AC Milan v Inter Milan preview: Serie A leaders visit fifth-placed side

The occasion and the table

AC Milan host Inter Milan in Serie A on matchday 10, with kick-off on 31 October 2026 at 19:45. The two clubs arrive at very different points in the table, and the match gives AC Milan a chance to test themselves against the side at the top.

Inter Milan lead Serie A with 25 points from 9 matches. They have won 8, drawn 1 and lost 0, scoring 25 goals and conceding 10. They remain the only side in this fixture yet to taste defeat in the league this season.

AC Milan sit 5th with 18 points from 9 matches. Their record reads 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat, with 18 goals scored and 11 conceded. The hosts trail the leaders by a clear margin and will see this match as an opportunity to close the gap on the top of the table.

Recent form and home/away records

AC Milan come into the match on the back of a 2-4 home defeat to Bologna. Before that, they won 2-0 away at Udinese, and before that they lost 0-3 away at Bournemouth. Earlier still, they beat Atalanta 3-2 at home and won 4-0 away at Red Bull Salzburg. That adds up to 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from their last 5 matches.

Inter Milan’s most recent outing was a 2-0 away win at Venezia. Before that, they beat Fiorentina 2-1 at home, and before that they edged Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0, also at home. Prior to those results they won 3-1 away at Bologna, and the oldest match in the sequence was a 3-4 home defeat to Club Brugge. Their record over the last 5 matches is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

At home in Serie A this season, AC Milan have played 4 matches, winning 3 and losing 1, with 10 goals scored and 6 conceded. Inter Milan have been just as reliable on the road: in 4 away matches in Serie A they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats, scoring 8 and conceding only 3.

Previous meetings

Recent history favours the hosts. AC Milan have won each of the last 2 meetings between the clubs by a single goal. The most recent, on 8 March 2026, finished AC Milan 1-0 Inter Milan. Before that, on 23 November 2025, the score was Inter Milan 0-1 AC Milan. Inter Milan failed to score in either of those matches.

Players to watch

Adrien Rabiot is AC Milan’s top scorer in Serie A this season with 4 goals. His contribution will be important for a side looking to break down the league’s leaders.

Marcus Thuram leads the way for Inter Milan with 5 Serie A goals this season. He heads into the match as the most prolific scorer on either side in the league.

How the two sides tend to play

The numbers point to two teams who find the net regularly. AC Milan have scored 18 goals in 9 Serie A matches and scored in 4 of their last 5 games. They have also kept 2 clean sheets in that run, though both teams scored in 2 of those 5 matches, and the 4 goals conceded against Bologna stand out.

Inter Milan have scored in all of their last 5 matches, with 25 Serie A goals in 9 games overall. They have kept 2 clean sheets in that spell, and both teams scored in 3 of the 5. Their away defensive record in the league, 3 goals conceded in 4 matches, suggests a side that is difficult to break down on the road.

Estimated win chances

Estimated win chances from market data, computed by goal888 with the margin removed, are AC Milan 26%, draw 25% and Inter Milan 49%. These figures are estimates, not a prediction.

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