Delightful dogfight as daring Inter duels with determined Atalanta

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Date: Sat 11.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

A key match in Serie A as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 1st position and the visitors placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Inter form and stats

20 points is a decent return from 9 Serie A games here at Giuseppe Meazza for Inter, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Serie A,. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Inter haven’t lost a game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Juventus, 97 days ago.

Inter are returning here after visiting Napoli in a Serie A game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Inter won a home game hosting Genoa (4-0).

Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovič did an outstanding job against Napoli with 6 saves, so vital to securing the victory.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Inter handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D2-L0.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Coppa Italia game versus Cagliari in only three days. This game is also played here at Giuseppe Meazza.

A decent goal production from Inter in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Inter have conceded only 6 goals.

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Atalanta form and stats

Atalanta's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Atalanta, who have the most scored goals (48) in Serie A, collect 18 points from their 9 away matches in the Serie A. 5 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

The Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Sportiello is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 217 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

The supporters enjoyed Atalanta's previous game versus Parma (placed 7th), a Serie A 5-0 win played at home. Before that, Atalanta secured a home win against Milan with the score 5-0.

As mentioned above, Atalanta was the only team on the pitch versus Parma in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.

Atalanta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of six matches.

Atalanta has another fixture away, a Coppa Italia game, against Fiorentina in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Atalanta have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 20 goals from 9 away matches. Atalanta have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Inter, 3 draws and 2 wins for Atalanta. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Top Goalscorers

InterR. Lukaku
R. Lukaku
14 goals
AtalantaL. Muriel
L. Muriel
10 goals
InterLautaro Martínez
Lautaro Martínez
9 goals

Inter missing players

Atalanta missing players

Inter Atalanta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 9 18
14 6 1 Won W 1 5 10
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 4
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 4
39 17 2 Scored S 5 20 48
15 6 2 Conceded C 3 11 25
94% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
83% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 94%
72% 67% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 78% 83%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 67%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 44%
61% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 67%
39% 56% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 28%
6% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 11%
 
6.4 7.6 6.3 Corners For (avg) C F 1 5.2 6.9
4.5 3.4 3.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.8 3.3
2.7 2 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 2.2
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
303 184 39 Total Shots T S 41 165 359
111 55 9 Shots on Target S O 14 65 149
35% 31% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 31% 32%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atalanta has the most scored goals (48)
  • Atalanta has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
  • Atalanta have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Atalanta have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Inter has the fewest conceded goals (15)
  • Inter has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
  • Inter has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
  • Inter has the most clean sheets (5) at home
  • Inter has the most clean sheets (7)
  • Inter has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
  • Inter has the the best goal difference (+24)
  • Inter have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Inter have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 18 14 3 1 39 15 9 6 2 1 17 6 9 8 1 0 22 9 24 45
2 Juventus 18 14 3 1 35 17 9 8 1 0 22 9 9 6 2 1 13 8 18 45
3 Lazio 17 12 3 2 40 17 8 6 2 0 24 7 9 6 1 2 16 10 23 39
4 Roma 18 10 5 3 33 19 9 5 2 2 18 13 9 5 3 1 15 6 14 35
5 Atalanta 18 10 4 4 48 25 9 5 1 3 28 14 9 5 3 1 20 11 23 34
6 Cagliari 18 8 5 5 33 27 9 5 1 3 20 14 9 3 4 2 13 13 6 29
7 Parma 18 7 4 7 24 25 9 4 1 4 13 10 9 3 3 3 11 15 -1 25
8 Napoli 18 6 6 6 28 25 9 3 2 4 11 11 9 3 4 2 17 14 3 24
9 Torino 18 7 3 8 24 26 9 3 2 4 9 12 9 4 1 4 15 14 -2 24
10 Bologna 18 6 5 7 28 30 9 3 3 3 14 14 9 3 2 4 14 16 -2 23
11 Hellas Verona 17 6 4 7 19 20 9 3 3 3 10 10 8 3 1 4 9 10 -1 22
12 Milan 18 6 4 8 16 24 9 2 4 3 7 10 9 4 0 5 9 14 -8 22
13 Udinese 18 6 3 9 14 28 9 4 2 3 7 10 9 2 1 6 7 18 -14 21
14 Sassuolo 18 5 4 9 30 31 9 3 1 5 19 18 9 2 3 4 11 13 -1 19
15 Fiorentina 18 4 6 8 22 29 9 2 3 4 10 14 9 2 3 4 12 15 -7 18
16 Sampdoria 18 4 4 10 14 27 9 2 3 4 6 11 9 2 1 6 8 16 -13 16
17 Lecce 18 3 6 9 22 36 9 0 4 5 10 17 9 3 2 4 12 19 -14 15
18 Brescia 18 4 2 12 16 31 9 1 1 7 9 19 9 3 1 5 7 12 -15 14
19 Genoa 18 3 5 10 19 36 9 3 1 5 10 12 9 0 4 5 9 24 -17 14
20 SPAL 18 3 3 12 12 28 9 2 2 5 8 13 9 1 1 7 4 15 -16 12

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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.