Milan vs Inter: predictions and betting tips on the Super Cup of Italy match on January 18, 2023
Lewis Blackhorme
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors
On January 18, King Fahd Stadium (Ta’if, Saudi Arabia) will host the Italian Super final, in which Milan will compete with Inter. The battle will start at 20:00 CET.
Milan
The club has got the status of the champion of the country – Stefano Pioli’s work gave a desired result in the previous season, allowing winning the long-awaited Scudetto. It goes without saying that the team is eager to stay at the top of the division, but this is a difficult task because of Napoli, which is more than powerful in the inner arena (at the same time, the Champions League play-offs, unlike the previous season, were reached). Moreover, “the Rossoneri” make a lot of mistakes. It is difficult to understand, how it was possible, having led 2 goals in the home battle with Roma, to allow the opponent to equalize the score – it missed twice, starting from the 87th minute of the game. That draw seems to have become a serious knock down, after which the team cannot continue moving. First, the club “flew out” of the Copa del Rey, losing with a 0-1 score in the home match against Torino. And then it couldn’t get 3 points, playing a 2-2 draw with the newcomer of the Calcio, Lecce – there was a reasonable come-back after conceding twice.
Inter
The team is spending the second season under the rule of Simone Inzaghi. Having replaced Antonio Conte, the specialist could not save the Scudetto – but, to be frank, that was not expected, taking into account the backdrop of the financial and personnel losses of the grandee in 2021. Nevertheless, that draw turned out to be not bad for “the Nerazzurri”: they took the Cup and the Super Cup – overcoming Juventus in both cases; they also played in the Champions League play-offs and were chasing their neighbour in the Serie A as long as it was possible. The current season is more controversial. On the one hand, the team succeeded in the struggle for the place in the play-offs of the main European Cup, becoming better than Barcelona, and made the first defeat of Napoli in the Calcio (the run for the Copa del Rey also continues). On the other hand, “the Black and Blues” can achieve only a place in the top four. Even modest Verona was beaten minimally, due to a single ball in the early minutes of the match.
The statistics of head-to-head matches
This season has already had a “Derby della Madonnina”, - that happened at the beginning of the autumn. Milan was able to win in that bright battle with a 3-2 score.
Predictions
Bookmakers give a minimal advantage to Inter. Still, both clubs are not particularly impressive – we will support the idea of a neutral bet on “total: under 2.5” (odd: 2.06).
