Serie A Gameweek 8 Sun, Oct 25 · 11:30 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milano
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Our take

Inter are clear favourites.

Inter are the stronger side on L90 Strength (84 vs 39). Recent goals, xG and shots on target add to that edge for Inter. Inter have 3.7 days of rest, Fiorentina 6.9 and have to travel 248 km. Conditions look neutral.

Away travel248 kmRest days3.7 · 6.9Matches / 14d3 · 1
Inter82%
Draw11%
Fiorentina7%
Expected goals 3.29 – 0.94
Inter74%
Draw17%
Fiorentina9%
Expected goals 2.41 – 0.74
Inter82%
Draw11%
Fiorentina7%
Expected goals 3.29 – 0.94
Inter75%
Draw14%
Fiorentina10%
Expected goals 2.94 – 1.05
Inter82%
Draw11%
Fiorentina7%
Expected goals 3.45 – 1.00
Over 2.5 79% Both score 59% Likeliest score 3–0
EloLambda forecast, updated 4 hours ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Inter and Fiorentina. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

InterFiorentina
84 L90 StrengthIn forecast 39
83 Current StrengthIn forecast 39
91 AttackIn forecast 42
73 DefenceIn forecast 34
76 Form indexContext 20
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Inter

Attack+11%
Defense risk−5%

Fiorentina

Attack−23%
Defense risk+85%

Changes versus each team's league-average baseline. Higher attack and lower defense risk are favorable.

Playing style

InterFiorentina
3.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.14
1.29 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.43
2.67 xGVia Att/Def 1.59
0.92 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.58
+0.33 Goals minus xGContext -0.45
100% Scored inContext 71%
29% Clean sheetsContext 0%
21.57 ShotsContext 16.43
7.29 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.43
34% On target shareContext 33%
15.14 Shots in the boxContext 10.14
70% Box shareContext 61%
14% ConversionContext 7%
2.83 OffsidesContext 1.83
11.00 Shots allowedContext 12.14
4.17 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.43
2.71 BlocksContext 2.00
2.83 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.00
68% Save rateContext 55%
63% PossessionIn forecast 47%
616 PassesContext 390
556 Accurate passesContext 328
90% Pass accuracyContext 84%
7.20 Team ratingContext 6.54
8.14 FoulsContext 11.00
9.43 Fouls sufferedContext 12.43
1.57 Yellow cardsContext 2.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
2.80 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.10
1.80 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.80
2.73 xGVia Att/Def 1.31
1.36 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.47
+0.07 Goals minus xGContext -0.21
100% Scored inContext 70%
20% Clean sheetsContext 20%
21.00 ShotsContext 14.90
7.20 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.70
34% On target shareContext 32%
14.80 Shots in the boxContext 9.20
70% Box shareContext 61%
13% ConversionContext 7%
2.88 OffsidesContext 1.89
11.40 Shots allowedContext 13.90
4.33 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.60
2.80 BlocksContext 2.40
2.78 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.90
64% Save rateContext 70%
61% PossessionIn forecast 47%
586 PassesContext 388
529 Accurate passesContext 324
90% Pass accuracyContext 84%
7.05 Team ratingContext 6.68
8.70 FoulsContext 11.10
10.50 Fouls sufferedContext 13.00
1.80 Yellow cardsContext 1.60
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Inter
Rest3.7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel0 km401 km in 14d
Schedule load15%Low
Form 76 · 10 pts vs 6.7 for an average club · -0.0 vs expected
  • W17 OctA · Bologna3–11.9 xPts
  • L13 OctH · Club Brugge KV3–41.9 xPts
  • W10 OctH · Parma3–02.6 xPts
  • D19 SepA · AS Roma2–21.2 xPts
  • W14 SepH · Udinese5–32.4 xPts
Fiorentina
Rest6.9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel248 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 20 · 4 pts vs 7.9 for an average club · -2.8 vs expected
  • L18 OctH · Como1–31.0 xPts
  • L10 OctA · Genoa1–21.4 xPts
  • D20 SepH · Napoli1–11.2 xPts
  • W11 SepA · Venezia4–21.6 xPts
  • L5 SepH · Torino1–21.6 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Inter Fiorentina
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 15Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match3.7UEFA Champions League 2026-2027 - League phase, 21 Oct6.9Serie A 2026-2027, 18 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km248 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways401 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 3 / 41 / 1 / 2
Next matchdays after this one3.34.3

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Inter Last XI · not confirmed
3-5-2 · vs Bologna (A) 3–1, 17 Oct
1Josep Martínez(G)
95A. Bastoni 25M. Akanji 31Y. Bisseck
32F. Dimarco 8P. Sučić 7P. Zieliński 23N. Barella 11L. de Lima
94F. Esposito 9M. Thuram
Fiorentina Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Como (H) 1–3, 18 Oct
43David de Gea(G)
33Viery 5M. Pongračić 3R. Drăgușin 20Álex Jiménez
44N. Fagioli 27C. Ndour
25A. Njie 28Pote 30Franco Mastantuono
32Mateo Pellegrino
+1 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Inter No reported absences
Fiorentina
Attack line −0.0% · Defence line −0.0% of weighted minutes 1 without recent minutes (no impact): R. Sottil
Total impact vs full squads
  • Inter+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Fiorentina+0.0 pp

From eScored squad data: each player's weight is his role (core 3, starter 2, rotation 1, depth 0.5) times his share of minutes. Defenders and keepers count to the defence line, forwards to attack, midfielders half to each. EloLambda turns the lost share into fewer goals scored and more conceded (weight 0.1); the totals show how that moves the result chances.

Home / Away this season

Inter · Home 3.00points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
4-0-0
Scored
3.75
Conceded
1.50
Fiorentina · Away 1.00points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
1-0-2
Scored
1.67
Conceded
2.67

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 10 of 10 meetings

6 Inter wins2 draws2 Fiorentina wins
Goals per game1.90 – 1.10 Over 2.560% Both scored50% Clean sheets30% · 20%
  • 22 Mar 2026Fiorentina1–1Inter
  • 29 Oct 2025Inter3–0Fiorentina
  • 10 Feb 2025Inter2–1Fiorentina
  • 6 Feb 2025Fiorentina3–0Inter
  • 28 Jan 2024Fiorentina0–1Inter
  • 3 Sep 2023Inter4–0Fiorentina

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Inter7 games · scored 21 · conceded 9
3 3 0-15
2 2 16-30
3 1 31-45
5 2 46-60
3 61-75
5 1 76-90
Fiorentina7 games · scored 8 · conceded 17
2 0-15
2 4 16-30
1 3 31-45
2 3 46-60
2 2 61-75
1 3 76-90
Inter10 games · scored 28 · conceded 18
3 4 0-15
3 5 16-30
4 2 31-45
5 3 46-60
4 2 61-75
9 2 76-90
Fiorentina10 games · scored 11 · conceded 18
2 0-15
2 4 16-30
3 3 31-45
2 3 46-60
2 2 61-75
2 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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