Champions League: Inter Milan VS Bodo/Glimt Pro Prediction & Betting Tips

Match: Champions League

Fixture: Inter Milan vs Bodo/Glimt

Local Kick-off Time: Feb 24, 2026 8.00pm

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Prediction: Inter Milan wins (90 minutes)

This match is crucial for Inter Milan. Their first-leg defeat in Norway was partly due to pitch and weather conditions, but more so down to tactics and personnel issues. Back at home, Inter are expected to win, even though Bodo/Glimt famously beat Atletico Madrid away. Bodo/Glimt are more likely to lose this leg, though they could still take the tie to extra time. Inter are unlikely to win by three goals or more.

Comprehensive Prediction Analysis:

Inter Milan

Visiting Aspmyra Stadion for the first leg, three-time European champions Inter meekly succumbed to defeat, failing to cope with a plastic pitch, sub-zero conditions and a more fluent home side.

The Nerazzurri have also reached the Champions final twice in the past three seasons, while Bodo/Glimt were knockout stage debutants, but Sondre Fet finished off a 16-pass move to deservedly put the hosts in front. Though Francesco Pio Esposito soon pulled the visitors level, second-half strikes from Jens Petter Hauge and Kasper Hogh put Bodo back in charge of the tie and ended Inter's superb run of results on the road.

The Nerazzurri had arrived in the playoffs via an uneven league-phase campaign, in which they won their first four games while conceding just one goal, before suffering three consecutive defeats. So, rookie coach Cristian Chivu - a 2010 treble winner with the Italian club - has come under some scrutiny, particularly after resting key players in northern Norway. Over recent years, Inter have excelled in two-legged ties: excluding finals, they have won 10 and lost just two of their last 16 Champions League knockout matches.

However, they have been left with a mountain to climb ahead of Tuesday's return, having only won by two goals in six of their 52 knockout contests; they have never won by three in the latter stages. Indeed, the last team to qualify after a two-goal away defeat in the first leg was Liverpool back in 2019, when they memorably stunned Barcelona in the semi-finals; 11 sides have since found themselves in that situation but failed to progress. Staring at a potential early exit from Europe, Inter are at least set to reclaim the Scudetto, following a run of seven straight wins in Serie A. The most recent was Saturday's 2-0 victory in Lecce, with late goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Manuel Akanji temporarily sending Chivu's men 10 points clear at the top.

Bodo/Glimt

Bodo/Glimt's first foray into the Champions League proper had seemed set to end in the league phase, before the competition’s most northerly club slipped through with a grandstand finale. Having recovered from failing to win any of their first six games by winning the last two - 3-1 at home to Manchester City and 2-1 away to Atletico Madrid - they seized the penultimate qualifying spot on a chaotic final matchday. Now, having pulled off yet another upset on home turf, they are the first Norwegian club to post three successive wins in Europe's top competition.

More pertinently, Bodo could become the first Eliteserien side to progress from a knockout tie since Lillestrom made it through the first round way back in 1987. Recently dethroned as national champions, Kjetil Knutsen’s team have been in winter hibernation aside from their recent Champions League successes, so they should be well rested for their visit to Lombardy. Appointed head coach in 2018, Knutsen has steered his side to four domestic titles, along with memorable victories over Celtic, Porto, Lazio and Roma in previous continental campaigns. Last year, they even reached the Europa League semi-finals, only losing to eventual winners Tottenham Hotspur, and Glimt have won six of their last eight two-legged European ties. Much has changed, then, since Inter strode to a 7-1 aggregate victory over Bodo in the 1978-79 Cup Winners’ Cup, when the Italian giants comfortably won 5-0 in Milan.

Final Prediction:

Asian Handicap: Bodo/Glimt +2

European Handicap: Inter Milan wins

Predicted Scores: 1-0, 2-1, 2-0

Predicted Total Goals: 1, 2, 3

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