Inter Milan vs Monaco facts

Inter Milan have three home wins from three in this season's UEFA Champions League as Monaco come to San Siro in the final round of league phase fixtures.

Both teams were confirmed in the knockout phase on Matchday 7, when Inter won 1-0 at Sparta Praha to move on to 16 points in this season's competition. Monaco were victorious at home to Aston Villa by the same scoreline and are on 13 points.

Previous meetings

Matches 4
Inter wins 3
Monaco wins 1
Draws 0
Inter goals 7
Monaco goals 3

1963/64 European Cup first round
Inter 1-0 Monaco
Monaco 1-3 Inter
In Inter's first victorious European Cup campaign, Nicola Ciccolo scored the only goal at San Siro before Sandro Mazzola struck twice in the Marseille return, Luis Suárez completing the scoring after Théodore Szkudlapski had halved Monaco's deficit from the spot.

1996/97 UEFA Cup semi-finals
Inter 3-1 Monaco
Monaco 1-0 Inter
All Inter's first-leg goals at San Siro came in the first half, Maurizio Ganz getting the first two and Iván Zamorano the third; Victor Ikpeba pulled one back in the second period for Monaco and also struck in the second leg, but the Italian side held on and went on to lose on penalties to Schalke in the final.

Form guide

Inter

Record vs French clubs: W11 D8 L7 F39 A27
Home record vs French clubs: W6 D4 L3

Inter's last games against French opponents came in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League group stage, when they drew home (0-0) and away (1-1) against St-Étienne.

A 1-0 defeat at Marseille in the 2011/12 Champions League round of 16 first leg – a tie they went on to lose on away goals after a 2-1 home success in the second leg – is Inter's only reverse in their last six games against Ligue 1 teams. That home victory against OM is, however, one of only three in Inter's last 12 contests with French teams (D5 L4).

At home it is two wins in Inter's last six matches against clubs from France (D2 L2).

This is the Nerazzurri's 18th appearance in the Champions League, and a seventh in succession.

The run to the 2023 final was Inter's most successful campaign since lifting the trophy in 2010. Simone Inzaghi's side were second behind Real Sociedad in Group D in 2023/24 but were then edged out by Atlético de Madrid in the round of 16 (1-0 h, 1-2 a, 2-3 pens).

That was the second time in the last three seasons than Inter's campaign had foundered in the last 16.

Inter have won 13 of their last 25 home Champions League games (D7 L5), although 12 of their last 16 (D2 L2) including against Crvena Zvezda (4-0), Arsenal and Leipzig (both 1-0) this season.

Champions of Europe in 1964, 1965 and 2010, Inter claimed their 20th Serie A title in 2023/24. It was their first since 2021 and only a second in the past 14 seasons.

Monaco

Record vs Italian clubs: W4 D3 L9 F12 A25
Away record vs Italian clubs: W1 D1 L7

Monaco have already visited Italy in the league phase, Thilo Kehrer's 86th-minute effort earning a 1-0 win at Bologna on Matchday 4.

That ended Monaco's five-match losing streak away to Italian sides and was only their fourth goal in those nine matches – they have never scored more than once in a fixture.

Les Monégasques' previous six games against Italian opponents were all against Juventus, with four defeats and a single victory.

This is Monaco's tenth appearance in the Champions League proper and a first since 2018/19.

Runners-up to Porto in 2003/04, Monaco have lost twice in Champions League qualifying since that last group appearance, going out to Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2021/22 play-offs (2-3 aggregate) and PSV Eindhoven in the third qualifying round a year later (3-4 agg).

The 2022/23 campaign is Monaco's most recent in European football. Having lost to PSV, they moved across to the Europa League, losing to Bayer Leverkusen in the knockout round play-offs (3-2 a, 2-3 h aet, 3-5 pens).

The win at Bologna on Matchday 4 this season – which followed a 2-2 Matchday 2 draw at GNK Dinamo and preceded the 3-0 loss at Arsenal on Matchday 6 – is one of five in Les Monégasques' last 21 away European matches (D8 L8) and a third in the last seven (D2 L2).

Adi Hütter's side sealed a return to the Champions League proper by finishing second in Ligue 1 in 2023/24. It was Monaco's highest final league placing since 2017/18, when they were also runners-up to Paris.

