Inter Milan vs Liverpool BetKing Tips: Latest odds, team news, preview and predictions

Inter Milan and Liverpool will face off in their Champions League's Round of 16 first leg encounter at the San Siro Stadium on Wednesday in what will be their fifth meeting in European competition.

Each of the previous four matches have been in the knockout stages of the European Cup/Uefa Champions League, with Inter progressing over two legs in the 1964-65 semi-finals - a year in which they went on to lift the trophy - and Liverpool emerging from the Round of 16 in 2007-08.

Inter Milan have won their last two home games in the Champions League and another victory is tipped to occur at (3.55) with BetKing.

Liverpool have won their last two away games against Italian opponents in the Champions League and a win against Inter Milan is valued at (2.05).

A draw at San Siro is considered to occur at (3.70).

Joaquin Correa and Robin Gosens will not be available for the home side as they are injured and Nicolo Barella remains suspended following his dismissal against Real Madrid in the last group game.

After being removed from the Champions League squad, Aleksandar Kolarov and Stefano Sensi will not take part in the game.

For Liverpool, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah - after returning from the Africa Cup of Nations and being involved against Burnley in the Premier League - are expected to join Diogo Jota in the front three. Luiz Diaz who was signed in the January window could be named among the substitutes along with Roberto Firmino.

Liverpool won both meetings with AC Milan during this season’s group stage, including a 2-1 win at the San Siro. The only team to have recorded wins over both AC Milan and Inter Milan in the same European Cup/Champions League campaign was Spurs in 2010-11, under Harry Redknapp.

Liverpool manager Klopp has won 49 of his 87 games in the Champions League to date. Should his side win this game, he would become just the eighth coach to reach 50 wins in the competition (after Alex Ferguson, Carlo Ancelotti, Pep Guardiola, Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho, Louis van Gaal and Rafa Benitez), as well as the first German to do so.

Inter Milan striker Edin Dzeko has scored in each of his last three appearances against Liverpool, netting one for Manchester City in 2015 and two for Roma in the semi-finals of this competition in 2017-18. Indeed, Dzeko is one of only three players to have scored in both legs of a knockout tie against Liverpool in the Champions League, along with Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor in 2007-08 and Chelsea’s Didier Drogba in 2008-09.

Salah could make his 50th Champions League appearance for Liverpool in this game, while he has scored 32 goals in his 49 appearances to date. Among players to have made 50-plus appearances for a specific club in the competition, only Cristiano Ronaldo (51 for Real Madrid) and Robert Lewandowski (36 for Bayern Munich) have netted more as of their 50th game.

Liverpool have scored 11 goals in their last five games where they have conceded just two and kept three clean sheets. Inter Milan, on the other hand, have scored eight goals excluding penalties against Empoli in the Coppa Italia, have conceded six and kept just one clean sheet in five games.

Punters can take an offer of under 2.5 goals at (2.00) with BetKing.

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