Como vs Inter Milan Betting Preview, Tips & Odds — 12 April 2026

Como vs Inter Milan: Serie A Preview, Sunday 12 April 2026

This is a fixture with genuine intrigue on both sides. Fàbregas has Como playing some of the most entertaining football outside the top six this season, while Inter, under Cristian Chivu, are chasing a Scudetto but showing cracks at exactly the wrong time. The Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia rarely hosts nights like this, and Sunday evening's 19:45 kickoff sets the stage nicely.

Form Guide

Como are genuinely flying right now. Three wins from their last four competitive matches, including a 5-0 dismantling of Pisa and a 2-1 home win over Roma. They ground out a 2-1 win at Cagliari too, which shows this isn't just a team that bullies lesser sides at home. The only blemish is a goalless draw at Udinese, and even that isn't disastrous. Fàbregas has built something with real energy and cutting edge going forward.

Tomas Douvikas leads the line with 11 goals in 31 appearances this season, and Nicolas Paz has chipped in with 10 goals and 6 assists in 30 games. That's a proper attacking foundation. Mateo Baturina adds another six goals from 22 appearances. These aren't fringe players contributing the odd tap-in, this is a functioning, dangerous attack.

Inter's form is patchier than a title challenger should be tolerating. Yes, they battered Roma 5-2 at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, but after that it's been draws against Fiorentina and Atalanta, a defeat at AC Milan, and a goalless draw at Como in the Coppa Italia. Four points from their last four Serie A matches, only five goals scored across those games. For a side meant to be storming to the Scudetto, that's not convincing.

Injuries and Team News

Inter have serious problems walking into this one. Hakan Calhanoglu, Federico Dimarco, and Marcus Thuram are all missing. Lose any one of those three and it's a meaningful setback. Lose all three simultaneously and Chivu has a genuine selection crisis. Calhanoglu pulls the strings from deep, Dimarco provides the left-sided attacking thrust, and Thuram has been a constant menace for opposition defences all season. The recent news confirms Chivu is turning to veterans to cope, with an Argentina star, almost certainly Thuram, suffering a fresh leg strain setback. That's a big deal.

Como have Assane Diao unavailable, but their attacking depth means that's manageable given how Douvikas and Paz have been performing.

Head-to-Head Context

The recent record is heavily in Inter's favour. They beat Como 2-0 at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in December 2024, then followed that up with a 4-0 win at the same venue in December 2025. When Como hosted Inter in May 2025, they lost 0-2. The Coppa Italia meeting at Sinigaglia in March 2026 ended 0-0, and that's the most recent data point. No goals from Como in any of these fixtures, which is the conversation Fàbregas needs to change on Sunday.

That Coppa Italia draw is the one result that shows Como can at least contain Inter at home, even if breaking them down has proved difficult. The question is whether a depleted Inter side changes the calculation.

The Betting Angle

Inter at 2.44 feels short given the absences. Calhanoglu, Dimarco, and Thuram missing is not a minor reshuffle, it cuts into their best XI in attack, midfield creativity, and defensive width simultaneously. Como at 3.3 is genuinely interesting. They're at home, in form, with two prolific forwards available, and facing an Inter side that has drawn three of their last four Serie A outings.

The draw at 3.47 has some appeal given the Coppa Italia stalemate at this exact ground, but I'd rather take the home win at a price. Fàbregas knows this Inter squad having faced them already this season. His side have the firepower to exploit a makeshift Inter lineup, and the crowd at Sinigaglia will sense the opportunity.