Club World Cup
2025-06-21 - Inter Milan vs Urawa Red Diamonds
A Sports Betting Pick by Auls
Football: FIFA Club World Cup Group E
Saturday 21st June 2025 - Kick Off 3pm EST (8pm British Time)
This game is live on TV
Inter Milan
Simeone Inzaghi is managing at the Club World Cup, but in a significant change, that is not with Inter Milan where he has had considerable success in recent years. It is Christian Chivu who has been chosen to replace the Italian and his first task has been picking up the Inter Milan players after the extremely one-sided defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League Final.
That defeat in Munich meant a season of agonisingly coming close to real success, but ultimately falling short for Inter Milan. It also meant real questions about the motivations of the squad at the end of a long campaign in which they finished Runners Up both in the Italian Serie A and in the Champions League. However, the performance in the 1-1 draw with Monterrey is encouraging and Inter Milan can get back on track in this Group E by securing three points on Saturday.
Inter Milan's draw with Monterrey means they have won 1 of their last 4 games in all competitions and that includes the 5-0 thumping to Paris Saint-Germain. Scoring goals had not been much of a problem for Inter Milan before the Champions League Final, and the side will be looking to show a bit more composure and quality in the final third in this key fixture.
Denzel Dumfries, Hakan Calhanoglu and Marcus Thuram were all unavailable for the opening fixture and considered doubts for this one.
Urawa Red Diamonds
Qualifying for the Club World Cup as the 2022 AFC Champions League winners also means Urama Red Diamonds played in the last tournament in 2023 under the old format. They were beaten pretty comfortably by Manchester City in the Semi Final and then lost the Third Place Play Off against Al Ahly and Urawa Red Diamonds are already under the pump in this Group after the first fixture has been completed.
The 3-1 loss to River Plate means Urawa Red Diamonds need to avoid a defeat to have any hope of making it through to the Second Round at the end of the Group Stage. The two other teams are facing off later in the day, but Urawa Red Diamonds should be focused on their own task as they look for a positive competitive result against an opponent from the UEFA Confederation for the first time.
Urawa Red Diamonds left Japan while sitting in 4th place in the League standings as they look to bounce back from a poor domestic campaign. They won their final fixture before the Club World Cup, but Urawa Red Diamonds had won 1 of the previous 6 in all competitions and were pretty well beaten by River Plate in the opening fixture in this Group.
Head to Head
This is the first competitive fixture between these clubs.
Prediction
They pushed and fought, but Inter Milan will be very disappointed with some of the finishing in the opening draw with Monterrey and will be looking for a big improvement in the final third in this fixture.
There is every chance Inter Milan bounce back and secure a relatively comfortable win over Urawa Red Diamonds and the Italian club are likely going to represent a threat from set pieces throughout. This is another angle that may give them joy against Urawa Red Diamonds, who were second best by some margin in the 3-1 defeat to River Plate.
The pressure is on the Japanese club knowing another defeat ends their participation at the Club World Cup, but it will be tough for them to contain Inter Milan.
Some key players are missing for the Champions League Runners Up, but they posed a real threat in the opening fixture and this time you would expect Inter Milan to have a touch more composure in the final third.
Goal difference may end up being an important part of this Group and Inter Milan can boost their one with a solid victory, even if the odds are not exactly jumping off the page.
The Pick :
Inter Milan 3-0 Urawa Red Diamonds
