All eyes will be on Tuesday’s massive UEFA Champions League semi-final clash as Inter Milan and Barcelona go head-to-head for a place in the grand finale. With everything on the line and two European giants battling for glory, fans around the world are bracing for a high-stakes encounter filled with drama, passion, and unforgettable moments. Will the Nerazzurri hold firm on home turf, or can Barça produce a statement performance on the road?

Inter Milan

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Inter Milan will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-0 Serie A success against Hellas Verona.

In that game, Inter Milan managed 69% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Inter Milan was Kristjan Asllani (9'). Hellas Verona had 6 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Inter Milan have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Inter Milan have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 11 goals along the way.

Barcelona

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Barcelona come into this meeting following a 1-2 La Liga win vs Real Valladolid in their last outing.

In that match, Barcelona managed 81% possession and 24 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Barcelona, the scorers were Raphinha (54') and Fermín López (60'). At the other end, Real Valladolid got 5 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Iván Sánchez (6') scored for Real Valladolid.

Demonstrating their involvement in fruitful encounters, goals have been seen as many as 24 times in the previous 6 games in which Barcelona have played, making it a mean average of 4 goals per clash. Their opponents have got 11 of these goals. That trend won’t necessarily be continued here, however.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 06/11/2018 shows us that Inter Milan have won 1 of these & Barcelona 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

A sum of 21 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 10 from Nerazzurri and 11 for Barça. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

🗞️ Team News: Inter Milan

Benjamin Pavard (Ankle sprain), Lautaro Martínez (Hamstring injury) and Valentín Carboni (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Inter Milan gaffer Simone Inzaghi.

We are thinking that Nerazzurri will possibly kick off with a 3-5-2 formation for this one with Yann Sommer, Yann Aurel Bisseck, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni, Denzel Dumfries, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco, Mehdi Taremi and Marcus Thuram.

📰 Team News: Barcelona

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has multiple availability issues to deal with. Pablo Torre (Knee problems), Alejandro Balde (Hamstring injury), Marc Casadó (Ligament injury), Jules Koundé (Hamstring injury) and Marc Bernal (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection.

From our viewpoint, Barça seem likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, starting Wojciech Szczesny, Eric Garcia, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Inigo Martinez, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Raphinha and Ferran Torres.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Barcelona have the ability to create a good amount of chances and successful shots on target.

However, Inter Milan could well find it tough to break down their defence, although we do think that it’s probable they’ll be hitting back at some stage, too.

We’re predicting a pretty comfortable 1-3 margin for Barcelona at the end of this one.