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The past two scudetto winners face off here in an early test of their title credentials, though Inter have already suffered a defeat at Lazio this season on the only occasion where they’ve faced any real quality. Milan remain unbeaten, but they actually trail their city rivals after dropping points in frustrating stalemates on the road to Atalanta and Sassuolo.
The Rossoneri could certainly have been more convincing and especially in attack, which nearly cost them the title last term as the 69 goals they managed paled in comparison to the 74 and 84 plundered by challengers Napoli and Inter.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic remains sidelined, Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leao have more to give, while summer recruit Alexis Saelemaekers is yet to truly find his feet and should find himself behind Junior Messias for a starting berth on the right wing. Elsewhere in attack, Divock Origi and Ante Rebic are both doubts heading into the derby as well.
Inter dominated this derby between 2016/17 and 2019/20 as they won five of eight unbeaten meetings, but Milan have since returned to the top table of Italian football and results have since improved. The Rossoneri are a much more respectable W2-D2-L3 over the past two campaigns as they met in the Coppa Italia in both seasons, and another close encounter ought to be expected here.
Milan have suffered just a single defeat across their past 23 matches in all competitions, even if that did come against Inter themselves in the Coppa Italia semi-finals. Limited to matches against teams that finished in the top eight last term, Stefano Piolo’s side were an impressive W6-D3-L1 over this period and registered six clean sheets.
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A shutout is not something we’d expect here however, given the potent attacking threat Simeone Inzaghi’s side offers. In fact, they scored in all but one of their 14 games against the top eight last term in the league, while they also enjoyed cup success as they downed Roma, Milan and Juventus to lift the Coppa Italia, as well beating the latter to the Supercoppa Italiana.
Lautaro Martinez should prove Inter’s principal attacking threat in the absence of the injured Romelu Lukaku, and managed a brace when the two sides last met in the Coppa Italia in April.
The Argentinian registered an assist on the opening day this season and has scored in each of Inter’s subsequent three outings, leaving him with 10 goals and a pair of assists from 11 league games stretching back into last season.
LAUTARO MARTINEZ TO SCORE ANYTIME
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