Good omen for coach Simone Inzaghi
During his coaching career, coach Simone Inzaghi has played in 8 finals and he has only lost 1 of them.
Coach Simone Inzaghi has only lost 1 of 8 finals
The Italian tactician's only defeat came when he led Lazio to the Italian Cup final.
At that time, Inzaghi's team was highly rated but in the end they lost 0-2 to Juventus.
Head to head history
In the past, Man City and Inter Milan have never faced each other in European cup matches such as the Champions League or Europa League.
Their two encounters were both friendly matches, but the most recent one was 12 years ago.
In the first match took place on August 1, 2010. At that time, the Italian team had a resounding 3-0 victory over the English representative.
On July 31, 2011, the two teams had the opportunity to face each other again. In this match, “The Citizen” also had a 3-0 victory over their opponents.
Thus, until the final of the 2022-2023 European Cup, the head-to-head record between Man City and Inter Milan is very balanced.
Performance
In the last 5 matches, Man City has lost 1, drawn 1 and won 3. However, if looking at the bigger picture, “The Citizen” has only lost 1 in the last 27 matches in all competitions.
On the opposite side of the field, towards the end of the season, Inter Milan's performance has become more impressive as they have only lost 1 and won 4 out of the last 5 matches.
Squad value
According to transfer website Transfermarkt, the total value of Man City's squad is currently 1.05 billion euros.
“Man City” is also the only team that owns two players in the Top 6 most expensive names in the world, Erling Haaland (170 million euros) and Phil Foden (110 million euros).
Erling Haaland is the player with the highest transfer value in the European Cup 1 final
In contrast, the total value of Simone Inzaghi's team is 534.45 million euros, just over half of Man City's, ranking 11th among clubs participating in the Champions League this season and 14th in the world.
The most expensive player that Inter Milan owns is the 2022 World Cup champion - Lautaro Martinez, priced at 80 million euros.
The average valuation of Man City players is 42.19 million euros, more than double that of Inter (19.79 million euros).
Even Man City's quartet of Haaland, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva and Kevin de Bruyne has a valuation of 520 million euros, almost equal to the entire Inter squad combined.
Chance of winning
Opta's supercomputer shows that Man City has a 74.1% chance of winning the Champions League this season. While the figure for Inter Milan is only 25.9%.
According to analysis by football website Sport Mole, Man City has a 44.2% chance of winning and a 24.8% chance of drawing in 90 minutes.
In contrast, Inter Milan only have a 31.03% chance of winning in regular time.
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