Inter Milan v RB Salzburg: Back star strikers in 21/5 Bet Builder

• Martinez has 12 goals in 11 games this season

• Strike partner Thuram already has 7 assists

• Expect Inter to dominate and back 21/5 Bet Builder

Inter Milan v Red Bull Salzburg
Tuesday 24 October, 17:45
Live on TNT Sports 3

A dive into the fouls and shots data delivered a nice 14/5 winner in Monday Night Football but I'm going to keep things simpler when the Champions League returns on Tuesday.

Leg 1: Inter to win

Inter are flying high at the top of Serie A having won seven and drawn one of their opening nine games. They've also collected four points from their two matches in this competition.

They'll start hot favourites here against an injury-hit Salzburg side, who haven't won in their last three and have just three victories in their last eight.

Aleksa Terzic became the latest player to enter the treatment room after picking up an adductor injury during defeat to LASK at the weekend. He joins Fernando, Sekou Koita, Bryan Okoh, Justin Omoregie, Kamil Piatkowski and Lukas Wallner on the sidelines.

OK, Salzburg have already won away to Benfica in the Champions League, although it should be noted the Portuguese had a player sent off after just 12 minutes.

This looks a much tougher trip and it would be no surprise were Inter to win this quite comfortably.

Leg 2: Lautaro Martinez to score

Crucial to their success so far this season has been the partnership between Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram up front.

Signing Thuram on a free transfer in the summer has proved a masterstroke and an old-school strike partnership has been formed.

Leg 3: Marcus Thuram to assist

World Cup winner Martinez has done the majority of the scoring, netting 12 in 11 games, but there's been a real understanding with Thuram, who has seven assists (and four goals) so far.

With Martinez scoring every 75 minutes on average, he looks a strong contender to find the net here; no player has a better expected-goals figure in this competition two games in.

Thuram is at 23/103.30 for an assist and that also looks adding to our Bet Builder.

The Inter front two, added to the home win, produces odds north of 4/15.00.

Other potential options include getting with the Inter wing-backs, Denzel Dumfries and Federico Dimarco, who love to get forward in Simone Inzaghi's 3-5-2 system.

Dumfries has been racking up the assists too, with Thuram praising his ability in press the other day, describing him as a "great player" and highlighting their on and off-field understanding.

The Dutch flier is also well known for his foul count and is odds-against for 2+ fouls in this game.

That's something he's managed in eight of 13 starts for club and country this season. That data makes the price look nice but the worry is Inter will dominate too much.

I'll therefore stick with the simple treble which could well pay out if Inter do indeed dominate proceedings.

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