Luciano Spalletti’s Inter are under immense pressure after getting knockout in the Europa League midweek against Eintracht Frankfurt. Today, the Derby della Madonnina cometh, and Inter are hoping to bring redemption and restoration to a Nerazzurri team that has been out of form since December.
Attack:
The Nerazzurri average 1.5 goals per game this season in the Serie A and they have scored in each of their last five games. Top scorer Mauro Icardi (9 goals) has still not resolved his issues with the club so Lautaro Martinez (5 goals & 1 assist in 9 starts) will fill the void.
Krzysztof Piatek has scored 6 goals in his last 7 games for the Rossoneri, adding to his previous 13 goals for Genoa, brings his total tally to 19 in the Serie A. Milan have scored in each of their last six games.
Defence:
Inter have managed to keep only two clean sheets in their last 7 games. They have also kept a clean in each of their last 3 Milan derbies. Marcelo Brozovic has made the highest number of ball recoveries (113) for the team. Milan Skriniar has made 96 clearances, 23 more than any of his teammates.
Milan have conceded a goal more than Inter in the Serie A this season, conceding 23 goals and have one clean sheet in their last 4 home matches.
Moving the ball:
Inter are the team with the highest ball possession in the league at 56%, tied with Atalanta. Brozovic has the highest pass per game average in the Serie A with 77.4 per match as well as averaging 7 long balls per game.
Milan have an average of 53.3% ball possession per match and 86.2% pass accuracy.
WhoScored.com rating leaders:
Top 3 for Inter are Brozovic (7.13), Skriniar (6.96) and D’Ambrosio (6.92).
Milan’s best 3 are Suso (7.41), Bakayoko (7.1) and Calhanoglu (7.1).
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