Inter Milan vs Fiorentina

Inter Milan and Fiorentina are set to lock horns in a tasty-looking Serie A showdown at Giuseppe Meazza.

Inter Milan’s effort to ascend to the Serie A throne for the first time in three years has been off to a flawless start. After Lautaro Martinez’s brace catapulted Simone Inzaghi’s side to a 2-0 home win over Monza, ‘I Nerazzurri’ toppled newly-promoted Cagliari by that same score last time out to enter round three as one of only four sides with a 100% record. Delivering action from the get-go, Inzaghi’s men have tallied three of their four league goals this season within the opening half an hour, highlighting the potential for a quick-fire start. That could be precisely what the doctor ordered as Inter bid to arrest a two-game winless Serie A run against Fiorentina at Meazza (D1, L1) and potentially start a new top-flight campaign with a hat-trick of wins ‘to nil’ for the first time since 1966/67.

However, a 1-0 win in this corresponding fixture last term should fill visiting Fiorentina with confidence, even though it remains their only win in 12 Serie A H2Hs between the two sides. ‘La Viola’ flourished in their opening away league games this term, trouncing promoted Genoa 4-1 to make it three consecutive Serie A travels without losing (W2, D1). But Vincenzo Italiano’s side unfathomably spurned a 2-0 halftime lead against Lecce at home last weekend, only to draw 2-2. They were quick to make amends for that disappointment, with Nicolas Gonzalez’s second-half brace inspiring Fiorentina to a 2-0 home win over Rapid Vienna in midweek Europa Conference League action, helping them overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit and lock down a place in the competition’s group stages.