If you look up the word ”inconsistent” in a dictionary you would get a perfect description of FC Internazionale this season. A fully deserved loss against Fiorentina is the latest thing to happen us. Can we now beat Sampdoria who have 3 of our former players? Tonight we will find out! Here are some interesting numbers from Whoscored presented to you via the Twitter account InterStats
Goal-Scoring
Inter have not won a game in the league since the 3rd of February when we beat Chievo. The explanation to why we haven’t won is that we play incredibly bad… When we last played Sampdoria we were lucky to even get a point. If Correia wouldn’t have missed the open goal-chance we would have been done. Sampdoria are better than Inter when it comes to goal-scoring. Sampdoria have scored 36 goals this season and Inter have scored 31 this season. Sampdoria’s Top Goalscorer in the club is Roberto Soriano, he has scored 7 times this season. Inter also have a striker as Top Goalscorer in the club, Mauro Icardi, he has scored 10 times this season.
Goal-Stopping
Inter have nowadays have the 3rd best defense statistically in the Serie A. We have conceded 22 goals so far. Sampdoria have conceded 43 goals this season, Frosinone who have conceded most goals in the entire league this season, have conceded 51 goals. Sampdoria and Carpi have conceded the second most goals in the Serie A. Sampdoria have conceded 5 goals from Set Pieces, Inter have conceded 7 goals from Set Pieces. Inter have conceded 8 goals at home while Sampdoria have conceded 24 goals in away games.
Passing the ball
Inter average 518 passes per game with each passing streak lasting about 4.8. Sampdoria’s passing-stats are a little bit worse than Inter’s. Sampdoria average 472 passes per game with each passing streak lasting about 4.5. These stats show that Inter are better at passing the ball than Sampdoria, Inter average are more passes per game and they miss less passes than Sampdoria do as well. This can also be seen in the average possession stats where Inter average 54% possession and Sampdoria average 49%.
Best players so far
Alex Telles is both Inter’s highest rated Whoscored player but also the highest rated player between the two teams with a 7.20 rating. Roberto Soriano is Sampdoria’s highest rated player with a 7.00 rating. Samir Handanovic for Inter and Emiliano Viviano for Sampdoria are the only players between the two teams to appear in every game so far this season.
