Internazionale Milano v Siena
Football: Italy, Serie A
Saturday 9th January 2010 - Kickoff 7:45pm

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Inter Milan (1st) Home : 7-2-0 18:8

Inter Milan are playing like a typical Jose Mourinho team right now, exceedingly hard to beat but rarely exciting to watch.

Inter have won five of their last six home games, and the 5-3 win over Palermo in late OCtober was a cracker with eight goals, but other than that it's been a string of 1-0 and 2-1 wins, with a 1-1 draw against AS Roma thrown in.

Inter Milan Team News :
Inter will be without Cristian Chivu who suffered a fractured skull after a clash of heads with two days ago while Samuel Eto’o is with Cameroon at the African Cup of Nations.

ON the positive side, Dejan Stankovic and Thiago Motta return while new signing Goran Pandev will probably partner Diego Milito up front.

Inter
Julio Cesar
Maicon, Lucio, Materazzi, Cordoba
Zanetti, Stankovic, Thiago Motta, Sneijder
Pandev, Milito

Siena (20th) Away : 1-0-7 9:17

Mind you, Siena's recent travelling form has been awful.

After starting with a stunning 3-1 win at Cagliari in August, Siena have slipped to seven stright road defeats and against some fairly mediocre opposition too.

THere is a slight warning in that five of the last six away losses have all been by a single goal margin, however that 2-4 loss at Genoa (who are the strongest away opponent that Siena have faced so far) shows that Siena can be over-run.

Siena Team News :
To Follow

Siena
Curci
Rosi, Cribari, Brandao, Del Grosso
Vergassola, Codrea, Ekdal
Reginaldo, Calaio, Maccarone

The Betting Verdict;

I expect to see Inter Milan dominate this game, they've won this fixture on four of the last six occasions, and often by a multiple goal margin.

The Statistics :

The Pick :

Inter Milan 2-0 Siena

PERCENTAGE ESTIMATE :

Inter Milan 72% - Draw 19% - Siena 9%

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Anything other than a home win for INTER MILAN would be a huge shock.