This Sunday Inter head to the beautiful city of Florence in the Tuscan region of Italy. @InterStats give you a run down of all the numbers that matter. Vincenzo Montella’s injury hit side have picked up 6 points so far this season and Walter Mazzarri hopes for a vast improvement on last weekends performance. Fiorentina have drawn their two home games and Inter have drawn their two away games.
Fiorentina
- Founded on the 26th of August 1926.
- Home games played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi constructed in 1930, capacity 47,282
- According to transfermarkt.it Fioretina’s market value is €208.35
- 6x Italian Cup Winners, 2x Scudetti and 1 Italian Supercoppa.
- Average age of the squad 27,3 years.
- Juan Cuadrado is the most valuable player according to transfermarkt.it (€28.16)
- 60% average possession in the 5 games in Serie A so far according to whoscored.com (3rd in the league)
- 17 Shots per game average in first 5 rounds of Serie A. (Joint 3rd in league with Inter) according to whoscored.com
- 56.1% aerial duels won (3rd in the league) via whoscored.com
- 85.5% pass accuracy (3rd in league) via whoscored.com
- Two home games in Serie A this season both ended 0,0
- Scored 2 and conceded 3 all season in Serie A.
- Josip Ilicic first Serie A goal was v Inter in 2010 for Palermo. Via Opta
- Josip Ilicic has attempted the most shots without scoring in Serie A this season (10)
Inter
- Inter average 17 shots per game in Serie A so far this season only Juventus and Lazio have more per game. Via whoscored.com
- Osvaldo (3) Palacio (2) Icardi (1) Hernanes (1) Nagatomo (1) Jonathan (1) have scored against Fiorentina in their career.
- Rodrigo Palacio is still looking for his 30th Serie A goal for Inter.
- Osvaldo has scored 4 goals in 5 games in Serie A for Inter.
- Mauro Icardi has scored 3 goals in 5 Serie games so far this season.
- Osvaldo has assisted 2 goals this season in Serie A.
- Out of the 11 goals scored in Serie A this season Osvaldo has scored/assisted in 6 of them.
- Samir Handanovic has saved 19 penalties in his Serie A career. Via Opta
- Handanovic’s 19 penalty saves is 9 more than any other goalkeeper in Serie A since his debut in Serie A. Via Opta
- Inter have never lost two consecutive Serie A games under Walter Mazzarri. via Opta
Head to Head
- Inter have drawn 50 games against Fiorentina in Serie A, fewer only than versus Lazio (50) Via Opta
- Fiorentina have scored 187 goals v Inter, more than against anyone else in Serie A. Via Opta
- Fiorentina have managed only 1 win v Inter in the last 16 encounters in Serie A. W 1 D 3 L 12.
- The two sides have met 165 times in total in competitive matches. Inter have W 68 D 53 L 44
- In those 165 meetings Inter have scored 249 and conceded 203.
- In Serie A the two sides have met on 154 occasions. Inter W 65 D 50 L 39.
- In those 154 meetings Inter scored 236 conceded 187.
- First meeting was on the 30th of September 1928 Fiorentina 0 Ambrosiana Inter 3.
- Inter biggest win v Fiorentina came on the 6th of January 1949 (7-1)
- Fiorentina’s biggest win over Inter was on the 11th of May 1952 (5-0)
- The last meeting between the two sides in Florence ended 1-2, goals from Palacio and Icardi gave Inter the 3 points.
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