Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League Semi-finals between Inter and Milan. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
The Derby della Madonnina, also known as the Derby di Milano, is a football match between the two Milanese clubs Internazionale and Milan. Previously, Inter was seen as the club of the upperclass, while Milan was the choice of the workers. Today these differences are erased, but the cross-town rivalry in football remains intense. These two teams share their stadium San Siro, removing home advantage.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Inter and Milan.
Inter form and stats
Inter participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 8th finals and lost against Liverpool.Inter have performed here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza this season with 13 wins from 18 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 5. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Inter has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.
A nice win for Inter last time playing, versus Sassuolo. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-2 with Lukaku (2) and Martínez scoring for the victors. A goal frenzy last time out for Inter, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Sassuolo. Fun stuff to watch! The attacking player Lukaku won the honour of being "man of the match" for Inter with the rating of 8.4/10. Lukaku scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the game before, a strong away win at Milan. A Champions League match. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Inter have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 3.
A decent goal production from Inter in their home games so far, with 34 goals from 18 league matches. From these home matches, Inter have conceded only 12 goals.
Milan form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.6 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Milan playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 5W-3D-3L. This is both home and away.
Milan play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Spezia. Midfield player Tonali was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Tonali hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 49 successful passes (of 60 total).
The match before was the Champions League-duel against Inter, a home loss (0-2). Milan are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.
After this away game Milan return home for a Serie A game against Sampdoria. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Milan have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 22 goals have been scored. 23 goals have been conceded by Milan in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H match ended Milan - Inter 0-2, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Inter victories, two draws and two Milan wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Martínez 20 goals |   R. Conceição Leão 12 goals |  E. Džeko 9 goals |
Inter missing players
Milan missing players
| Inter | Milan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 5.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17.1 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 13.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 23% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 35 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 70 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 45 | 83 |
| 2 | Juventus | 35 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 54 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 26 | 69 |
| 3 | Inter | 35 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 66 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 29 | 66 |
| 4 | Lazio | 35 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 54 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 26 | 65 |
| 5 | Milan | 35 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 61 |
| 6 | Roma | 35 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 59 |
| 7 | Atalanta | 35 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 58 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 35 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 40 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 49 |
| 9 | Monza | 35 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -1 | 49 |
| 10 | Torino | 35 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | -2 | 49 |
| 11 | Bologna | 35 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 44 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 32 | -1 | 47 |
| 12 | Udinese | 35 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 45 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 46 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 36 | -11 | 44 |
| 14 | Salernitana | 35 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 56 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 32 | -13 | 38 |
| 15 | Empoli | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -13 | 38 |
| 16 | Lecce | 35 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 22 | -13 | 32 |
| 17 | Hellas Verona | 35 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 52 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -24 | 30 |
| 18 | Spezia | 35 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 56 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 30 | -26 | 30 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 35 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 61 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 35 | -30 | 24 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 34 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 61 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 36 | -41 | 17 |
