Beating an in-form Empoli has been completed, can Inter now beat an in-form Sassuolo? On Sunday we will find out! Here are some interesting numbers from Whoscored presented to you via the Twitter account InterStats
Goal-Scoring
Inter are back to their 1-0 winning days and it seems that they haven’t been struggling to score in any of the recent games. Sassuolo don’t seem to be that much worse than Inter when it comes to goal-scoring. Sassuolo have scored 22 goals this season and Inter have scored 24 this season. Sassuolo’s Top Goalscorer in the club is Sergio Floccari, he has scored 4 times this season. Inter also have a striker as Top Goalscorer in the club, Mauro Icardi, he has scored 8 times this season.
Goal-Stopping
Inter do still have the best defense statistically in the Serie A. We have only conceded 11 goals so far. Sassuolo have only conceded 17 goals this season, Fiorentina who are on second place have conceded 16 goals which proves that Sassuolo in reality have a solid defense. Sassuolo conceded 6 goals from Set Pieces, Inter have only conceded 3 goals from Set Pieces. Inter have only conceded 6 goals at home while Sassuolo have conceded 9 goals in away games.
Passing the ball
Inter average 519 passes per game with each passing streak lasting about 4.8. Sassuolo’s passing-stats are a little bit worse than Inter’s. Sassuolo average 452 passes per game with each passing streak lasting about 4.3. These stats show that Inter are better at passing the ball than Sassuolo, Inter average are more passes per game and they miss less passes than Sassuolo do as well. This can also be seen in the average possession stats where Inter average 54% possession and Sassuolo average 49%.
Best players so far
Jepson Murillo is Inter’s highest rated Whoscored player with a 7.33 rating. Francesco Acerbi is both Sassuolo’s highest rated player and the highest rated player between the two teams with a 7.38 rating. Samir Handanovic is the only player between the two teams to appear in every game so far this season.