Milano, Italy – E don land! The Serie A season don waka come back, and Inter Milan dey ready to show dem how e be as dem gear up to face Torino for Monday evening clash wey go kick-off by 2:45pm ET (08/25). Na wetin we call ‘kick-off party’ o!
Our football guru don predict say Inter go use their Super Eagles to dominate Torino as dem dey look to snatch the Scudetto wey Napoli carry last season. Omo! Last season, Inter na dem wey score pass, netting a whopping 79 goals in 38 league matches wey make am average of 2.07 goals per game. You fit imagine say as dem dey play for home, na 40 goals dem scored in 19 home matches – wetin for no hope for Torino as dem dey prepare to face fire!
At San Siro, e dey hot! The home games for the last season dey average 3.2 goals, and see ehn, 12 of dem last 19 home fixtures get more than two goals (63%). So, make we no lie, this one no go sweet for Torino at all.
Speaking of Torino, dem no dey fit well for away match o. Last season, dem concede 27 goals across 19 away games – average of 1.42 goals wey jara for their pocket. No forget say, four of dem last five outings see dem collect minimum of three goals in their back pocket. That one go just dey make Inter dey enjoy the game!
Even though Inter still dey warm up for the new season, na dem wey get straightforward assignment wey no suppose make dem break sweat. Torino na the team wey only collect one point from five matches at the end of last season, na di worst form for division. E no dey sweet for dem at all!
Marco Baroni dey try new levels for Torino, but na wetin dem manage? Only four wins from 19 away matches (21%) last season. Plus, dem jam ground when dem lose some big names like Samuele Ricci and Vanja Milinković-Savić for the summer. If you ask me, e no dey look like their fortune go change anytime soon.
Inter dey enjoy this fixture as dem don win their last six matches against Torino, and no forget say dem dey unbeaten for 12 games now (11 wins, 1 draw). If we check am well, five out of those last six matches, Inter don block Torino from scoring at all. So if you wan put bet, think of Inter win to nil, e make sense like jollof rice!
Marcus Thuram na the man wey dey burst brain for Inter last season, scoring 14 goals, wey put am sixth for scoring chart. Him and Lautaro Martinez dey hot too as dem netted 12 goals. Thuram don already start the season well, scoring for Inter 2-0 win over Olympiacos during pre-season, so na the man wey dey lead charge for this season.
The last time Thuram face Torino for San Siro, he jam hat-trick! E go sweet us if him fit do am again on Monday night. E no go take time for Inter to remember how dem dey miss Scudetto by just one point last season, and dis season, dem go dey push hard to start strong.
Simone Inzaghi don waka, and Cristian Chivu now dey lead the team. Him don drive the boys to the last-16 for Club World Cup, and dem dey unbeaten for three pre-season matches. Motivation no go double pass dis season!
Torino dey finish last season for 11th place. Other than the 1-0 win for Coppa Italia last weekend, dem no really change anything despite new coach. Dem don lose three friendlies before that. So e no go do dem any good for league start.
For our expected lineup, make we see Inter go with: Sommer; Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Sucic, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Martinez. As for Torino, dem fit go with: Israel; Pedersen, Coco, Masina, Biraghi; Gineitis, Casadei; Ngonge, Vlasic, Aboukhial; Adams.
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