Inter vs Lecce Prediction & Betting Tips (24 August)

Reigning Italian champion and the 2nd Scudetto in 4 years, Inter Milan obtained their 2nd star on the 1 star jersey every 10 national championship titles. But for their first with this new jersey, the Nerazzurri were upset by a very good Genoa team last weekend 2-2 while they had the victory in hand before Messias' equalizer in the 95th minute in the stride from his missed penalty. It's only a first match, Inter is not the only one as reigning champion to have missed its start, like Real Madrid for example thwarted in Mallorca. It will be recalled that last season, Thuram and his partners disgusted the competition by losing only two small matches and finishing as Italian champions with 19 points ahead of AC Milan. Finishing 14th in the last campaign, Lecce conceded a real blow during the first day, at home for the reception of the winner of the Europa League and tough opponent of the Champions League, Atalanta Bergamo 0-4.

We expected this somewhat given their rather cataclysmic summer campaign, including three defeats in five friendly matches and especially a draw against a 3rd division, Monopoli. On the other hand, the only mark of satisfaction came in the Italian Cup with qualification for the round of 16, obtained against Mantova 2-1. In the next round, it will be Sassuolo.

Injured in preparation against Al-Ittihad, starting central defender De Vrij will most likely be missing this evening. Same case for Buchanan (serious injury) and for rookie Zielinski (Naples). For the rest, the group will be in full force. Now let's move on to the Italian champion's transfer window. With in particular the permanent departures of loaned players Agoumé (Sevilla FC) and Carboni (Marseille) and the end of contract Cuadrado, Klaassen, Sensi and Alexis Sanchez. It is ultimately in terms of arrivals that Inter has done well with the definitive arrival of Arnautovic (Bologna), Mehdi Taremi (Porto) and the recent transfers of Carlos Augusto (Monza), Luka Topalovic (Domzale) and Josep Martinez (Genoa). Arriving at Valenciennes in the summer of 2023, Mohamed Kaba played 23 SA matches last season but missed the first of this new season (injured).

Ditto for Gonzalez and Sansone (injured). During the transfer window, the club lost major players such as Pongracic (Fiorentina), Strefezza (Como), Venuti (Sampdoria) or the offensive players Almqvist (Rostov) and Piccoli (Atalanta), who were not retained after their transfer. ready. In the opposite scheme, the leaders opted for goalkeeper Früchtl (Austria Vienna), defender Gaspar (Estrela), midfielder Pierret (QRM), winger Morente (Elche) or even Vernon (Jong Volendam), and Andy Pelmard from Clermont (loan). Very recently, it was Lassana Coulibaly (Salernitana) who left his luggage in the form of a transfer (less than 2 million).