The last game before the winter break see’s Stefano Pioli’s Lazio travel north from Rome to Milano for a Serie A clash with Inter at the San Siro. After a poor run of home form and Thohir desperate for fans to return to the stands the pressure is on Mancini and his men to not only win but to entertain come Sunday night. @InterStats give you all the facts that matter…
Lazio
- Founded in 1910
- Honours: 2 Scudetti – 99/00 and 73/74 and 6 Coppa Italia, 3 Italian Supercoppa,
- Manager: Stefano Pioli the 49 year old has been in charge since June 2014.
- €148,55 millions euros transfer market value according to transfermarkt.it
- €23 million is the value of Antonio Candreva, most valuable player according to transfermarkt.it
- 27 – average age of the Lazio squad according to transfermarkt.it
- 4th in Serie A with 26 points
- Referee – Paolo Tagliavento has been in charge of one Lazio game this season which they lost.
- 1 – Conceded one goal in the last three fixtures.
- Lost one of there last six games. W 3 D 2 keeping three clean sheets in the process.
- 16 goals scored this season by a midfielder, a Lazio record. Via Opta
- Stefano Mauri is one goal away from his season best, 7 which he scored in 2003/2004 for Brescia. Via Opta
- Antonio Candreva averages 3.5 shots per game, only three players average more in Serie A. Via whoscored.com
- 17 – Only Napoli, Juve and Roma have scored more goals from open play than Lazio in Serie A this season. Via whoscored.com
- 7 – Only Empoli have scored more goals from set pieces in Serie A. Via whoscored.com
Inter
- Referee – Paolo Tagliavento in charge of one Inter game so far this season. Which Inter lost 3-0 to Fiorentina
- 50 – Mateo Kovacic has completed the most dribbles in Serie A. Via Opta
- Last six home Serie A fixtures W 2 D 2 L 2.
- Take the 7-0 victory over Sassuolo out of the equation Inter have scored 9 goals in 6 Serie A home games this season.
- 465 – Only Napoli, Roma and Juve average more completed short pass per game than Inter this season in Serie A. Via whoscored.com
- 27 – No side averages more crosses per game than Inter in Serie A. Via whoscored.com
- 50 – Only Cagliari have completed fewer long balls in Serie A this season. Via whoscored.com
- 30% Only Juve and Fiorentina average more time in their opponents half. Via whoscored.com
- 100 – Against Chievo Ronocchia made his 100th Serie A appearance for Inter. Only Nagatomo (115) has made more Serie A appearances for Inter out of the current squad.
Head to Head
- 51 – Inter have draw more games with Lazio than any other side in Serie A. Via Opta
- The last draw came in March 2008. Via Opta
- Rodrigo Palacio has scored 6 goals in 8 appearances against Lazio. Via Opta
- Rodrigo Palacio last goal for Inter came in the league v Lazio in May
- Career goals V Lazio – Palacio (6) Campagnaro, Hernanes, Khrin, Osvaldo and Icardi (1)
- 162 meetings between the two sides in all competitions.
- Inter have W 66 D 56 L 40 GF 254 GA 179
- 72 meetings in Milano in Serie A, W 41 D 23 L 8 GF 143 GA 62 for Inter.
- First competitive meeting was on the 9th of December 1928 ending 3-1 to Inter.
- 21st of December 2003 Inter played Lazio on the same date as this fixture, Lazio won 2-1
- Last meeting at San Siro ended 4-1 to Inter, on Javier Zanetti’s farewell in May 2014.
- 18th of March 1934 Inter beat Lazio 8-1
- 18th of October 1998 Inter lost to Lazio at the San Siro 3-5 Mancini was on the scoresheet that day for Lazio.
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