Betting Tips for Today: Defences set to dominate as Inter host Sampdoria

It has already been an eventful week for Inter. Having stripped Mauro Icardi of his role as club captain, the Argentine striker then declined the opportunity to be part of the matchday squad for the club's Europa League clash with Rapid Wein.

The disruption didn't adversely affect Luciano Spaletti's side too much though, as they recorded a 1-0 win in Austria. 888Sport make Inter big favourites for a victory on Sunday too, pricing the hosts at 11/20 (1.55).

Sampdoria have lost back-to-back league games coming into their trip to San Siro and the visitors are 21/4 (6.25) outsiders with the draw available at 29/10 (3.90) with the same firm.

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The 11/20 (1.55) on a home win is unlikely to appeal to many punters as a single wager, especially off the back of a midweek trip with the visitors having plenty of time to prepare.

Instead, the best price on offer at 888Sport looks to be the Even money (2.0) about under 2.5 goals in the game.

The backbone of Inter's successes this season has been a defence that has conceded just 16 times in 23 Serie A games. The ongoing situation involving Icardi could also dent their attacking impetus given the 25-year-old is the club's leading marksman, having scored nine of their 32 goals this term.

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“No” on both teams to score is also worthy of consideration at 19/20 (1.95) with 888Sport but the marginally bigger price about the main selection is preferred, especially given the reverse fixture ended 1-0.

The home side are on a run of nine consecutive league matches containing no more than two goals, so a repeat looks the way to go given Sampdoria have drawn blanks against Napoli and Frosinone in their last two outings.

The visitors have found plenty of success in front of goal overall this term and their defence is a far cry from Inter's so they've been no strangers to high-scoring games.

However, plenty of free-scoring sides have come up short at this venue and the trend of under 2.5 goals in games involving Spalletti's side is tough to ignore at Even money (2.0).

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