Inter – Porto

Inter and Porto could have a productive match

Inter play at home against Porto on Wednesday 22 February. Simone Inzaghi's side are regarded as the fair favourites for the pairing. The team have been in top-quality form since 2023. The club have already enjoyed a number of notable victories. In particular, they managed to take the Italian Super Cup and beat Milan and Napoli in the championship. The club can be regarded as one of the shady favourites for the Champions League. A big boost for Inter is the return of several key players. Midfielder Brozovic, for example, is available again. Only Joaquin Correa is still on the injured list. In the last match against Udinese, an important event happened - Romelu Lukaku scored his first goal since August. The Belgian converted the spot-kick. Inzaghi currently has a very wide choice of players for each position. In the Italian championship, Inzaghi's main target is to finish in the top four. The club are comfortably sitting in second place at the moment. We can focus on the Champions League. There is no particular pattern in goals. The club alternates between top and bottom matches. In the last ten meetings Inter have never conceded more than one goal. Defensively, though, there are questions. There are usually problems in matches against attacking opponents. Porto in 2023 do not give any doubts about their game either. In terms of results, it's a perfect series. The club has won ten consecutive matches so far. Porto have an obvious downward trend in recent encounters. The team finished five of their six games on the scoreline with a total of less. Porto are also not without a trophy. The club won the League Cup. They managed to beat Sporting in the final. "The Lions then managed to beat them in the championship as well. Otherwise, the opponents were of a weak level. The team met with the middles and outsiders of the local league. Porto have quite a lot of personnel losses. The club currently has seven players under different injury statuses. The efficient forward Galeno is questionable for the game with Inter. The main attacking player Otavio is also missing. Defender Cardoso is also unavailable. There are also doubts about Uribe's health. Italy are seeing relatively productive football. Porto will not be strictly second-string. The club has great attacking potential. Just look at the results in the Champions League in a difficult group. Porto defeated Bayer and Brugge on the road. Atletico also scored. Inter have several stars in attack in fine form at once. One of them is Lautaro Martinez. So, a match with a lot of goals is very probable. Inter are unlikely to be satisfied with a one-goal win and won't close down if they take the lead.