Coppa Italia unfolds on Tuesdays as two sides separated by just two points in the Serie A face each other when Inter Milan play host to AC Milan at San Siro Stadium in the second leg of the campaign semi finals. Kickoffs at 22:00 EAT.
After the quarter-final victory last year, under former coach Antonio Conte, the Nerazzurri then went on to claim the Scudetto ahead of their fiercest foes, and this term the pair have stayed locked in battle for the major prizes. Milan has kept a remarkable seven consecutive clean sheets, a run which began with that first-leg stalemate with Inter, although Pioli’s men have only netted five goals in that time.
Inter Milan come into this meeting confident following 1-3 Serie A win to beat Spezia in their last game. In that match, Inter Milan had 67% possession, 23 shots with seven of them on target and goals scored by Marcelo Brozović (31′), Lautaro Martínez (73′) and Alexis Sánchez (93′). Spezia got 10 shots with two of them on target and a goal by Giulio Maggiore.
Meanwhile, the five-times cup winners have lost only two of their last 19 home games in the Coppa, and though classed as the away team at San Siro this week, such a record should embolden Stefano Pioli’s side, who cruised through to this stage by beating Genoa and Lazio. After that first leg, Inter were on a five-match winless run and looked likely to drop out of Serie A contention, but Inzaghi’s men have since rebounded to trail Milan by just a single point, having played a game less.
AC Milan will be aiming for another win following 2-0 Serie A victory over Genoa in their last fixture. In that match, AC Milan had 59% possession, 10 shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Rafael Leão (11′) and Junior Messias (87′). Genoa got seven shots with only one of them on target.
Inter Milan vs AC Milan head to head
These two teams have 69 games against each other since 1993. Inter bears a slightly upper hand having won in 27 matches while Milan has won 23 times and 19 matches ended in stalemates.
- Milan 0-0 Inter 01/03/22
- Inter 1-2 Milan 05/02/22
- Milan 1-1 Inter 07/11/21
- Milan 0-3 Inter 21/02/21
- Inter 2-1 Milan 26/01/21
Home
- Spezia 1-3 Inter
- Inter 2-0 Hellas Verona
- Juventus 0-1 Inter
- Inter 1-1 Fiorentina
- Torino 1-1 Inter
Away
- Milan 2-0 Genoa
- Torino 0-0 Milan
- Milan 0-0 Bologna
- Cagliari 0-1 Milan
- Milan 1-0 Empoli
Inter Milan team news
Manager Simone Inzaghi will be without the services of Stefan de Vrij due to injuries.
AC Milan team news
AC Milan boss Stefano Pioli will select a squad limited of Davide Calabria, Samu Castillejo, Alessio Romagnoli, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Alessandro Florenzi and Simon Kjaer who will miss out through injuries.
Prediction and odds
The first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-finals between the two teams from Milan ended in stalemate. We see the second leg ending in the same way however Milan may be happy to sit in and try to strike a blow on the counter as they have won all their last five matches while inter won in three.
- Draw
- AC Milan Win
- Both teams to score
