National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Inter or Atalanta that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Inter and Atalanta.
Inter form and stats
Inter have performed here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza this season with 8 wins from 10 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2.
It's back home for Inter, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Cremonese away with the result 2-1. Martínez (2) found the net in that victory. The attacking player Martínez was named "man of the match" for Inter with the rating of 8.85/10. Martínez scored two goals, hit three key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
Ahead of that match, Inter lost 0-1 at home to Empoli.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Inter handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Goals decide football matches and Inter are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 10 league matches. Inter have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Atalanta form and stats
Last season their Coppa Italia adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Atalanta have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 6-3-1 from 10 games.
Lookman and Mæhle scored in Atalanta's previous match, the home game against Sampdoria that ended 2-0. Lookman has bagged at least one goal for the away team four games in a row. The flair! Goalkeeper Musso got the top player rating of the team with 8.31/10. Musso topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Atalanta travelled to Juventus and returned home with a draw after the Serie A game finished 3-3.Atalanta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 5 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Atalanta manager Gasperini as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sassuolo.
Atalanta are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Inter have pulled off a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without losing (3-5-0) when facing Atalanta.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lookman 12 goals |   L. Martínez 11 goals |  E. Džeko 7 goals |
Inter missing players
Atalanta missing players
| Inter | Atalanta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 55 | 25 | Scored | S | 24 | 52 | ||
| 26 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 5.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.6 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.2 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 38% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 41% | ||
| 11.7 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 33 | 53 |
| 2 | Inter | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 40 |
| 3 | Lazio | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 38 |
| 5 | Milan | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Roma | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Udinese | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 8 | Torino | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Bologna | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -4 | 26 |
| 10 | Empoli | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 11 | Monza | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Fiorentina | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Juventus | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 14 | Salernitana | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | -13 | 21 |
| 15 | Lecce | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 16 | Sassuolo | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 20 |
| 17 | Spezia | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 18 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 12 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -26 | 9 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 20 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -20 | 8 |
