of these sides. They will be meeting up in Nice to contest this one and new Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri will probably be treating these quite seriously as he hasn’t had a lot of time to work with the club after taking over late in the summer from Antonio Conte. Inter Milan are sticking with head coach Luciano Spalletti who got them a fourth-place finish in Serie A last term.
Chelsea News and Form
Chelsea have been globetrotting as they took on Perth Glory in new manager Maurizio Sarri’s first game in charge of the club. He went with a fairly strong side as well, giving run-outs to 19 players in total, including new summer signing Jorginho, Cesc Fàbregas, David Luiz, Pedro, Alvaro Morata and Ross Barkley. Chelsea claimed a 1-0 win down under thanks to a goal from Pedro. They will take on familiar opposition for new boss Maurizio Sarri next, in the form of Inter Milan. Sarri needs this time with the club having been brought in so late in the summer and so it’s important for him to assess the squad fully here. They haven’t really been that hyped up in transfer market business really other than potentially big stars like Thibaut Courtois and Hazard leaving. We are leaning on this one going under 2.5 goals which is at 43/40 odds with bet365* (Betting Odds were taken on July 27th, 2018 at 6:33 p.m.). Chelsea were poor defensively last season and Sarri likes to keep things shipshape at the back. Following this, Chelsea will meet London rivals Arsenal in Dublin before rounding out their International Champions Cup action with a home game against Lyon.
Inter Milan News and Form
Inter Milan have put out some steady business over the summer, as they look just to solidify the decent crop of players that they have. Their big signing was Roma midfielder Radja Nainggolan in as they aim to try and improve on their fourth place in Serie A last season. Other additions have been in Kwadwo Asamoah from Juventus on a free. Inter have played four summer pre-season friendly games, winning the first and not getting one in any of their last three. In their last two, they played out a 3-3 draw against Zenit St Petersburg before going to Bramall Lane to take on Sheffield United which ended in a 1-1 draw. So their defence has been vulnerable over the summer so there should be chances for Chelsea here in this one out on the French Riviera. Both teams not to score has big appeal for us at 6/5 odds* (Betting Odds were taken on July 27th, 2018 at 6:33 p.m.). After this Inter will go on to meet Lyon and then Atletico Madrid in the International Champions Cup, the game against Atletico being the final fixture actually of the entire International Champions Cup on August 11th.
Chelsea v Inter Milan Head to Head
Chelsea and Inter have only met twice before in competitive action which was back in the 2010 UEFA Champions League group stage. The Italians took a one-goal margin win in both of those fixtures.
Chelsea v Inter Milan Betting Odds*
Chelsea 13/10
Inter 15/8
Draw 5/2
* (Betting Odds were taken on July 27th, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.)
Chelsea v Inter Milan Predictions
Chelsea to win: The Blues did send out quite a few first-team players in their recent warm-up game against Perth Glory and we expect them to start ramping up the intensity quickly as Sarri gets a grip on them. They may have too much for their Italian opponents so we are backing a Chelsea win by a narrow margin.s Cup
