Match preview
Inter Milan travel to Stadio Artemio Franchi on Saturday, hoping to continue their recent resurgence against a Fiorentina side that is still stuck in neutral after 10 rounds of Serie A.
Fiorentina have failed to beat Inter in any of the clubs’ last ten league meetings, indicating their inferiority in this match-up in recent years, and their recent form has them already eight points behind Inter in the table.
The Viola drew 1-1 with struggling Lecce in the Monday night match earlier this week, failing to make up ground from their slow start to the season.
As a result, they are 13th in the table after 10 rounds, having won just one of their last nine Serie A matches; since beating Verona 2-0 at home in September, they have won just one of their last nine Serie A matches.
Inter begin the weekend eight points behind the leaders, but three wins in their last four matches have reignited their season at home and in Europe. In comparison, the Viola have only won twice in the league and are in the bottom half of the table.
Inter have been able to tighten up at the back – conceding only three shots on target in each of their last three league matches – after taking four points off Champions League rivals Barcelona.
Inter are on Italy’s longest current run without a draw, which now stands at 19 games, with their last Serie A single-pointer coming against the Viola at home in March. That is the club’s longest streak since the 1940s, and Inzaghi is willing to extend it if it means returning to Milan with a trophy.
Fiorentina vs Inter Milan H2H
Inter Milan  | 1 – 1 |  Fiorentina |
Fiorentina  | 1 – 3 |  Inter Milan |
Fiorentina  | 0 – 2 |  Inter Milan |
Fiorentina  | 1 – 2 |  Inter Milan |
Inter Milan  | 4 – 3 |  Fiorentina |
Fiorentina vs Inter Milan form guide
Fiorentina’s last 5 games – LWLWD
Lecce  | 1 – 1 |  Fiorentina |
Fiorentina  | 5 – 1 |  Hearts |
Fiorentina  | 0 – 4 |  Lazio |
Hearts  | 0 – 3 |  Fiorentina |
Atalanta  | 1 – 0 |  Fiorentina |
Inter Milan’s last 5 games – LWWDW
 Inter Milan | 2 – 0 |  Salernitana |
 Barcelona | 3 – 3 |  Inter Milan |
 Sassuolo | 1 – 2 |  Inter Milan |
 Inter Milan | 1 – 0 |  Barcelona |
 Inter Milan | 1 – 2 |  Roma |
Key stats
- Inter Milan has a good record against Fiorentina, having won 27 of the last 46 meetings between the two teams, compared to Fiorentina’s ten victories.
- Inter Milan are unbeaten in their last ten Serie A games against La Viola, following a run of five defeats in six matches against Fiorentina.
- Inter Milan have won their last two Serie A away matches against Fiorentina and have only twice in their history managed a three-game winning streak against La Viola – in 1977 and 1980.
- Fiorentina have won just one of their last nine Serie A matches, with their only victory coming against Hellas Verona in September.
- Inter Milan has scored and conceded in each of their last nine Serie A away games, with three goals scored in each of these games.
- Inter Milan have gone 19 games without a draw in Serie A, the longest such streak in the competition at the moment.
Fiorentina vs Inter Milan prediction
Inter have scored and conceded in each of their last nine Serie A away games, with at least three goals scored in each game, and while Fiorentina are a tougher nut to crack at home, form suggests an away win is the most likely outcome at the Franchi this weekend, Hence we go with the following pickings in this fixture:
- AWAY TO WIN – YES @ 2.12
- HALFTIME/FULLTIME – INTER MILANO/INTER MILANO @ 3.13
- OVER 3.5 @ 2.92
*DISCLAIMER: Odds are subject to change
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