Inter Milan vs Lazio tips and predictions: Back Serie A leaders to edge tight Super Cup final
- Sergiu Baltuta
- 18 January 2024
The Italian Super Cup semi-final between Inter and Lazio will take place at the KSU Stadium in Riyadh on Friday evening (1900 GMT).
The winners of the Coppa Italia and the Serie A runners-up will clash in Saudi Arabia for a spot in the Super Cup final on Friday.
Both teams are in excellent form. Inter Milan haven’t lost in 20 matches, while Lazio are on a five-game winning streak.
The Nerazzurri are in fantastic form and are looking to win the first trophy of 2024. The winner of the last two Super Cups has begun the year with back-to-back wins.
In the last round in Serie A, Simone Inzaghi’s team continued their march toward the Scudetto with a 5-1 win against Monza.
Despite their impressive run of form and losing just one game in Serie A, they’re only two points ahead of Juventus.
After a horrible start to the season, Lazio look back to their best. Maurizio Sarri’s team are now sixth in the league table, only one point off of fourth place.
The Eagles secured a 1-0 victory at home against Lecce last time out, with Felipe Anderson scoring the only goal of the game.
Recently, last season's runners-up qualified for the Coppa Italia semi-finals after a 1-0 win against their fierce rivals AS Roma.
The two teams last faced each other last month, when Inter earned a 2-0 victory at Stadio Olimpico.
Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram scored the winning goals for the Nerazzuri and we’re backing the former to get on the scoresheet again.
This is usually a game of tight margins and the intensity of it being a semi-final should only add to that, so we’re predicting under 2.5 goals.
Key stats
- Inter Milan are unbeaten in 20 matches, winning 14 of them
- Lazio have won five consecutive matches, keeping three clean sheets
- Lautaro Martinez is Inter’s top scorer with 18 goals
- Lazio’s top scorer is Ciro Immobile with just four goals
- Four of the previous six meetings have been won by Inter Milan
- There have been under 2.5 goals in 13 of Lazio’s last 20 Serie A matches
