Inter Milan vs AC Milan

Inter Milan's Serie A title defense suffered a major blow on Sunday night, as a heartbreaking stoppage-time winner at Stadio Dall'Ara saw them drop crucial points. The result leaves them level on 71 points with Napoli in what has become an increasingly tense Scudetto race.

The defeat also brought an end to Inter’s 13-game unbeaten run, raising concerns over their faltering away form under Simone Inzaghi. However, they now return to the familiar surroundings of San Siro, where they’ll face arch-rivals AC Milan in a high-stakes clash.

While Inter have dominated the Coppa Italia in recent years—lifting the trophy twice in the past three seasons—Milan’s drought in the competition stretches back 22 years, making their motivation even greater. The Rossoneri entered this year’s tournament at the last-16 stage, thrashing bogey team Sassuolo 6-1 before overcoming Roma, thanks in part to a brace from Tammy Abraham against his former club.

Despite their inconsistent league form, Milan have already tasted success this season, staging a dramatic comeback to defeat Inter in the Supercoppa Italiana just days after appointing former Inter player Sergio Conceição as manager. With pride, momentum, and silverware on the line, the upcoming derby promises fireworks as both sides fight for supremacy.

His reign's spectacular start has already faded, though, as Milan now sits as low as ninth in the league rankings following yet another defeat in the top division on Sunday.

They were defeated 1-0 at home by Lombardy's neighbors, Atalanta BC, for the fourth time in five encounters. This basically ended their limited prospects of qualifying for the Champions League; in reality, winning the cup is undoubtedly their best chance to return to Europe.

In addition, the Rossoneri are 20 points behind Inter with five games remaining in Serie A. But in the Derby della Madonnina, such things are frequently ignored.

Santiago Gimenez recently returned to full training and made a late appearance against Atalanta, giving the Rossoneri a number of strikers to pick from.

He ought to be placed on the bench as Luka Jovic and Tammy Abraham square off once more to spearhead a fresh three-man attack: In recent weeks, Milan manager Sergio Conceicao has shifted to a 3-4-3 formation.

Given that Saturday's pivotal matchup with Roma will be followed by the first leg of their Champions League semi-final matchup against Barcelona, Inter's busy schedule is unforgiving, and Simone Inzaghi must pick his lineup wisely.

Even though Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alessandro Bastoni's upcoming suspensions only apply in Serie A, Inzaghi will once more be missing Denzel Dumfries and Piotr Zielinski because of injuries, while Marcus Thuram's availability is seriously questionable.