After a semi-comfortable win against Palermo, Inter now take on Bologna at home. This is the return-leg this season, Inter won the last matchup 0-1 after a pretty late goal from Icardi. Can Inter beat Bologna again? On Saturday we will find out! Here are some interesting numbers from Whoscored presented to you via the Twitter account InterStats.
Goal-Scoring
Inter have scored 3 goals in their last 2 games (including the Coppa Italia) if this can keep going it will surely help us a whole lot. Bologna aren’t that much worse than Inter when it comes to goal-scoring. Bologna have scored 29 goals this season and Inter have scored 37 this season. Bologna’s Top Goalscorer in the club is Mattia Destro, he has scored 8 times this season. Inter also have a striker as Top Goalscorer in the club, Mauro Icardi, he has scored 12 times this season.
Goal-Stopping
Inter still have the 3rd best defense statistically in the Serie A. We have conceded 26 goals so far. Bologna have conceded 31 goals this season which shows that we are in for a tough game on Saturday. Bologna have not conceded a single goal from Set Pieces, Inter have on the other hand conceded 8(!) goals from Set Pieces. Inter have conceded 10 goals at home while Bologna have conceded 13 goals in away games.
Passing the ball
Inter average 518 passes per game with each passing streak lasting about 4.8. Bologna’s passing-stats are a bit worse than Inter’s. Bologna average 431 passes per game with each passing streak lasting about 4.1. These stats show that Inter are better at passing the ball than Bologna, Inter average are more passes per game and they miss less passes than Bologna do as well. This can also be seen in the average possession stats where Inter average 54% possession and Bologna average 46%.
Best players so far
Jeison Murillo is Inter’s highest rated Whoscored player with a 7.19 rating. Archimede Morleo is both Bologna’s highest rated player and the highest rated player between the two teams with a 7.36 rating. Samir Handanovic is no longer the only player between the two teams to appear in every game so far this season since he was out last week against Palermo.
