Bayern Munich look for a comeback in the second leg against the solid Inter Milan outfit at San Siro to stay in the hunt for the Champions League. Barcelona or Dortmund will be their opposition in the semifinals.
INT vs BAY Match Details
Date: Wednesday, 16 April 2025/ Thursday, 17 April 2025
Time: 21:00 (CET), 00:30 (IST)
Venue: San Siro, Milan
INT vs BAY Match Preview
Despite conceding a late equaliser, Inter retook the lead on aggregate with one of their signature counter-attacks, earlier led to Lautaro Martinez’s picturise opener, Davide Frattesi netting the dramatic winner. The 2-1 win was also joyous for the Nerazzuri faithful as they have the advantage of playing at home in the second leg now where a draw will be enough to take them to the semifinal of the Champions League for the second time in three years. The hosts sustain the longest unbeaten home form in the competition having not suffered defeat in the previous 14 games at San Siro and have won five games in a row for the first time since the 2009-10 season when they tasted their last Champions League success under Jose Mourinho. Current boss Simeone Inzaghi will be hoping to replicate that feat coming close to doing so in the 2022-23 season. Inter Milan will be confident entering the second leg despite not registering any win in this fixture at this venue. That will feed the hunger of the three-time winners as they look to make a memorable evening for the fans maintaining their 12-game unbeaten run in all competitions.
Bayern Munich will be cursing themselves for not capitalising on Thomas Muller’s late equaliser in the 85th minute to clinch the winner in Germany as they were curved open by the opposition’s clinical counter just two minutes later to lose the first leg. Vincent Kompany’s side will have to do the difficult job of breaching the rock-solid defence, that has conceded just thrice in the competition, again now on the opposition’s turf to reach consecutive semifinals. Despite Inter carrying the longest winless streak against the record Bundesliga winners, the Bavarians are the team under pressure having won only one of their last eight Champions League ties while losing the first leg and facing this scenario for the first time in four years. Having also drawn 2-2 with the struggling Dortmund side last weekend, Bayern has little to no momentum ahead of their trip to Italy.
INT vs BAY Recent Form (all competitions)
INT: WDDWW
BAY: DWWLD
INT vs BAY Recent Form (Champions League)
INT: WWWWW
BAY: WDWWL
INT vs BAY Predicted Lineups
Inter Milan
Sommer; Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Martinez, Thuram
Bayern Munich
Urbig; Laimer, Dier, Kim, Stanisic; Kimmich, Goretzka; Olise, Guerreiro, Sane; Kane
INT vs BAY head-to-head
Played - 8
INT won - 3
Drawn - 1
BAY won - 4
INT vs BAY head-to-head (at San Siro)
Played - 3
INT won - 0
Drawn - 0
BAY won - 3
INT vs BAY Dream11 Match Prediction
Bayern might replicate some of their attacking flair from the first leg and ask Inter’s defence questions but the Nerazzuri is expected to hold their fort with their impeccable form. The visitors might not lose but the hosts will also not crave in at their fortress. So, we predict a 1-1 draw as the outcome of this game with Inzaghi’s men progressing to the semis.
INT vs BAY Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Lautaro Martinez
Vice-captain Picks: Harry Kane, Michael Olise
INT vs BAY Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Sommer (Cr - 7.5, Pts - 226)
DEF: Bastoni (Cr - 8, Pts - 159), Kim (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 271), Martinez (Cr - 8, Pts - 240), Dimarco (Cr - 8.5)
MID: Olise (Cr - 9, Pts - 232), Calhanoglu (Cr - 9, Pts - 269), Kimmich (Cr - 8, Pts - 274), Barella (Cr - 8.5)
FW: Thuram (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 176), Kane (Cr - 9, Pts - 383), Martinez (Cr - 9, Pts - 160)
Vice-captain: Harry Kane
Captain: Lautaro Martinez
