Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high expectations when Inter host Fiorentina

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

The team playing at home, Inter, should be favourites in this match, but Fiorentina have exhibited both know-how and bravery. Learn more about the game!

Insights:
  • Inter have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Serie A
  • Inter have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fiorentina have scored away.

This could be an engrossing match with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Inter form and stats

Inter have performed here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza this season with 11 wins from 14 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 3.

The Inter supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza: A 0-1 defeat against Juventus (placed 7th). Brozović (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.6/10. Brozović hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 81 successful passes (of 90 total).

In the match before, 0-0 away to Porto (Champions League).

There will be little rest for Inter after this match as they are travelling to Juventus for a Coppa Italia game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Inter in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 14 league matches. Inter are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 14 matches.

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Fiorentina form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Fiorentina playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Fiorentina hope to make it five in this match.

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. Fiorentina goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Fiorentina are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Lecce (placed 15th). Biraghi was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Biraghi hit two key passes and won 9 of 16 duels.

Earlier, the Europa Conference League win away at Sivasspor.

Fiorentina have another fixture away from home in just four nights, a Coppa Italia game vs Cremonese. A difficult itinerary for the guests!

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Inter have not lost in the last 13 fixtures (8-5-0) facing Fiorentina.

The teams involved faced each other previously this season: Fiorentina - Inter 3-4.

Top Goalscorers

InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
14 goals
InterE. Džeko
E. Džeko
7 goals
FiorentinaA. Mendonça Cabral
A. Mendonça Cabral
6 goals

Inter missing players

Fiorentina missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Inter Fiorentina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 4 13 27
16 11 3 Won W 0 4 10
2 0 0 Drew D 1 3 7
9 3 1 Lost L 3 6 10
47 27 10 Scored S 2 13 32
31 7 3 Conceded C 6 12 31
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
70% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 74%
59% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 31% 41%
33% 21% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
15% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
52% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 52%
33% 57% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 26%
19% 14% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 30%
 
5.9 5.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 6.2 6.4
3.5 3.9 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.5 3.1
1.7 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
16.5 15.3 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 13.7 16.2
5.1 4.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 4.8
34% 40% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 26% 25%
 
10.7 8.6 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 10.8 10.1
3.7 2.9 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.6 3.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fiorentina have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Inter have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Inter have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fiorentina have scored away.
  • Inter have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Serie A
  • 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 Napoli 27 23 2 2 64 16 13 11 1 1 33 9 14 12 1 1 31 7 48 71
2 Lazio 27 15 7 5 42 19 14 8 3 3 23 12 13 7 4 2 19 7 23 52
3 Inter 27 16 2 9 47 31 14 11 0 3 27 7 13 5 2 6 20 24 16 50
4 Milan 27 14 6 7 44 36 13 9 2 2 28 17 14 5 4 5 16 19 8 48
5 Roma 27 14 5 8 35 26 13 8 1 4 17 9 14 6 4 4 18 17 9 47
6 Atalanta 27 13 6 8 44 31 13 6 3 4 24 16 14 7 3 4 20 15 13 45
7 Juventus 27 17 5 5 45 22 14 10 3 1 33 12 13 7 2 4 12 10 23 41
8 Udinese 27 9 11 7 37 31 13 4 7 2 22 15 14 5 4 5 15 16 6 38
9 Fiorentina 27 10 7 10 32 31 14 6 4 4 19 19 13 4 3 6 13 12 1 37
10 Bologna 27 10 7 10 33 36 14 6 5 3 17 10 13 4 2 7 16 26 -3 37
11 Torino 27 10 7 10 29 33 13 5 4 4 11 12 14 5 3 6 18 21 -4 37
12 Sassuolo 27 10 6 11 35 40 13 6 2 5 17 15 14 4 4 6 18 25 -5 36
13 Monza 27 9 7 11 32 37 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 4 3 6 13 21 -5 34
14 Empoli 27 6 10 11 24 36 13 4 4 5 12 15 14 2 6 6 12 21 -12 28
15 Lecce 27 6 9 12 24 32 13 2 6 5 13 17 14 4 3 7 11 15 -8 27
16 Salernitana 27 6 9 12 31 47 14 4 4 6 19 20 13 2 5 6 12 27 -16 27
17 Spezia 27 5 9 13 23 43 14 3 7 4 15 20 13 2 2 9 8 23 -20 24
18 Hellas Verona 27 4 7 16 22 41 14 4 2 8 15 22 13 0 5 8 7 19 -19 19
19 Sampdoria 27 3 6 18 16 44 14 1 4 9 6 19 13 2 2 9 10 25 -28 15
20 Cremonese 27 1 10 16 22 49 13 1 3 9 7 22 14 0 7 7 15 27 -27 13

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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 Napoli 27 23 2 2 64 16 13 11 1 1 33 9 14 12 1 1 31 7 48 71
2 Lazio 27 15 7 5 42 19 14 8 3 3 23 12 13 7 4 2 19 7 23 52
3 Inter 27 16 2 9 47 31 14 11 0 3 27 7 13 5 2 6 20 24 16 50
4 Milan 27 14 6 7 44 36 13 9 2 2 28 17 14 5 4 5 16 19 8 48
5 Roma 27 14 5 8 35 26 13 8 1 4 17 9 14 6 4 4 18 17 9 47
6 Atalanta 27 13 6 8 44 31 13 6 3 4 24 16 14 7 3 4 20 15 13 45
7 Juventus 27 17 5 5 45 22 14 10 3 1 33 12 13 7 2 4 12 10 23 41
8 Udinese 27 9 11 7 37 31 13 4 7 2 22 15 14 5 4 5 15 16 6 38
9 Fiorentina 27 10 7 10 32 31 14 6 4 4 19 19 13 4 3 6 13 12 1 37
10 Bologna 27 10 7 10 33 36 14 6 5 3 17 10 13 4 2 7 16 26 -3 37
11 Torino 27 10 7 10 29 33 13 5 4 4 11 12 14 5 3 6 18 21 -4 37
12 Sassuolo 27 10 6 11 35 40 13 6 2 5 17 15 14 4 4 6 18 25 -5 36
13 Monza 27 9 7 11 32 37 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 4 3 6 13 21 -5 34
14 Empoli 27 6 10 11 24 36 13 4 4 5 12 15 14 2 6 6 12 21 -12 28
15 Lecce 27 6 9 12 24 32 13 2 6 5 13 17 14 4 3 7 11 15 -8 27
16 Salernitana 27 6 9 12 31 47 14 4 4 6 19 20 13 2 5 6 12 27 -16 27
17 Spezia 27 5 9 13 23 43 14 3 7 4 15 20 13 2 2 9 8 23 -20 24
18 Hellas Verona 27 4 7 16 22 41 14 4 2 8 15 22 13 0 5 8 7 19 -19 19
19 Sampdoria 27 3 6 18 16 44 14 1 4 9 6 19 13 2 2 9 10 25 -28 15
20 Cremonese 27 1 10 16 22 49 13 1 3 9 7 22 14 0 7 7 15 27 -27 13

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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.