After a hard-fought draw in their Champions League opener, Inter Milan will be looking for their first win of the group stage on Tuesday, when they host Red Star Belgrade at the San Siro.
While Inter are a force to be reckoned with at home, Red Star are still waiting for their first away win in UEFA's top club competition since the European Cup era ended.
Latest Inter Milan vs Red Star Belgrade team information
Inter's main concern ahead of their first Champions League home game is the fitness of key midfielder Nicolo Barella, who suffered a thigh injury over the weekend.
If the Italy international is not fit in time for Tuesday's game, Piotr Zielinski or Davide Frattesi will replace him, while Canadian winger Tajon Buchanan is the hosts' only confirmed absentee.
Ahead of a tough league game against Torino, Simone Inzaghi may rotate his squad, but whichever team he selects will be rich in experience: the average age of Inter's starting XI against Manchester City was 29 years and 363 days - the second oldest on the day.
Meanwhile, Red Star Belgrade will be without Ognjen Mimovic (leg injury) and Vladimir Lucic (knee injury) - who are long-term absentees.
Deployed in central midfield, Rade Krunic - who returns to the San Siro where he won the Scudetto with Milan in 2022 - and Timi Elsnik will be tasked with keeping the Nerazzurri at bay.
Not only did Elsnik create the most chances (four), complete the most passes (58) and make the most defence-breaking passes (16) against Benfica, but the Slovenian star also won the ball back more times than any other Crvena Zvezda player (eight times).
In competition with Bruno Duarte for a starting spot up front, Cherif Ndiaye recently scored a hat-trick in the Eternal Derby and is the visitors' top scorer this season with seven goals.
Inter Milan vs Red Star Belgrade latest predicted lineup
Inter Milan:
Sommer; Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Zielinski, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Taremi, Martinez
Red Star Belgrade:
Glazer; Seol, Djiga, Spajic, Rodic; Krunic, Elsnik; Silas, Ivanic, Milson; Ndiaye
Latest football commentary Inter Milan vs Red Star Belgrade
Runners-up to Manchester City in the 2023 final - their most successful Champions League campaign since winning the trophy 13 years ago - Inter were drawn against the English champions again on the opening day of this season.
With a clear tactical plan, Simone Inzaghi's players defended tightly and eventually became only the second team to stop a Pep Guardiola-led side from scoring at home in Europe's top competition.
The three-time European champions have now kept clean sheets in 13 of their last 22 top-flight games - the most by any club since the start of the 2022-23 season - and have lost just two of their last 16.
Underscoring their status as title contenders this year, the Serie A side are also unbeaten in nine Champions League home games, their best run since beating Bayern Munich in the 2010 final.
However, including the visit to Manchester, the Nerazzurri were winless in three games before last weekend's 3-2 win in Udine, as they bounced back from a bitter derby defeat to AC Milan.
After Inter's late defeat in the Derby della Madonnina, Davide Frattesi eased any nerves by opening the scoring in the first minute, and captain Lautaro Martinez finally scored his first goal for the club this season to help the team overcome Udinese.
Inter have met the visitors on a Tuesday only twice before, with the Italian giants overcoming Red Star 2-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals of the 1980-81 European Cup.
Including qualifying matches, Red Star Belgrade have failed to win in their last eight games against Serie A sides, so when they return to the San Siro they will be aiming to end a run that stretches back to December 2005.
Crvena Zvezda finished fourth in their group last season, losing five of their six games, but then went on to win their seventh consecutive Serbian title, before beating Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League playoffs and securing a place in the new round.
On the opening day, Red Star coach Vladan Milojevic found his side two goals down inside half an hour against Benfica, and despite Felicio Milson scoring late, they were unable to salvage a point at the Marakana.
They responded swiftly to that defeat with the biggest Eternal Derby win of the century against Partizan Belgrade; and following up a superb 4-0 win, they beat Zeleznicar Pancevo 2-1 to maintain their unbeaten record in the league this season.
Eight wins from nine games so far - scoring 27 goals and conceding just five - have taken them back to the top in Serbia, but replicating that form on European turf has proved a tough challenge.
Red Star have lost all nine of their away games in the Champions League so far, and only two teams have played more away games in the competition without winning a single one.
Inter Milan vs Red Star Belgrade score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the match Inter Milan vs Red Star Belgrade :
- Sportsmole: Inter Milan 3-1 Red Star Belgrade
- WhoScore: Inter Milan 2-0 Red Star Belgrade
- Our prediction: Inter Milan 3-1 Red Star Belgrade
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