Below you can find all the important stats ahead of Inter’s trip to Sicily against Palermo, brought to you from WhoScored.com
Goal-Scoring
Palermo have scored a total of 10 goals in this year’s Serie A, Inter on the other hand have scored 8. The statistics that follow are pretty interesting and they really are in favour of the team from Sicily. Palermo have scored 6 goals from open play and 4 from set pieces. Inter, meanwhile have scored 4 from open play and 3 from set pieces but Inter also have gotten a penalty which won them the game (against Carpi).
Defense
On the defensive side, Inter have only conceded a total of 8 goals whilst Palermo have conceded 12. Here we can see that Inter are “worse” when it comes to defending set pieces. Inter have conceded 3 goals from set pieces while Palermo only have conceded one single goal. Inter have also gotten a penalty against them and that was also scored (vs Fiorentina).
Moving the ball
The passing stats are pretty even. Palermo have a total of 495 passes per game while Inter have only 22 more, meaning that Inter have 517 passes per game. The average pass streaks are pretty much the same between the two teams. Palermo average about a 4 ½ pass streak while Inter are close to a 5 pass streak.
Season so far
The top 5 player ratings between the two teams are pretty self-explanatory. Without Paulo Dybala in the team Franco Vázquez has now taken the “role” of being the leader of the team. Both Vázquez and Sinisa Andjelkovic have a player rating of 8.03, we can compare that rating to Inter’s highest rated player Jeison Murillo. The Colombian has a rating of only 7.30. The following is pretty interesting: Inter’s by far best player this season Stevan Jovetic only has a rating of 7.24 and players like Juan Jesus are close behind on a 7.22 rating.
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Goals for:
Palermo 10 Total 8 Inter
Palermo 6 Open Play 4 Inter
Palermo 4 Set Piece 3 Inter
Palermo 0 Counter Attack 0 Inter
Palermo 0 Penalty 1 Inter
Palermo 0 Own Goal 0 Inter
Goals against:
Palermo 12 Total 8 Inter
Palermo 9 Open Play 4 Inter
Palermo 1 Set Piece 3 Inter
Palermo 0 Counter Attack 0 Inter
Palermo 0 Penalty 1 Inter
Palermo 2 Own Goal 0 Inter
Passing:
Palermo 495 Total Passes Per Game 517 Inter
Palermo 4.5 Average Pass Streak 4.9 Inter
Top 5 Player Ratings (Both teams)
1. Franco Vázquez (Palermo) 8.03
2. Sinisa Andjelkovic (Palermo) 8.03
3. Jeison Murillo (Inter) 7.30
4. Stevan Jovetic (Inter) 7.24
5. Juan Jesus (Inter) 7.22