The 2018/19 Serie A season is well underway and there’s a midweek treat this week with one fixture on Tuesday, seven on Wednesday and two on Thursday. The match on Tuesday sees Inter host Fiorentina in what should be a great game.

STATS

• After securing a return to the Champions League last term, Inter’s start to the new campaign has been relatively slow. They sit 9^th after five games where they’ve won two, lost two and drawn one, they managed to pick up three points last time out against Sampdoria with a late 1-0 win. This came on the back of their huge Champions League comeback against Tottenham where they scored two goals in the last 10 minutes to win 2-1.
• Fiorentina have had a great start to the season and they are 3^rd in the table going into the match. They have won three, drawn one and lost a game with the loss coming against Napoli who still look strong despite the departure of Maurizio Sarri. They were convincing in their last match, beating SPAL 3-0 at home after other wins against Chievo and Udinese.
• On the back of a brilliant World Cup campaign, Ivan Perisic has started well for Inter with two goals and one assist after five games.
• Marco Benassi has been impressive in Fiorentina’s start to the season and with three goals, he is their current leading scorer.

HEAD TO HEAD

Fiorentina’s recent record against Inter is actually quite good as they have won five of the last eight meetings against them. However, they didn’t manage to beat them last term as Inter won 3-0 on home soil followed by a 1-1 in Florence. In this fixture in the 2016/17 campaign, Fiorentina ran out 5-4 winners after six second-half goals. There have been over 2.5 goals in five of the last six meetings and both teams have scored in five of the last six.

INTER NEWS

A win for Inter will take them inside the top five ahead of Thursday’s fixtures and a big win would take them above Fiorentina into 3^rd. Sime Vrsaljko has returned to training following a knee injury so he could feature.

Latest matches: Inter Milan

22.09.2018	Seri	Sampdoria Genoa	Inter Milan	0:1	W
18.09.2018	UEFA	Inter Milan	Tottenham Hotspur	2:1	W
15.09.2018	Seri	Inter Milan	Parma FC	0:1	L
01.09.2018	Seri	Bologna FC	Inter Milan	0:3	W
26.08.2018	Seri	Inter Milan	Turin FC	2:2	D

FIORENTINA NEWS

The visitors can overtake Napoli in 2^nd on Tuesday night with a win and as they have no injury worries, they have a good chance of picking up a result at the San Siro.

Latest matches: AC Fiorentina

22.09.2018	Seri	AC Fiorentina	Spal 2013	3:0	W
19.09.2018	Seri	Sampdoria Genoa	AC Fiorentina	1:1	D
15.09.2018	Seri	SSC Napoli	AC Fiorentina	1:0	L
02.09.2018	Seri	AC Fiorentina	Udinese Calcio	1:0	W
26.08.2018	Seri	AC Fiorentina	AC Chievo Verona	6:1	W

SUMMARY

With home advantage, Inter should be big favourites but Fiorentina’s good start to the season gives them a chance of getting a result. With two strong attacking line-ups, I’d expect both teams to score and over 2.5 goals. For a longer odds tip, have a go at Inter to win and both teams to score but Fiorentina aren’t in bad form.