Sheriff and Inter get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
It's no vacation for neither Sheriff nor Inter as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Inter have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Sheriff form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round.Sheriff have been outstanding at home so far in the National Division with 5 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Sheriff has performed like this (both home and away): 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Sheriff has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the CSF Balti defeat 125 days ago.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Sheriff, as their goalkeeper Dumitru Celeadnic has completely shut out the opponents for 569 minutes in the National Division.
Sheriff enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Petrocub's place. The match ended 2-0.
Previous to that game, a Moldovan Cup home match hosting Saxan in a game that was won 6-0.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the National Division game versus Zimbru in only three days. This game is also played here at Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena.
Sheriff always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena with 19 goals in 6 league games. Sheriff have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Inter form and stats
Inter's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.Inter's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Inter collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the Serie A. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 1W-1D-1L. This is both home and away.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic is eager to challenge this, with his 181 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Inter had fun at their own home (Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena) last time out, beating Udinese 2-0. Joaquín Correa (2) scored. The attacker Joaquín Correa got a match rating of 8.4 in that game. Correa scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Prior to that result Inter won their away game at Empoli in the Serie A. The scoreline was 2-0.Inter have another fixture away from home in just four sleeps, a Serie A match vs Milan. A rough programme for them!
The Inter manager S. Inzaghi has got the team scoring on the road, with 13 away goals in 6 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Inter in these games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other before in this season, with the match result Inter - Sheriff 3-1 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  E. Džeko 7 goals |   N. Dago 5 goals |  L. Martínez 5 goals |
Sheriff missing players
Inter missing players
| Sheriff | Inter | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 60 | 35 | Scored | S | 22 | 63 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.2 | 16.3 | ||
| 6 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 41% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 38% | ||
| 10.1 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 11.2 | ||
| 3 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Sheriff | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Inter | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Petrocub | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 34 |
| 2 | Milsami | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | Sheriff | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 31 | 31 |
| 4 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 20 |
| 5 | CSF Balti | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 6 | Dinamo-Auto | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 23 | -26 | 17 |
| 7 | Zimbru | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Floresti | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 25 | -38 | -6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Milan | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | Inter | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Roma | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Lazio | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Juventus | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Empoli | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Torino | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Bologna | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Udinese | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 9 |
| 16 | Venezia | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Genoa | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 8 |
| 18 | Spezia | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 8 |
| 19 | Salernitana | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 7 |
| 20 | Cagliari | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 6 |