On Friday, January 19, at 21:00 at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), the Italian Super Cup semi-final match Inter – Lazio is scheduled live on Prima Sport 2.

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In the second semi-final of the Italian Super Cup, the winner of the Italian Cup “Inter” and the vice-champion of the previous Serie A “Lazio” will meet.

This is the first time that the Supercoppa Italiana has been played in a knock-out play-off system, and the third time that it has been scheduled in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, following the finals in 2019 and 2022 (the last match will take place on 22 January). ).

Inter, who go into the competition as Coppa Italia winners, have started 2024 strongly with two wins in as many matches played, both in the league, 2-1 at home to Verona and 5-1 away to Monza.

The team coached by Simone Inzaghi are the leaders of Serie A after 20 stages with 51 points, two more than the second-placed Juventus, and they have lost just one of their last 20 official games played in all competitions, 1 – 2 at home to Bologna in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.

Inter have won the Italian Super Cup seven times, most recently in 2022 after beating AC Milan 3-0 in the final held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and have lost four more times in the final act of the competition, most recently in 2011 ( 1-2 with Milan).

Maurizio Sarri’s side are 6th in the league after 20 rounds with 33 points, just one off the Champions League, and have won all three matches played so far this year, two in Serie A, 2-1 . away to Udinese and 1-0 at home to Lecce, and one in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals, 1-0 to Roma (deemed a home game).

Lazio have five Supercoppa Italiana trophies to their credit, the last of which was won in 2019 after a 2-1 final against Juventus and have lost three more times in the final act of the competition, most recently in 2015 (0-2 ). with Juventus).

The last time the two teams met in the current Serie A season was on December 17, 2023, when Inter won 2-0 at Lazio after goals from Lautaro Martinez (40) and Marcus Thuram (67).

Superbet offers odds of 2.00 on the prediction GG: both teams will score in the main time 90 minutes in the match Inter – Lazio.

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