Overview
- Inter enter the derby 10 points ahead of AC Milan and can extend the gap to 13 with 10 matches left, a margin widely seen as decisive for the Scudetto.
- Sunday’s match is sold out with more than 75,500 expected, and Italian reports project takings above €8.7 million to set a new league record.
- Inter will be without injured captain Lautaro Martínez, with Francesco Pio Esposito tipped to start up front alongside Marcus Thuram; Milan defender Matteo Gabbia remains sidelined after hernia surgery.
- Inter have won 14 of their last 15 Serie A games (one draw), whereas Milan’s challenge has been blunted by nine draws despite only two league defeats and an unbeaten run of six recent derbies.
- Set pieces loom large: Inter have scored 21 league goals from dead balls, including 15 from corners with Federico Dimarco influential, while Milan have conceded half their goals from such situations.