Inter welcome 9th placed Sampdoria to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for Match Day 24 of the Serie A today with lick-off scheduled for 18.00 CET. The Nerazzurri are coming off an eventful week, winning in the Europa League on Thursday against Rapid Vienna as well as the appointment Samir Handanovic as the new club captain just 24 hours before the game.
Attack:
Lautaro Martinez is Inter’s top scorer (4) in all competitions in 2019 but Inter have scored just once in the Serie A in 2019. Sampdoria is Icardi’s second favorite victim after Fiorentina with 10 goals against his former side, however he wont play due to his recent disciplinary problems with Inter.
Politano, the top assist provider (3), returns after his 2 game suspension. Interestingly, Candreva hasn’t recorded any assists since December 2017, vs Udinese, and Perisic since hasn’t since September 2018 against Bologna.
Fabio Quagliarella, the 36 year old captain, is Serie A’s second top scorer with 16 and has contributed to 41% of Sampdoria’s goals.
Defence:
Only Juventus have conceded less goals than Inter who have kept 7 clean sheets in their last 8 home games conceding just 1 goal. Marcelo Brozovic has made the most ball recoveries (100) and have also covered the most distances in the league with an average 12.17 kilometers per game.
Sampdoria have conceded 7 goals in 4 games this year. They have also conceded 8 goals in their last 3 games against the Nerazzurri, with Inter keeping clean sheets in the last two meetings.
Moving the ball:
Marcelo Brozovic has completed more passes (1325) and long balls (153) than any other player in the Serie A. Inter have an average of 56.5% of ball possession, 1st in the Serie A.
The Blucerchiati average 53.2% ball possession and 83% pass accuracy.
Whoscored.com rating leaders:
For Inter it is Brozovic (7.24), Skriniar (7.01) and D’Ambrosio (6.93). For Sampdoria it is Quagliarella (7.17), Ekdal (6.98) and Gaston Ramirez (6.98).
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