Inter host a out of shape Torino on Sunday. After a good game against Roma before the international break, we now hope to continue our “well-playing” form! *Knock on wood*. Tonight we will find out if Inter can keep fighting for the european spots! Here are some interesting numbers from Whoscored presented to you via the Twitter account InterStats
Goal-Scoring
It has been a little while since Inter last won a game with the ever so popular result 1-0. They have been more clinical in front of goals in their last games by scoring more goals per game. Torino aren’t that much worse than Inter when it comes to goal-scoring. Torino have scored 37 goals this season and Inter have scored 40 this season. Torino’s Top Goalscorer in the club is Andrea Belotti, 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 28 goals so far. Torino have conceded 42 goals this season. Torino have conceded 12 goals from Set Pieces, Inter have “only” conceded 8 goals from Set Pieces. Inter have conceded 11 goals at home while Torino have conceded 23 goals in away games.
Passing the ball
Inter average 516 passes per game with each passing streak lasting about 4.8. Torino’s passing-stats are a bit worse than Inter’s. Torino average 424 passes per game with each passing streak lasting about 4.4. These stats show that Inter are better at passing the ball than Torino, Inter average are more passes per game and they miss less passes than Torino do as well. This can also be seen in the average possession stats where Inter average 53% possession and Torino average 47%.
Best players so far
Alex Telles is Inter’s highest rated Whoscored player with a 7.15 rating. Nikola Maksimovic is both Torino’s highest rated player and the highest rated player between the two teams with a 7.18 rating. Samir Handanovic and Emiliano Moretti have both played 29 games this season.