PSG vs Inter Milan

Tokyo’s New National Stadium is the venue as Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan go head-to-head in a mouth-watering pre-season friendly.

Luis Enrique’s managerial tenure at PSG was off to a perfect start as ‘Les Parisiens’ eased past newly-promote Ligue 1 side Le Havre 2-0 in their opening summer friendly. However, they have flopped during their Asian tour thus far, drawing 0-0 against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr before succumbing to a shock 3-2 defeat to J1 League outfit Cerezo Osaka last time out. Seeking amends for that dismal loss in the midst of Kylian Mbappe’s uncertain future at the Parc des Princes, Enrique’s men head into proceedings looking to protect an unbeaten all-time H2H record against Inter (W3, D1 – 90mins only). But since three of those four encounters featured under 2.5 goals, connoisseurs of action-packed football might want to skip this contest.

On the other hand, Inter Milan bounced back from a 1-0 heartache in last season’s Champions League showpiece against Manchester City with an emphatic 10-0 victory over non-league Pergolettese in their pre-season curtain-raiser. However, Simone Inzaghi’s team had to fight back from an early deficit to hold Al-Nassr to a 1-1 stalemate in their first off-season game on Asian soil as new signing Davide Frattesi got on the scoresheet to rescue a draw for ‘I Nerazzurri.’ That result maintained Inter’s proclivity for low-scoring fixtures, with three of their last four outings producing under 2.5 goals. If they’re to change their narrative, Inter will have to defy their woeful scoring record against PSG, having netted one goal or fewer in all four previous H2Hs.