Inter travel to SPAL with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Thu 16.July
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Paolo Mazza (17900 seats)

Struggling SPAL will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Inter in the upcoming league round. It’s 20th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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SPAL form and stats

With 2 Serie A wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, SPAL are certainly not brimming with confidence. With eleven home Serie A games in a row without a win, the SPAL fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Parma game long ago, can be stopped today. SPAL has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager L. Di Biagio and the players.

Stress levels are on the rise for SPAL's attacking players as they have now played 330 minutes without scoring in a league game. S. Floccari was their last goal scorer.

SPAL are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Genoa. Preceding that match was the home game against Udinese that was lost 0-3.

SPAL's goalkeeper Karlo Letica was extremely busy against Genoa, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for SPAL as they are travelling to their away game against Brescia in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for SPAL here at Stadio Paolo Mazza in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 15 games). SPAL have conceded 26 from these games.

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Inter form and stats

Inter have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 10-3-2 from 15 games.

Diego Godín, Ashley Young and Lautaro Martínez scored in Inter's previous match, the home game against Torino that ended 3-1. Before that, Inter travelled to Hellas Verona and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Inter manager A. Conte as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Roma.

Inter have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 30 goals from 15 away matches. As opposed to that, Inter have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Inter - SPAL 2-1. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero SPAL victories, one draw and four Inter wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

InterR. Lukaku Menama
R. Lukaku Menama
20 goals
InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
13 goals
SPALA. Petagna
A. Petagna
12 goals

SPAL missing players

Inter missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SPAL Inter
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 4 Played P 5 15 32
5 2 1 Won W 4 10 20
4 3 1 Drew D 1 3 8
23 10 2 Lost L 0 2 4
23 13 6 Scored S 11 30 68
58 26 7 Conceded C 3 17 34
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
72% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
53% 53% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 69%
22% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 34%
6% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 12%
50% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 73% 69%
9% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 20% 28%
44% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 6%
 
4.6 4.7 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.6 5.7 6.3
6.2 5.9 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 4.5 4.3
2.8 2.7 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3 2.8
3 3 0 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
402 218 48 Total Shots T S 85 220 548
107 61 14 Shots on Target S O 32 91 204
21% 21% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 34% 33% 33%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Inter's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Inter has the fewest conceded goals (17) away
  • Inter have scored more than double the goals of SPAL.
  • Inter haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • SPAL has the fewest points (9) at home
  • SPAL has the fewest scored goals (13) at home
  • SPAL has the fewest scored goals (23)
  • SPAL has the fewest scored goals in the second half (11)
  • SPAL have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • SPAL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SPAL haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • SPAL is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 32 24 4 4 67 32 16 14 2 0 41 13 16 10 2 4 26 19 35 76
2 Inter 32 20 8 4 68 34 17 10 5 2 38 17 15 10 3 2 30 17 34 68
3 Lazio 32 21 5 6 68 35 17 12 3 2 42 16 15 9 2 4 26 19 33 68
4 Atalanta 32 20 7 5 87 41 16 10 2 4 44 22 16 10 5 1 43 19 46 67
5 Roma 32 16 6 10 59 43 16 8 3 5 30 23 16 8 3 5 29 20 16 54
6 Napoli 32 15 7 10 52 43 16 7 3 6 24 22 16 8 4 4 28 21 9 52
7 Milan 32 14 8 10 45 41 15 6 5 4 19 17 17 8 3 6 26 24 4 50
8 Sassuolo 32 13 7 12 59 54 15 7 2 6 35 27 17 6 5 6 24 27 5 46
9 Hellas Verona 32 11 11 10 40 39 16 8 4 4 24 19 16 3 7 6 16 20 1 44
10 Bologna 32 11 9 12 46 51 16 4 6 6 20 25 16 7 3 6 26 26 -5 42
11 Cagliari 32 10 11 11 48 46 16 6 3 7 29 26 16 4 8 4 19 20 2 41
12 Parma 32 11 7 14 44 44 16 6 2 8 21 18 16 5 5 6 23 26 0 40
13 Fiorentina 32 8 12 12 38 44 17 3 8 6 16 22 15 5 4 6 22 22 -6 36
14 Sampdoria 32 10 5 17 39 54 16 5 4 7 20 24 16 5 1 10 19 30 -15 35
15 Udinese 32 9 8 15 31 46 16 5 5 6 15 20 16 4 3 9 16 26 -15 35
16 Torino 32 10 4 18 38 60 16 6 3 7 17 26 16 4 1 11 21 34 -22 34
17 Genoa 32 7 9 16 40 60 16 5 1 10 19 27 16 2 8 6 21 33 -20 30
18 Lecce 32 7 8 17 40 71 16 3 5 8 23 33 16 4 3 9 17 38 -31 29
19 Brescia 32 5 6 21 28 64 16 2 4 10 17 30 16 3 2 11 11 34 -36 21
20 SPAL 32 5 4 23 23 58 15 2 3 10 13 26 17 3 1 13 10 32 -35 19

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 32 24 4 4 67 32 16 14 2 0 41 13 16 10 2 4 26 19 35 76
2 Inter 32 20 8 4 68 34 17 10 5 2 38 17 15 10 3 2 30 17 34 68
3 Lazio 32 21 5 6 68 35 17 12 3 2 42 16 15 9 2 4 26 19 33 68
4 Atalanta 32 20 7 5 87 41 16 10 2 4 44 22 16 10 5 1 43 19 46 67
5 Roma 32 16 6 10 59 43 16 8 3 5 30 23 16 8 3 5 29 20 16 54
6 Napoli 32 15 7 10 52 43 16 7 3 6 24 22 16 8 4 4 28 21 9 52
7 Milan 32 14 8 10 45 41 15 6 5 4 19 17 17 8 3 6 26 24 4 50
8 Sassuolo 32 13 7 12 59 54 15 7 2 6 35 27 17 6 5 6 24 27 5 46
9 Hellas Verona 32 11 11 10 40 39 16 8 4 4 24 19 16 3 7 6 16 20 1 44
10 Bologna 32 11 9 12 46 51 16 4 6 6 20 25 16 7 3 6 26 26 -5 42
11 Cagliari 32 10 11 11 48 46 16 6 3 7 29 26 16 4 8 4 19 20 2 41
12 Parma 32 11 7 14 44 44 16 6 2 8 21 18 16 5 5 6 23 26 0 40
13 Fiorentina 32 8 12 12 38 44 17 3 8 6 16 22 15 5 4 6 22 22 -6 36
14 Sampdoria 32 10 5 17 39 54 16 5 4 7 20 24 16 5 1 10 19 30 -15 35
15 Udinese 32 9 8 15 31 46 16 5 5 6 15 20 16 4 3 9 16 26 -15 35
16 Torino 32 10 4 18 38 60 16 6 3 7 17 26 16 4 1 11 21 34 -22 34
17 Genoa 32 7 9 16 40 60 16 5 1 10 19 27 16 2 8 6 21 33 -20 30
18 Lecce 32 7 8 17 40 71 16 3 5 8 23 33 16 4 3 9 17 38 -31 29
19 Brescia 32 5 6 21 28 64 16 2 4 10 17 30 16 3 2 11 11 34 -36 21
20 SPAL 32 5 4 23 23 58 15 2 3 10 13 26 17 3 1 13 10 32 -35 19

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.