Goalkeeper Julio Cesar and centre-back Lucio had to come off injured with muscle problems in the waltz past the Germans while before the game, Inter president Massimo Moratti continued a war of words with his Juve counterparts.
It all served to add extra intrigue to the Serie A encounter, which is dubbed the "Derby of Italy" given the two dominant sides' fierce rivalry over 50 years.
"They are all different injuries. We'll have to wait, we don't know how they'll progress," new Inter coach Rafael Benitez told reporters as he gears up for a first "derby" against a team so heavily linked with him in the media last term.
The injuries did not hamper Inter in their second Champions league Group A outing on Wednesday, with Samuel Eto'o running riot to score a hat-trick albeit against a weak Werder defence.
Ninth-placed Juve, a poor seventh last term, have been leaking goals again this season but three from new winger Milos Krasic sealed a 4-2 win over Cagliari last weekend in contrast to Inter's 1-0 loss at AS Roma.
Juve are Italy's most successful domestic club with 27 league titles, but the fact the Turin club say they actually won 29 scudettos is where the extra rivalry with Inter comes in.
Juve, who are also Italy's most-supported club, say new evidence in the criminal trial linked to the match-fixing shows Inter were implicated in the scandal too and should lose the 2006 scudetto.
