Inter Milan vs Roma

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza is the venue as Inter Milan and Roma go head-to-head in an all-Serie A Coppa Italia quarter-finals tie.

Despite leading 1-0 at half-time, Inter Milan fell to a heartbreaking 2-1 defeat at the hands of fierce rivals AC Milan in the weekend’s Derby della Madonnina, ending a run of eight competitive matches without losing (W6, D3 – 90mins only). ‘I Nerazzurri’ survived an extra-time drama to overcome Empoli in the previous Coppa Italia round (3-2). Even though they’ve been too hot to handle in the front third, Simone Inzaghi’s men have failed to impress at the back this calendar year, keeping just one clean sheet from six domestic fixtures. However, the reigning Serie A champions bagged 2+ goals in four of those six games, which ties in well with their overwhelming 3-0 H2H win earlier this season.

On the other hand, Roma’s confidence will be at rock bottom following an underwhelming ‘nil-nil’ home draw with relegation-battling Genoa at the weekend. But since falling to a turnaround 4-3 home defeat to Juventus in their inaugural Serie A fixture of 2022, ‘I Giallorossi’ have gone unbeaten in their subsequent four league matches (W3, D1), scoring an average of 2.0 goals per game. Though they will be pre-match underdogs here, Roma will draw confidence from their decent H2H record at Mezza of late, having lost just one of their five matches here (W1, D3, L1), restricting Inter to a maximum of one goal four times in the process. Interestingly, none of Roma’s 15 competitive games under Jose Mourinho have ended level (W8, L7).