Seeking to make it three wins from three in this season’s Champions League, Inter Milan will travel to Belgium to take on Union Saint-Gilloise on Tuesday night.
The Italian giants – who finished as runners-up in this competition last term – have kicked off their campaign with comfortable wins over both Ajax and Slavia Prague.
Christin Chivu’s team have also been ticking along nicely on the domestic front, with Saturday’s 1-0 success away at Roma making it four wins on the spin in Serie A.
As such, the Nerazzurri will now be targeting a seventh straight win across all competitions this midweek.
Meanwhile, the hosts hit the ground running with a 3-1 win away at PSV before being put to the sword 4-0 when hosting Newcastle.
After falling to a 1-0 loss away at Club Brugge before the international break, Union Saint-Gilloise got their Belgian Pro League title defence back on track with a 3-1 victory over Sporting Charleroi on Saturday.
How the bookies view it: Inter Milan to march on
Given the aforementioned winning streak that they are currently enjoying, it’s no surprise to see Inter Milan as short-priced 7/10 favourites on Boylesports. However, bundling up an away win alongside over 1.5 goals will boost the odds to a much more attractive 10/11 play.
Union Saint-Gilloise are unfancied 7/2 underdogs on Boylesports while a point apiece at Lotto Park has been priced up at 14/5 with the same firm.
Head to head: History book blank
Union Saint-Gilloise and Inter Milan will cross paths for the first time ever on Tuesday night. In fact, this will be the first time that Inter have faced Belgian opposition since taking on Anderlecht in this competition way back in 2004.
Players to watch: Bonny to bag?
Having made the net bulge in each of Inter Milan’s last two Serie A matches, Ange-Yoan Bonny offers some anytime goalscorer value here at 21/20 on Boylesports.
Union Saint-Gilloise will look to Promise David for inspiration on Tuesday night. The Canadian attacker is as big as 11/4 on Boylesports to make the net bulge during this contest.
Predicted line-ups
Union Saint-Gilloise will be without forward Mohammed Fuseini, but apart from that they could have a clean bill of health.
Marcus Thuram is not expected to return from injury for Inter Milan this midweek while Matteo Darmian is also on the sidelines for the visitors.
Union Saint-Gilloise: Scherpen; Mac Allister, Burgess, Leysen; Khalaily, Zorgane, Rasmussen, Niang; Ait El Hadj; Florucz, David
Inter Milan: Sommer; Akanji, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Bonny, Martinez
Anything else catch the eye?
Hakan Calhanoglu looks well worthy of interest to provide an assist during this contest at an eye-catching 7/2 on Ladbrokes.
The classy Inter Milan playmaker set up each of his team’s goals during their matchday one win over Ajax.
It’s also worth noting that Calhanoglu provided an assist for five of Turkey’s 10 goals across the recent international break.
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