In a weekend packed with huge games in Serie A, it’s hard to see the meeting between the sides in fourth and seventh being the most entertaining. While the rest of the top five all go head to head this weekend, there’s huge excitement over Sunday night’s Milan derby, given the constant flux surrounding these two giants of Italian football. While this was meant to be their comeback season, both sides have been through tough spells of form, especially Inter over the last couple of months.
Inter may have climbed back in to the top four last weekend, but their 2-0 win over bottom side Benevento wasn’t exactly a clear sign that they’re back to their best. Since going top of the table back in December, the Nerazzurri have fallen apart and dropped in to a fight for the top four. Meanwhile, AC Milan have managed to turnaround their season to move within seven points of Inter in fourth. The Rossoneri have an outside chance of making the Champions League, which could be improved with a win this weekend.
Gennaro Gattuso has managed to fix Milan’s form, guiding them in to the Coppa Italia final in midweek. They’re now 13 games unbeaten ahead of this huge match, while they should be worrying Arsenal ahead of their Europa League encounter next week. The hosts are unbeaten in six matches at the San Siro, winning seven of their last nine at this ground. On top of that, they edged out Inter in the quarter-finals of the cup here in December, so they should be well placed to claim the points this weekend.
These two seem to have seen their form change at basically the same time, since AC sacked manager Vincenzo Montella. Under Montella, AC Milan gained 1.43 points per game, while in the 12 games with Gattuso, Milan average 2 points per game. Inter have had an average of 1.25 since Gattuso took charge of their rivals.
We expect Milan to build on that form with a victory, so we’re backing them to win on the draw no bet market, which seems like great value. Inter have seen their goal threat drop off in recent weeks, as Mauro Icardi has failed to score a single goal in the previous six games in Serie A. That has us backing a Milan win to nil as well, as they’ve improved their defence of late, keeping six straight clean sheets.
In a weekend packed with huge games in Serie A, it’s hard to see the meeting between the sides in fourth and seventh being the most entertaining. While the rest of the top five all go head to head this weekend, there’s huge excitement over Sunday night’s Milan derby, given the constant flux surrounding these two giants of Italian football. While this was meant to be their comeback season, both sides have been through tough spells of form, especially Inter over the last couple of months.
Inter may have climbed back in to the top four last weekend, but their 2-0 win over bottom side Benevento wasn’t exactly a clear sign that they’re back to their best. Since going top of the table back in December, the Nerazzurri have fallen apart and dropped in to a fight for the top four. Meanwhile, AC Milan have managed to turnaround their season to move within seven points of Inter in fourth. The Rossoneri have an outside chance of making the Champions League, which could be improved with a win this weekend.
Gennaro Gattuso has managed to fix Milan’s form, guiding them in to the Coppa Italia final in midweek. They’re now 13 games unbeaten ahead of this huge match, while they should be worrying Arsenal ahead of their Europa League encounter next week. The hosts are unbeaten in six matches at the San Siro, winning seven of their last nine at this ground. On top of that, they edged out Inter in the quarter-finals of the cup here in December, so they should be well placed to claim the points this weekend.
These two seem to have seen their form change at basically the same time, since AC sacked manager Vincenzo Montella. Under Montella, AC Milan gained 1.43 points per game, while in the 12 games with Gattuso, Milan average 2 points per game. Inter have had an average of 1.25 since Gattuso took charge of their rivals.
We expect Milan to build on that form with a victory, so we’re backing them to win on the draw no bet market, which seems like great value. Inter have seen their goal threat drop off in recent weeks, as Mauro Icardi has failed to score a single goal in the previous six games in Serie A. That has us backing a Milan win to nil as well, as they’ve improved their defence of late, keeping six straight clean sheets.