Manchester City vs Inter Milan Champions League Match Preview, Odds & Predictions
Match Details:
- Fixture: Manchester City vs Inter Milan
- Date: September 18, 2024
- Location: Etihad Stadium, Manchester
The reshuffled League Phase draw for the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League season faces Manchester City against Inter Milan in a standout opening match of their rematch 10 months on from the dramatic final. Each side will want to prove a point early on in the European stage of this year’s competition, and considering both sides’ quality and recent history, we should see plenty of fireworks when these two titans face off against one another. Current champions Manchester City are favorites to triumph, while Italian giants Inter Milan will seek revenge for their final defeat in the 2019/20 season.
Manchester City – Inter Milan Odds & Predictions
The odds and betting predictions all trend highly in favor of Manchester City. Elsewhere, while City are tipped to win at 1.51 odds, while Inter Milan are being written off as the rank outsiders in this away fixture priced up instead at a much larger 5.70 on the GSB platform.
Historical Context: Manchester City vs Inter Milan
- Champions League Final 2023: Their first and currently only official competitive meeting was in the 2023 Champions League final, which Manchester City won 1-0 to claim their first European trophy.
- Previous Friendlies: The teams have played three friendly games against each other, with Inter winning two of the matches and City winning one. Curiously, the score in all the friendlies at every level ended as 3-0, simply hinting how dominant the winning team was.
Manchester City’s Current Form
The Premier League version of the team has enjoyed some incredible form, winning their first five games of the 2024 season, with a 2-1 win over Brentford being their most recent success earlier on September 14. Despite injury keeping him out of a few games, Erling Haaland is up to 9 goals in just four league outings.
It will make City overwhelming favorites here given they have not lost any home matches in regular time since 2018. But with City’s wealth of goal-scoring talent, led by Haaland, as well as playmakers like Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden in support, there can be no doubt this is a team capable of dismantling any defense.
Inter Milan’s Current Form
Simone Inzaghi’s Inter Milan are full of ambition heading into this season’s Champions League campaign as they attempt to go one step further following a near-miss in the competition 12 months ago. As of September 15, things have not gone much better for Inter in Serie A, drawing 1-1 against Monza. On the other hand, Inter have kept all of their key men—Lautaro Martinez and Nicolò Barella, to name a few—and paraded several new faces in Simone Inzaghi’s first team.
Inter have perhaps the best chance of stopping them, however—Inzaghi is undoubtedly a more astute tactical coach and will set his team up efficiently to thwart City’s free-scoring attack before breaking quickly.
Predicted Line-ups
Manchester City (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol; Rodri, Kovacic; Bernardo, Foden, Doku; Haaland.
Inter Milan (3-5-2): Sommer; Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Martinez.
Top Betting Tips:
The game on the GSB platform can be betted in several betting markets, from traditional match result to over / under, correct score, and both teams to score.
- Manchester City to Win (1.50): This one is straight forward; you should feel fairly confident betting on City to avoid defeat at home.
- Both Teams to Score (1.78): Inter looks dangerous on the counterattack, so this is a good bet.
- Erling Haaland to Score (1.60): Haaland’s current scoring streak makes this a favorable bet.
Final Prediction
Manchester City 3-1 Inter Milan: Manchester City should be solid at home. Inter could score on the counterattack, but City should be way ahead anyway given their dominance and firepower.
