Inter Milan v Real Betis: Pre-season friendly at Stadio San Nicola on August 15

Inter Milan will face Real Betis in a pre-season friendly at the Stadio San Nicola in Bari on Saturday, August 15. The match is part of both clubs' final preparation ahead of the 2026-27 competitive season.

Cristian Chivu’s Inter come into the game following a 2-1 friendly win over Juventus and remain unbeaten in four pre-season matches, recording three victories and one draw. Real Betis drew 2-2 with Bournemouth in their most recent friendly and have won five of seven pre-season fixtures this summer.

Lautaro Martinez has returned to training following Argentina’s World Cup campaign and is expected to receive minutes alongside Marcus Thuram; the Inter captain is expected to lead the attack in the club’s final pre-season fixture. Both forwards resumed full training after extended post-tournament breaks.

Davide Frattesi is set to join Lazio on loan, while new signing John Stones is expected to start in a three-man defence alongside Benjamin Pavard and Alessandro Bastoni for Inter. Those defensive plans form part of Chivu’s selection considerations for the Bari fixture.

Real Betis are expected to deploy a similar XI to the one that drew 2-2 with Bournemouth, with Facundo Bernal and Marc Roca candidates to start in midfield and Diego Llorente and Valentin Gomez possibly making way. Giovani Lo Celso remains unavailable after Argentina’s World Cup campaign.

Antony is expected to feature in Real Betis’ attacking trio alongside Alvaro Fidalgo and Jose Morante; the Brazilian played in the Betis side that defeated Arsenal 3-1 during pre-season and joined the club from Man United. Betis’ attacking selection will test Inter’s recent defensive adjustments.

Probable lineups listed by the source are: Provedel; Pavard, Stones, Bastoni; Luis Henrique, Barella, Stankovic, Zielinski, Dimarco; Lautaro Martinez, Thuram González; Ortiz, Llorente, Gómez, Firpo; Bernal, Roca; Antony, Fidalgo, Morante; Deossa.

Prediction: Inter Milan 3-2 Real Betis. The friendly will be available live in Italy on DAZN, Sky Sport and NOW at no additional cost for existing subscribers, on pay-per-view via OneFootball and on TV8, and Inter will stream the fixture on its FAST Inter 24/7 Italian channel.

Inter’s Serie A title defence opens against Monza on August 22, while Real Betis begin their La Liga campaign against Real Sociedad on August 21.