JAKARTA Inter Milan will host Barcelona on the third matchday of Group C of the 2022/2023 European Champions League. Both teams are both looking for a second win.
The Inter and Barcelona duel will take place at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, Italy, Wednesday, October 5 at 02.00 WIB. Both teams have so far only collected one victory from the two matches that have been passed.
The only victory they got over the same Czech team, namely Viktoria Plzen. They also felt defeat when they met the same team from the German Bundesliga giant, Bayern Munich.
However, Inter headed into this match with inconsistent performance. Most recently they lost three points at home to AS Roma on Saturday last weekend.
The first defeat to the Giallorossi since 2017 left Inter still filling the ninth place in the standings with 12 points, eight points adrift of Napoli who are at the top and four points from Roma in the last six.
The four defeats in the last eight matches were the slowest start for the Nerazzurri for a season in their history at the top of Italy.
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said that after all this record did not automatically make his team seeded to win in the morning. According to him, Inter will still be a strong team and can be a hassle.
"Inter is still a very strong team. They have a different system from whatever we met this season. Two strikers are not something you see a lot in Spain," Xavi said, reported by Football Espana, Tuesday.
Before losing at home to Roma, Inter actually tended to perform much better at the San Siro. They were recorded to have won each of their last seven home games in the league and kept four clean sheet.
However, the record for meeting Barcelona at home leaves a bad record on Inter side. So far they have only won once in five duels with the Spanish giant at Giuseppe Meazza.
On the other hand, Barcelona came with a better record in the La Liga competition. Xavi's squad has so far not tasted defeat in the seven matches that have been played in La Liga.
The note led the Blaugrana to successfully shift their rival Real Madrid from the top of the standings. Barca now have the same 19 points as Madrid, which took to second place.
"They are tough opponents. We have lost to Bayern. We have to match the performance we showed at Munich. It seems that [the match] will be a fight between us, because we both lost to Bayern, so we can't fail now," said Xavi.
Barcelona came with a 1-0 win over Mallorca last weekend. Those three points kept them at the top of the table for the first time since 2020 after Madrid only played a draw against Osasuna.
Estimated Inter vs Barcelona Formation
Inter Milan (3-5-2): Handanovic; Skriniar, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Asllani, Calhanoglu, Dimarco; Martinez, Dzeko. Coach: Simone Inzaghi.
Barcelona (4-3-3): Ter Stegen; Roberto, Christensen, Garcia, Alba; Kessie, Busquets, Pedri; Dembele, Lewandowski, Raphinha. Coach: Xavi Hernandez.
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