Fiorentina and Inter Milan are looking to crank up the pressure on the leaders as they square off in an Italian Serie A fixture on Sunday. With both teams challenging near the top of the table, a closely fought encounter could be on the cards.
Fiorentina have been one of the surprise teams in Serie A this season and are challenging high up the table, level with Inter Milan and one point behind leaders Napoli. They are showing no signs of slowing down and head into Saturday’s clash with seven straight Serie A wins.
Raffaele Palladino’s men claimed a 2-0 victory at Como in their previous Serie A fixture before a 3-2 win over Pafos in the Europa League. They have shown plenty of attacking quality this season with a 5-1 victory over Roma and a 6-0 triumph at Lecce also among their results.
Inter Milan are currently third in the Serie A table, above Fiorentina only on goal difference. Simone Inzaghi’s men are unbeaten in their last 12 matches across all competitions, claiming 10 wins in that run.
Like Fiorentina, Inter Milan have also flexed their attacking muscle this season and claimed a 5-1 victory over Verona last time out in Serie A. They followed that up with a 1-0 Champions League win over RB Leipzig in midweek.
How the bookies view it: Bookies fancy Inter
Inter Milan have the upper hand among the bookies and are priced at 9/10 with Kwiff to claim the win. A victory for Fiorentina is valued at 11/5 while a draw is also set at odds of 21/10 by Kwiff.
Head to head: Nerazzurri on top
Inter Milan have a 34-13 advantage with 16 draws from 63 previous matches against Fiorentina. The Nerazzurri have also won the last three visits to the Artemio Franchi and earned a 1-0 victory last season.
Players to watch: Eyes on Martinez
Lautaro Martinez could be worth keeping an eye on for Inter Milan as he looks to add to his five Serie A goals this term. The forward has also found the net five times in the last three meetings with Fiorentina and is priced at 29/20 by Kwiff to maintain his scoring run.
Fiorentina have attacking quality of their own with Moise Kean who has nine Serie A goals this season. The striker is priced at 187/100 by Kwiff to get on the score sheet on Sunday.
Probable line-ups
Lucas Martinez Quarta and Amir Richardson are both sidelined with injury for Fiorentina. Kean sat out the Europa League win and should return on Sunday while Edoardo Bove should also feature in attack.
Lautaro Martinez missed Inter Milan’s last Serie A fixture through illness but played 60 minutes in the Champions League and should start on Sunday. As always he is expected to partner Marcus Thuram in attack while Stefan de Vrij should feature in defence.
Fiorentina: De Gea, Dodo, Comuzzo, Ranieri, Gosens, Cataldi, Adli, Colpani, Bove, Beltran, Kean
Inter Milan: Sommer, de Vrij, Bastoni, Bisseck, Darmian, Frattesi, Barella, Calhanoglu, Dimarco, Thuram, Martinez
Anything else catch the eye?
Fiorentina and Inter Milan have quality in attack and could be set to produce goals on Sunday. Both teams could be backed to score at 8/13 with Kwiff, who are also offering 8/11 for over 2.5 goals, while over 3.5 goals is priced at 7/4.
Dodo has a tendency to commit fouls and has already been booked three times this season. With Fiorentina likely to do more of the defending on Sunday, the defender could be carded again at 13/10 with Kwiff.
This Serie A match between Fiorentina and Inter Milan will be played on Dec 1, 2024 and kick off at 17:00. Check below for our tipsters best Fiorentina vs Inter Milan prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
