Inter Milan vs Sparta Prague
UEFA Europa League – Matchday 6
Date: Thursday, 8th December 2016,
Kick-Off at 20:05 UK
Venue: San Siro, Milan.
Introduction :
Inter Milan goes into this match bottom of the group and with no chance to qualify for the knockout stages while Sparta Prague are the leaders and with a massive 12 points cannot be overtaken by either Southampton or even Hapoel Beer Sheva.
Inter Milan
Inter are likely to rest most of their players here and give their fringe players a chance to start as they will look to this weekend's Serie A game with Genoa on their minds instead. After one win and four defeats, they are sitting bottom of the group with just three points.
As for their team news, Samir Handanovic is suspended and Gary Medel is out injured, Joao Mario, Gabriel ‘Gabigol’ Barbosa, Stevan Jovetic and Geoffrey Kondogbia are not in the Europa League list. They are also not including the likes of Joao Miranda, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Yuto Nagatomo, Ever Banega, Marcelo Brozovic, Antonio Candreva and Mauro Icardi for this match.
So we clould see Coach Stefano Pioli testing out new players particularly in defence. Cristian Ansaldi and Marco Andreolli are the players likely to be given a chance.
Sparta Prague:
Sparta Prague have won four games and lost just once in the Europa League. That defeat was their opening match away to Southampton when they were beaten by 3-0 and after that they beat Inter Milan 3-1 at home, beat Hapoel Beer Sheva 0-1 away from home, and then in the return leg beat Hapoel Beer Sheva again by 2-0 and in their last match they beat Southampton by 1-0 at home.
Inter Milan vs Sparta Prague: Head-to-head stats
The first leg clash which ended in a 3-1 win for Sparta in their only meeting against Inter Milan.
Sparta Prague’s overall record against Italian sides is a poor one as they managed only 5 wins from 25 meetings, with 4 of them coming at home. While they lost and drawn 10 each. The record while playing away from home in Italy is 1 win, 3 draws and 8 losses from 12 matches.
Inter Milan’s only other Czech opponent in a UEFA tournament is Dukla Prague, whom they defeated 1-0 in their only previous trip to Prague in 1986. While the home fixture in Milan was a goal-less draw.
Inter Milan vs Sparta Prague: Prediction
There are hardly any positives to find from the way Inter Milan are playing at the moment. They suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat to Napoli on the weekend, which is their fourth defeat in 6 matches in all competitions. However, they have picked up 4 straight wins at home in all competitions.
Sparta Prague are on a 7 match unbeaten run at the moment with 6 wins to their name during the period. However, they are third in the Czech league, which will prompt the manager to rest key players here. We will go with Inter’s home form here and it will be wise to back them to sign off the tournament with a win.
Inter Milan vs Sparta Prague: Bet Tips
Inter Milan to win at 1.83 (5/6)
Both Teams to Score at 1.70 (7/10).
