For the first time this season Inter play on a Monday evening. Roberto Mancini and his newly appointed assistant Sylvinho will be eager to get three points on the board with a trip to the romantic city of Verona to take on the Flying Donkey’s, Chievo Verona. @InterStats bring you all the numbers and statistics that matter…
Chievo Verona
- Founded in 1929.
- Marcantonio Bentegodi formed in 19963, capacity around 42,000.
- Average age of the squad is 28 according to transfermarkt.com
- Mercato value of €55 million according to transfermarkt.com
- Rolando Maran is Chievo manager.
- €9 million, most valuable player in the squad is Inter owned Francesco Bardi. transfermarkt.it
- 29th October was Chievo’s last lost. Since then they have W 2 D 3 L 0
- 26th of October was Cheivo’s last loss in Verona. Since then W 1 D 2 L 0
- 2 goals conceded in their last 5 games.
- 39.2% average possession rating in Serie A. The lowest in Serie A. Via Opta
- 50% possession achieved only once this season v Cesena. Via Opta
- Inter owned Botta, Bardi, Biraghi and Schelotto are currently on loan at Chievo.
Inter
- 100 – Andrea Ronocchia is set to make is 100th appearance for Inter in Serie A.
- 30 – Rodrigo Palacio is still looking for his 30th goal in Serie A in an Inter shirt.
- Andrea Ronocchia has scored most goals (2) in his career against Chievo and Cagliari out of the current Serie A sides
- Icardi has failed to score against only 6 of the current Serie A sides in his short career. One of which is Chievo.
- 1994/1995was the last time Inter started this badly in Serie A. (17pts in 14 games) Via Opta
- 5 of Inter’s 21 goals have been scored away from home. Via Opta
- Only Atalanta (2) and Udinese (4) have scored fewer away from home in Serie A.
- Only Torino, Parma and Cesena have picked up fewer points away from home in Serie A.
- Inter are yet to concede from a headed goal in Serie A. Via Opta
- Rodrigo Palacio has failed to score in his last 13 Serie A appearances.
- Rodrigo Palacio – No player has had more touches in the box (57) in Serie A and failed to score. Via Opta
Head to Head
- 24 meetings between the two sides, Inter have W 14 D 6 L 4 GF 43 GA 26
- Away from home Inter have W 6 D 3 L 3 GF 19 GA 12
- 13 years ago to the day the two sides met for the first time in a competitive fixture. Inter 1 Chievo 2.
- Last meeting ended Chievo 2 Inter 1.
- 4-2 is Inter’s biggest victory on the 14th of December 2008 goals from Stankovic, Maxwell and 2 from Ibrahimovic.
- Chievo have beaten Inter 3 times, all ending 2-1
- Hernanes (4) Ronocchia (2) Andreolli (1) Nagatomo (1) Palacio (1) Kuzmanovic (1) have scored v Chievo in their career.
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