Inter Milan vs Sassuolo

Giuseppe Meazza is the venue as Inter Milan and Sassuolo go head-to-head in a tasty-looking midweek Serie A showdown.

Federico Dimarco’s ‘goal of the season’ contender catapulted Inter Milan to a narrow 1-0 win at rock-bottom Empoli over the weekend, maintaining their flawless five-game start to the new Serie A campaign (W5). After becoming only the fourth-ever Inter manager to mastermind a five-match winning streak at the beginning of a new top-flight season, Simone Inzaghi has set his sights on improving his side’s indifferent all-time H2H record against Sassuolo in Serie A (W10, D2, L8). Achieving that feat would see ‘I Nerazzurri’ open a new league campaign with four straight home wins for the first time since 2017/18. Ominously for last season’s Champions League runners-up, they suffered a league double at the hands of Sassuolo that season. But after winning all three home fixtures this term via multi-goal margins, they’ll be confident about avoiding that scenario.

On the other hand, Sassuolo showcased their scoring prowess at the weekend to halt Juventus’ four-game undefeated Serie A start with an overwhelming 4-2 win at the Mapei Stadium. Seeking back-to-back league triumphs for the first time since mid-March, Alessio Dionisi’s men head into proceedings desperate to avenge a brace of two-goal margin away defeats at the start of the new league campaign. Despite only winning once on their last four top-flight visits to Giuseppe Meazza (D1, L2), ‘I Neroverdi’ can draw confidence from netting 2+ goals on three occasions. That doesn’t change the fact they’re staring down the barrel of a three-match losing run at the start of a new Serie A campaign for the first time since 2019/20.