Inter vs Genoa Betting Tips 21/08/2021

22:13, 16 Aug 2021

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22:13, 16 Aug 2021

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The defending champions Inter will host Genoa in the first game week of the Italian Serie A at the Giuseppe Meazza in Milan on 21st August 2021 at 22:00 IST. The odds are clearly in favor of Inter to get all three points at home.

Teams Status

Inter

Inter are coming on the back of a brilliant pre-season friendly where they managed to score as many as 25 goals in just six matches and have conceded just two goals. They have won five of the six matches quite comfortably and the other one went to penalties. They are in some splendid form as they have just lost one match in their last nine matches. They had won the league quite comfortably as well last season with a 12 points margin. They had won 28 matches, drew seven and lost just three matches. The Belgium international Romelu Lukaku was the team’s best striker as he had netted 24 goals out of the 89 goals that Inter had scored. Unfortunately, that will be without his services as the Blues from London have signed him. Along with him Achraf Hakimi, Matteo Politano and Antonio Candreva were the key departures. Denzel Dumfries, Edin Dzeko and Hakan Calhanoglu were the top signings this summer.

Genoa

Genoa on the other hand did not play many pre-season matches, but they have won one match and lost one match. They also managed to win the Coppa Italia match that they played against Perugia. Their last season in Serie A was pretty ordinary as they finished in the 11th position with 42 points after 38 matches. They had won ten matches, drew 12 and lost 16 matches. Also, they haven’t scored many goals as well. They had just managed 47 goals for and 58 goals against. Mattia Destro was the team’s leading goal scorer with 11 goals. The veteran Goran Pandev managed just seven goals for the team. They have bought in Caleb Ekuban to replace Eldor Shomurodov and to support Pandev and Destro in the attack. They have got in the veteran goalkeeper in Salvatore Sirigu.

What Do the Sportsbooks Say?

Inter	Draw	Genoa
1.35	5.00	9.00
1.36	5.19	7.74
1.36	5.20	7.80

According to the 10Cric sportsbook, Inter are the favorites to win the match and are placed at 1.36, Genoa are placed at 7.74 and the draw is at 5.19 odds. Inter are placed at 1.36 according to the Dafabet sportsbook, Genoa are placed at 7.80 and the draw is at 5.20 odds. According to the Betway sportsbook, Inter are placed at 1.35, Genoa are placed at 9.00 and the draw is at 5.00 odds.

Tipster’s Angle

Inter have dominated this fixture over the years as they have won 11 matches in the last 17 head to head matches. Also, they have also played a lot of high scoring fixtures and this also could follow the trend.

Tip: Inter -1.5 @ 2.03

Inter are unbeaten against Genoa in the last six head to head matches as they have won all six matches. And Inter has covered the spread of -1.5 in all six matches. Even Inter has covered the spread in all of the last three head to head matches hosted by Inter. In the last nine matches that Inter had played across all competitions, they had won by two or more goals in seven of those matches and this is compelling us to pick a similar trend. Apart from that, Inter have covered the spread in all their last five matches that they have played in the club friendlies. So, by looking at these stats, it is likely that Inter will win the match by two or more goals at 2.03 odds available at the Dafabet sportsbook.

Tip: Both Teams To Score – No @ 1.90

In the last 12 head to head matches, Inter had kept nine clean sheets and Genoa had kept three clean sheets. And all the last 12 head to head matches did not feature both teams scoring. All the last five head to head matches played at the Giuseppe Meazza did not have both teams scoring. Five of the last nine matches that Inter had played across competitions had both teams not scoring in them. Inter are coming into this fixture with five back to back clean sheets on their backs. So, it is possible that Inter would keep a clean sheet here as well at 1.90 odds available at the Betway sportsbook.

Conclusion

Inter had shown their dominance last season and would want to continue going into the new season. Genoa on the other hand will be looking to do better than last season and at least finish in the top half of the table.