Torino vs Inter

Torino host Inter for this Italian Serie A round 29 battle at Stadio Olimpico di Torino in Turin early Monday morning Beijing time. This league is the 4rd best team on the planet after English Premiership, Spanish La Liga and German Bundesliga. Inter have played beautiful and offensive football in most matches this season and I expect them to be active even away from home and put a lot of pressure on the hosts’ defense right from the start! Let’s take a closer look at the match..

Inter currently occupy the second place in Serie A with 58 points but in my opinion, they are the best team in this league and the biggest favorites to lift the trophy at the end of the season. According to expected points statistic they would have deserved some 59 points so far. They played a good match on Tuesday against the second best team in the World in my opinion, Liverpool away from home. They won this second leg of Champions League play offs 1-0. Liverpool very rarely lose at home.. Inter did not qualify though as they lost the first leg 0-2 at home. No, they were not the better team at Anfield but I liked they way they played, showing excellent fighting spirit against World-class opposition. The first leg in Italy was a pretty balanced one despite the 0-2 loss after two pretty late goals Liverpool score. Luck was definitely on Inter’s side in that match..

They have not been perfect in Serie A lately but I think the betting market has over-reacted to some weaker performances. In their most recent match they crushed Salernitana though. It was 5-0 win at home but Salernitana of course are a very bad team. A few weeks ago Genoa forced Inter into a goalless draw but Inter dominated the match with 72% ball possession and created over 20 scoring chances. Torino have not won any of their latest 6 matches and have been very poor especially in offense. I think they will not be able to hold on to the 11th place in the standings. Inter have an excellent chance to win today!