AC Milan - Inter Milan live - Football

The Derby della Madonnina goes global: on 5 August 2026, AC Milan and Inter Milan meet in a pre-season friendly at Optus Stadium in Perth, Australia, for the first time ever on Australian soil. Milan arrive after a disappointing end to their 2025/26 Serie A campaign, winning just 1 of their last 4 league matches and finishing fifth - outside the Champions League places; Inter head to Perth as reigning Serie A champions (21st title) and Coppa Italia winners. In head-to-head terms, AC Milan have dominated recently - unbeaten in 7 consecutive derbies since September 2024, with 3 wins in a row.

Match Info: AC Milan vs Inter Milan

The match kicks off on Wednesday, 5 August 2026 at 11:00 BST (10:00 UTC) at Optus Stadium in Perth, Western Australia, as part of an Australian pre-season tour that also features Juventus and Palermo.

Where to Watch AC Milan vs Inter Milan?

UK viewers can follow the clash online via Onefootball, which holds global streaming rights for the fixture. There is no confirmed UK television broadcast for this friendly, making Onefootball the primary option for British fans wanting to watch every minute live.

Italian supporters have the widest range of options: on television, Sky Sport Uno will carry the match, while online subscribers can stream via DAZN Italia, NOW TV, or Sky Go Italia. In the United States, the match airs on television via Fox Deportes and is available to stream on FOX One and Fubo TV. Norwegian fans can watch on VG+, Indonesian viewers on Vidio, and Japanese fans through DAZN.

In continental Europe, Greek supporters can tune in to Nova Sports Prime and Dutch fans to Ziggo Sport on television. The worldwide Onefootball stream ensures that supporters in any country without a dedicated broadcaster can still follow the action live.

Match between AC Milan and Inter Milan - Preview

The Derby della Madonnina is one of the most storied fixtures in world football, and its journey to Optus Stadium in Perth marks the first time these two clubs have ever met on Australian soil.

The clash forms part of an unprecedented Italian football event in Australia, bringing AC Milan, Inter, Juventus and Palermo to Perth in the same week. The Milan Derby on 5 August is followed three days later by the Derby d'Italia between Inter and Juventus - both at Optus Stadium, offering Australian fans an extraordinary window of top-level Italian football.

Sportingly, the two sides arrive in contrasting moods. Inter head south as the dominant force in Italian football, having claimed the 21st Scudetto and the Coppa Italia in the same 2025/26 season, with Lautaro Martínez leading Serie A's scoring charts with 17 league goals. AC Milan, by contrast, closed the Serie A campaign with 3 defeats in their last 4 league games, missing out on Champions League qualification. Yet in the derby itself, the Rossoneri have had the upper hand since September 2024, and they will be keen to extend that run before a packed Perth crowd.

Head-to-Head: AC Milan vs Inter Milan

The Derby della Madonnina has been contested 246 times in official competition since the very first meeting on 10 January 1909 - a rivalry spanning more than a century, with Inter holding the overall advantage at 91 wins to Milan's 84 and 71 draws. That said, the recent chapter belongs firmly to the Rossoneri, who are unbeaten in 7 consecutive derbies since September 2024.

Here are the most recent meetings between the two sides:

• 8 March 2026 - Serie A - AC Milan 1:0 Inter Milan
• 23 November 2025 - Serie A - Inter Milan 0:1 AC Milan
• 23 April 2025 - Serie A - Inter Milan 0:3 AC Milan
• 2 April 2025 - Coppa Italia (Semi-final) - AC Milan 1:1 Inter Milan
• 2 February 2025 - Serie A - AC Milan 1:1 Inter Milan
• January 2025 - Supercoppa Italiana (Final) - Inter Milan 2:3 AC Milan
• 22 September 2024 - Serie A - Inter Milan 1:2 AC Milan

AC Milan - Recent Form

Milan head to Perth having won just 1 of their last 5 matches across all competitions - a mixed record that reflects a difficult end to the 2025/26 season.

The Rossoneri's Serie A campaign unravelled in the final weeks. A 2:1 victory away at Genoa in mid-May briefly offered hope, but three defeats followed: a 2:3 loss at home to Atalanta, a 0:2 drubbing at Sassuolo, and a season-ending 1:2 home defeat against Cagliari that confirmed a fifth-place finish outside the Champions League places. It is a sobering end for a team that, at one point during the season, assembled an unbeaten run of 24 consecutive Serie A matches.

Pre-season began with a 2:2 draw against Celtic in Glasgow on 25 July - a result that suggests some rust but also the intent to compete at intensity. The clash with Inter at Optus Stadium is the biggest test yet of whether Milan's squad has the cohesion to push for the top four in 2026/27.

Inter Milan - Recent Form

Inter arrive in Perth as the dominant force in Italian football - Serie A champions, Coppa Italia winners, and the team that produced Lautaro Martínez's 17-goal, league-topping season in 2025/26.

Their pre-season build-up in Germany delivered encouraging signs. A 16:0 dismantling of regional side SV Aasen on 22 July served as an emphatic fitness exercise, and four days later Inter edged Karlsruher SC 2:1 - both goals scored by Andy Diouf in stoppage time (90'+1 and 90'+4), a testament to the squad's late-game resilience. The Nerazzurri then faced Manchester City in Hong Kong on 1 August as part of the Hong Kong Football Festival before flying to Australia.

Under head coach Cristian Chivu, who guided the team to the Serie A and Coppa Italia double in 2025/26, Inter have set the standard in Italian football. With Martínez in form and the squad brimming with confidence, the Nerazzurri arrive at Optus Stadium as strong favourites on paper - even if the recent head-to-head record tells a different story.

Facts and Statistics

AC Milan and Inter Milan share not only the city of Milan but also their home stadium, San Siro - a unique arrangement in European football that makes the Derby della Madonnina one of the most intense city rivalries in world sport. The match in Perth is a historic occasion: the first ever Derby della Madonnina played on Australian soil.

• AC Milan are unbeaten in 7 consecutive derbies against Inter since September 2024, winning the last 3 in a row.
• Across 246 official matches in all competitions, Inter lead with 91 wins to Milan's 84, with 71 draws.
• The largest margin of victory in Derby della Madonnina history is AC Milan's 6:0 win over Inter in Serie A in May 2001.
• Andriy Shevchenko is the all-time top scorer in the Derby della Madonnina with 14 goals.
• Lautaro Martínez finished the 2025/26 season as Serie A's top scorer with 17 league goals and 22 goals across all competitions.