Serie A: Inter expected to win home against Benevento

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

2nd position in the Serie A table for Inter so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 11th-placed Benevento visits Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.

Insights:
  • Inter has the most scored goals (45) in Serie A
  • Inter have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Benevento have scored away.

Inter have less rest than Benevento in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Coppa Italia game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Milan, was also a home game here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The away team is better rested.

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Inter form and stats

Inter, who have the most scored goals (45) in Serie A, have performed here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza this season with 7 wins from 9 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. After failing to beat Parma here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Inter has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Inter, as their goalkeeper Samir Handanovic has completely shut out the opponents for 184 minutes in the Serie A.

The Inter supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Milan in Coppa Italia and win 2-1. 0-0 away at Udinese before that.

Manager A. Conte felt very clever after Christian Eriksen scored the winning goal against Milan, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 88th minute. A late climax in the match against Milan as the winning goal came seven minutes into overtime; scored by Christian Eriksen.

Inter are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew three and lost one.

Goals are plentiful at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the league this season as Inter has scored 25 goals here in 9 home games. 13 goals have been conceded.

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Benevento form and stats

Playing away, Benevento have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Serie A this season.

Benevento played 2-2 against Torino in their previous match. Prior to that match, the Benevento manager F. Inzaghi faced defeat when travelling to Crotone and losing 1-4.

It looked so good for Benevento vs Torino, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Benevento played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.

The visiting Benevento have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 9 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Benevento have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Benevento - Inter 2-5 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Inter, zero draws and zero wins for Benevento. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

InterR. Lukaku Menama
R. Lukaku Menama
12 goals
InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
9 goals
InterA. Hakimi Mouh
A. Hakimi Mouh
6 goals

Inter missing players

Benevento missing players

Inter Benevento
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 1 9 19
12 7 2 Won W 0 4 6
5 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
2 1 0 Lost L 1 4 9
45 25 7 Scored S 2 12 23
23 13 4 Conceded C 5 16 36
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 79%
68% 78% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 53%
42% 56% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 37%
21% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 26%
74% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 58%
26% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 26%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
15.2 15 17 Shots (avg) S ( 10 14.6 12.4
5.5 5.6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 3.5
43% 50% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 36% 35%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Inter has the most points from losing position (14) in Serie A
  • Inter has the most scored goals (45) in Serie A
  • Inter has the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Serie A
  • Inter have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Inter have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Benevento have scored away.
  • Inter have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Inter haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Milan 19 13 4 2 39 22 10 5 3 2 20 15 9 8 1 0 19 7 17 43
2 Inter 19 12 5 2 45 23 9 7 1 1 25 13 10 5 4 1 20 10 22 41
3 Roma 19 11 4 4 41 32 10 7 3 0 25 12 9 4 1 4 16 20 9 37
4 Atalanta 19 10 6 3 44 23 9 5 2 2 22 10 10 5 4 1 22 13 21 36
5 Juventus 18 10 6 2 37 18 9 6 2 1 18 8 9 4 4 1 19 10 19 36
6 Napoli 18 11 1 6 41 19 9 5 1 3 25 10 9 6 0 3 16 9 22 34
7 Lazio 19 10 4 5 32 26 10 5 2 3 16 14 9 5 2 2 16 12 6 34
8 Hellas Verona 19 8 6 5 25 18 10 5 2 3 15 10 9 3 4 2 10 8 7 30
9 Sassuolo 19 8 6 5 32 29 9 3 4 2 13 12 10 5 2 3 19 17 3 30
10 Sampdoria 19 8 2 9 30 29 9 4 1 4 17 14 10 4 1 5 13 15 1 26
11 Benevento 19 6 4 9 23 36 10 2 3 5 11 20 9 4 1 4 12 16 -13 22
12 Fiorentina 19 5 6 8 20 30 10 4 4 2 11 9 9 1 2 6 9 21 -10 21
13 Bologna 19 5 5 9 24 33 9 4 2 3 17 17 10 1 3 6 7 16 -9 20
14 Udinese 19 4 6 9 20 28 10 2 3 5 7 12 9 2 3 4 13 16 -8 18
15 Spezia 19 4 6 9 26 36 9 1 3 5 10 18 10 3 3 4 16 18 -10 18
16 Genoa 19 4 6 9 19 30 10 3 2 5 14 16 9 1 4 4 5 14 -11 18
17 Torino 19 2 8 9 28 37 9 0 5 4 13 18 10 2 3 5 15 19 -9 14
18 Cagliari 19 3 5 11 23 37 9 2 2 5 12 18 10 1 3 6 11 19 -14 14
19 Parma 19 2 7 10 14 36 10 1 4 5 3 15 9 1 3 5 11 21 -22 13
20 Crotone 19 3 3 13 22 43 9 3 1 5 13 17 10 0 2 8 9 26 -21 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.