Inter Milan vs Monza - prediction, team news, lineups

Inter Milan's rubric defence kicks disconnected connected Saturday evening, erstwhile the reigning Serie A champions invited recently promoted Monza to San Siro.

While Inter volition combat to clasp the title, their visitors are simply targeting endurance aft bouncing backmost from relegation astatine the archetypal attempt.

Match preview

Regaining their presumption arsenic Italy's apical dogs past season, Inter clinched some home trophies for the archetypal clip since their magical treble successful 2010, adding a 10th Coppa Italia to their 21st Scudetto. 

It was yet an emphatic occurrence successful Serie A, wherever they finished 11 points wide of defending champions Napoli, and they swept speech Lazio successful the cupful final.

Following a stellar archetypal twelvemonth successful complaint for Cristian Chivu, the Nerazzurri's manager indispensable people the rubric again, portion aiming to marque much of an interaction successful Europe.

Chivu's broadside made a affirmative commencement to pre-season, thrashing SV Aasen 16-0 during a grooming camp, earlier beating Karlsruher 2-1, past Manchester City connected penalties.

That inclination continued successful an Australian double-header against their 2 fiercest foes - AC Milan (1-1) and Juventus (2-1) - earlier a John Stones onslaught defeated Real Betis.

So, they look good acceptable for Saturday's Serie A opener, peculiarly arsenic it volition instrumentality spot successful Milan: Inter won 14 of 19 location games past season.

Though their top-flight comeback starts with possibly the toughest imaginable fixture, astatine slightest Monza volition not person acold to question for a Lombardy derby.

The Biancorossi's lone triumph from six erstwhile Serie A matches astatine San Siro was a daze 1-0 triumph implicit Inter successful April 2023, truthful expectations whitethorn not beryllium entity high.

Blessed with 1 of Serie B's strongest squads, Monza made it consecutive backmost to Italy's elite level astatine the archetypal effort past season, yet going up done the playoffs.

Even though they drew 2-2 connected aggregate with Catanzaro successful the final, their superior league decorativeness of 3rd spot secured the 1 remaining spot down Venezia and Frosinone.

Head manager Paolo Bianco past stepped aside, subsequently taking a caller relation astatine Pisa, with ex-Roma brag Ivan Juric brought successful to regenerate him.

After winning astir of their matches successful pre-season - including 1 against Turkish giants Galatasaray - Monza produced a 3-0 cupful triumph astatine location to Avellino last clip out.

Inter Milan pre-season form:

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Team News

Chivu's quiescent improvement of the Inter squad has continued this summer, with English duo Stones and Djed Spence among the caller arrivals - compatriot Curtis Jones is soon acceptable to articulation them.

Signed from Lazio pursuing the merchandise of seasoned goalkeeper Yann Sommer, Ivan Provedel indispensable vie with Josep Martinez for enactment betwixt the posts.

Replacing Real Madrid-bound Denzel Dumfries connected the close wing, converted midfielder Andy Diouf was a regular scorer successful pre-season, truthful helium volition anticipation to commencement up of Spence.

Not overmuch has changed up front: past season's Capocannoniere with 17 league goals, skipper Lautaro Martinez has antecedently scored 5 goals successful six Serie A games against Monza.

While the hosts volition beryllium missing Henrikh Mkhitaryan owed to suspension, their visitors indispensable question without skipper Matteo Pessina, who precocious suffered a superior genu injury.

Inter-owned midfielder Ebenezer Akinsanmiro has besides been ruled retired owed to illness; Dany Mota and Demba Thiam are some suspended.

Monza's onslaught features ex-Milan striker Patrick Cutrone, who was progressive successful 9 Serie B goals past play and acceptable up 2 much against Avellino, portion caller lad Gustavo Varela has conscionable bagged a brace successful the Coppa Italia.

Inter Milan imaginable starting lineup:

J. Martinez; Akanji, Stones, Bastoni; Diouf, Barella, Calhanoglu, Zielinski, Dimarco; Esposito, L. Martinez

Monza imaginable starting lineup:

Pizzignacco; Kouadio, Delli Carri, Carboni; Birindelli, Ondoa, Mout, Mangas; Colpani, Cutrone; Varela

We say: Inter Milan 3-0 Monza

Relentless towards the extremity of past word and again successful pre-season, Inter person strengthened their squad and could instrumentality immoderate stopping successful Serie A.

Their Scudetto defence volition surely commencement with a triumph implicit Monza, who lone finished 3rd successful Italy's 2nd tier earlier scraping done the playoffs.

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