We said: Inter Milan 3-1 Sassuolo
Frustrated by recent events in major matches, where they have come out on the wrong side of the result despite decent performances, Inter could take it out on opponents who are short of confidence and concede at a rate of nearly two goals per game on the road.
While Sassuolo certainly pose an attacking threat of their own, the champions are set to take maximum points in the first of three less challenging league fixtures.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Inter Milan win with a probability of 74.45%. A draw had a probability of 14.3% and a win for Sassuolo had a probability of 11.21%.
The most likely scoreline for a Inter Milan win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.53%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-1 (8.21%) and 2-0 (7.93%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (5.91%), while for a Sassuolo win it was 1-2 (3.18%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 1.1% likelihood.