Links and trivia

Have played in France:
Benjamin Pavard (LOSC Lille 2005–16)
Marcus Thuram (Sochaux 2012–17, Guingamp 2017–19)

Have played in Italy:
Wilfried Singo (Torino 2019–23)
Denis Zakaria (Juventus 2022)

Have played together:
Yann Sommer, Marcus Thuram & Breel Embolo (Borussia Mönchengladbach 2019–22)
Yann Sommer & Denis Zakaria (Borussia Mönchengladbach 2019–22)
Denzel Dumfries & Jordan Teze (PSV Eindhoven 2019–21)
Yann Sommer & Breel Embolo (Basel 2013/14)

Hütter coached Sommer and Thuram at Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2021/22.

International team-mates:
Stefan de Vrij, Denzel Dumfries & Jordan Teze (Netherlands)
Yann Sommer & Breel Embolo, Denis Zakaria (Switzerland)
Caio Henrique & Carlos Augusto (Brazil)

Latest news

Inter

Lautaro Martínez scored for the fourth successive game on Sunday, his strike in a 4-0 win at Lecce making it six goals in his last eight games.

Martínez now has 112 league goals for Inter, taking him above Mauro Icardi as the second-highest foreign scorer in Serie A in the club's history; only Stefano Nyers has more (133).

Denzel Dumfries was also on target; he has three goals in his last four matches and five in his last seven.

Sunday's win was Simone Inzaghi's 200th in Serie A as a coach; he reached the mark in 332 matches, a new record eclipsing Massimiliano Allegri's previous best of 338.

The Nerazzurri won their first five games after Matchday 6, scoring 15 goals without conceding, but had one victory in their subsequent three (D1 L1) before a 3-1 win at home to Empoli on 19 January.

Inter are unbeaten in 16 Serie A games (W13 D3), since a 1-2 derby loss at home to AC Milan on 22 September, a 2-2 draw at home to Bologna on 15 January ending a run of six successive victories.

The Nerazzurri have already conceded 13 home Serie A goals this term, two more than in the whole of last season.

A 1-0 triumph at Venezia on 12 January was Inter's sixth consecutive away Serie A victory without conceding, a club record; they have won their last eight away league matches, keeping clean sheets in the last seven.

Inter have taken 25 points from a possible 27 in their last nine Serie A games, scoring 29 goals.

Inter scored 50 goals in Serie A away games in 2024, another new best for the club.

On 19 December Inter reached the Coppa Italia quarter finals with a 2-0 defeat of Udinese, Marko Arnautović and Kristjan Asllani on target to make it 18 different goalscorers in all competitions for Inter this season.

Simone Inzaghi's side started 2025 with a 2-0 win against Atalanta in the Italian Super Cup semi-finals on 2 January but let slip a two-goal lead to lose 2-3 to Milan in the final four days later.

Yann Bisseck came on at half-time on Sunday having missed four games with a thigh problem.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu was replaced with a calf injury in the first half against Atalanta and has not played since.

Francesco Acerbi has not played since going off with a thigh problem against Verona on 23 November.

Monaco

Monaco have won their last two games having managed one victory in the previous eight (D3 L4).

They were 3-2 winners at home to Rennes on Saturday, Mika Biereth scoring his first goal for the club after Maghnes Akliouche's acrobatic opener, Aleksandr Golovin getting the winner.

That was only Les Monégasques' second victory in seven Ligue 1 fixtures (D2 L3) – the other 2-0 at home to Toulouse on 7 December.

On 14 January, Monaco were knocked out of the French Cup round of 32 at Reims, losing 3-1 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

On 5 January Monaco conceded in added time to lose 1-0 to Paris Saint-Germain in the French Super Cup.

Wilfried Singo missed the weekend win with a hamstring injury while Denis Zakaria limped off in the second half with an ankle problem.

George Ilenikhena has missed the last five games with a groin injury.

Folarin Balogun has been out since 1 December after shoulder surgery.

Krépin Diatta (adductors) came on on Saturday having not appeared since 20 November while Edan Diop has not played this season due to a stress fracture in his foot but has been on the bench in the last two matches.

On 4 January Monaco announced coach Adi Hütter had signed a two-year contract extension until 2027.

On 11 January, Monaco announced the signing of Biereth from Sturm Graz on a four-and-a-half-year deal. The Danish striker set up Mohamed Salisu to score on his debut at Reims but missed his penalty in the shoot-out.