Inter Milan will welcome former Dutch champions Feyenoord to Italy for their last 16 return match in the Champions League. The two sides face off on Tuesday in a tie Inter lead 2-0 from the first leg. With the aggregate winner set to face Bayern Munich or Bayer Leverkusen, find below our prediction.
Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram scored the goals in Rotterdam to put Inter in firm control of this tie. They are coming from a 3-2 win over Monza in Serie A action, their sixth straight home win and seventh undefeated at San Siro.
Inter have also kept five clean sheets in 10 home matches and eight in nine in the Champions League.
Feyenoord were granted more time to prepare for this match by the postponement of their domestic matches. The Rotterdam side hasn’t taken to the pitch since falling at home to Inter.
Robin van Persie will hope the team has had enough rest ahead of this match. With that he will also be looking forward to his team scoring the first goal since he took charge.
Failure to score in three of the last five matches is a concern for a team that must win here to progress in Europe. A six-match winless run away from home will pose an even bigger worry.
After dominating Feyenoord away from home in the first leg, Inter Milan are favorites to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals. This match finds the hosts in great form at home and should be able to handle injury plagued Feyenoord with relative ease.
Additionally, Inter Milan have only conceded once in the Champions League this season and Feyenoord are struggling in attack. Based on these numbers, our prediction for Inter Milan v Feyenoord is for Inter Milan to win with a clean sheet.