This Serie A season looks like being one of the most exciting in recent years with several teams seeming capable of a title challenge at this early stage. One of those teams is Inter Milan, who have been struggling to make an impact at the top of Serie A. You must go back to the 2009/10 season to find the last time they won the title and last season they finished down in 7th place, missing out on European football.
Their opponents on Tuesday night are Bologna, who won promotion back to Serie A in 2014/15. They have remained in Serie A since but have finished in the bottom half of the table.
Bologna Form
Bologna have had a less than ideal start to the 2017/18 Serie A season and find themselves down in 13th place ahead of this match. Bologna have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their 4 league games this season and they started with a 1-1 draw at home to Torino. This was followed by their only win of the season to date at newcomers Benevento.
However, Bologna have lost their last 2 Serie games, going down 3-0 at home to Napoli and 2-1 at Fiorentina on the weekend. Bologna have conceded an average of 1.5 goals this season and in 8 of their last 10 Serie A games there have been over 2.5 goals scored.
Inter Milan Form
Inter Milan come into this match having won all 4 of their Serie A games this season. They are third in the table, behind Juventus and Napoli on goal difference. Inter Milan started the season with a good 3-0 home victory against Fiorentina. This was backed up by an excellent 3-1 win at Roma, a result which was a signal of Inter Milan’s intent.
Following the international break, Inter Milan defeated SPAL 2-0 at the San Siro and last weekend they picked up maximum points in a 2-0 win at Crotone. In their 4 Serie A matches, Inter Milan have scored 10 goals and conceded only one. They have the best defensive record in Serie A and only Juventus and Napoli have scored more goals.
Team News
Bologna have plenty of concerns ahead of this match and Cheick Keita and Cesar Falletti will both miss the game due to injury. There also fitness doubts over Filippo Falco, Vasilios Torosidis, Domenico Maietta and Ladislav Krejci. Inter Milan have very little to worry about now and have every player fit and available for selection.
Top Betting Tips
Inter Milan are the team in form and have defeated Bologna in their last 6 meetings. Therefore, the visitors are the favourites to win the match at 4/7 with William Hill.
Inter Milan have been excellent defensively this season while Bologna have managed only 3 goals in their 4 league games. The Inter Milan defence will be expecting to keep another clean sheet in this game and you can get 7/4 with Ladbrokes for Inter Milan to win this game to nil.
Mauro Icardi has been in great goal scoring form for Inter Milan this season and already has 5 goals to his name in Serie A. The Argentine has netted the first goal in 3 of Inter Milan’s 4 league games and can be backed at 9/4 with Ladbrokes to open the scoring.