Inter Milan v Atletico Madrid Betting Tips [20 February 2024]
Football - Champions League
20 February 2024 14:00
The match
Inter Milan will host the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round 16 tie with Atletico Madrid. Atleti will host the return leg a week later with the winner on aggregate advancing to the quarterfinals. Inter advanced to this round after finishing second in their group with 12 points. They won three of their six games and ended the stage unbeaten. Simone Inzaghi’s men will be keen to maintain this record and protect their home turf. Inter, who have peeled away at the top of the Serie A, haven’t lost any of their last 10 games. They have won eight in a row and thumped Salernitana 4-0 over the weekend. This will be the first meeting with Atleti in Europe since the 2010 Super Cup in which they lost 2-0. Inter finished as runners-up in the Champions League last season.Atletico Madrid emphatically got back to winning ways last time out after back-to-back defeats. Diego Simeone’s men ended a run of three successive games without a win by thumping Las Palmas 5-0. They will seek a similar response in their bid to gain an early advantage in this tie. Atleti advanced to the knockout rounds after finishing top of their group with 14 points. Just like Inter, the La Liga side are also yet to taste defeat in this season’s competition. They won four of their group matches but only one of those came away from home. Los Colchoneros haven’t had the best of times when playing away from home in the CL. They have won only once in their last seven away fixtures.
Key Statistics
- Inter are on an eight-game winning run
- Inter have won their last four matches as hosts
- Madrid have lost twice in their last three outings
- Atletico haven’t won in five of their last seven away games, losing four times
- Four of Atletico’s last seven away matches in the Champions League have ended in defeat
- Inter haven’t lost any of their last eight Champions League fixtures at home, winning six times
The bet of our experts
Our prediction for Inter Milan v Atletico Madrid is for Inter to win. Inter are in red-hot form at the moment and have won each of their last eight games. Atleti on the other hand are struggling with a lack of consistency. They have especially found it hard to win when away from home in the Champions League. This isn’t the same for Inter who have dominated at home when out in Europe.
