Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Inter welcomes Fiorentina

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

It's the first game of the new season for Inter and Fiorentina. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

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

There will be little rest for Inter after this match as they are travelling to Benevento for a Serie A game in only four days.

Last season, Inter's league statistics were 24 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Serie A. Over these 38 matches they scored 81 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Inter managed 11-6-2 (win-draw-lost) with 40 goals and 17 conceded.

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Fiorentina form and stats

Let's have a look at how Fiorentina performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 13 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 29/26 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Inter won four, Fiorentina won two and four draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FiorentinaG. Castrovilli
G. Castrovilli
1 goals

Inter missing players

Fiorentina missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Inter Fiorentina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 15
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Inter Last season Fiorentina
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
24 11   Won W   7 12
10 6   Drew D   5 13
4 2   Lost L   7 13
81 40   Scored S   29 51
36 17   Conceded C   26 48
95% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 84%
89% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 74%
66% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   68% 53%
34% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 26%
11% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
61% 58%   BTTS BTTS   68% 63%
37% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 29%
8% 11%   Failed to Score F T   26% 24%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.7 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.8
7 4   Red cards R C   2 5
 
626 356   Total Shots T S   243 551
235 126   Shots on Target S O   96 193
34% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genoa 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Milan 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Napoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cagliari 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Sassuolo 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Hellas Verona 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Roma 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Atalanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Benevento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Inter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Spezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Udinese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Torino 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Bologna 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Parma 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Crotone 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 38 26 5 7 76 43 19 16 2 1 46 17 19 10 3 6 30 26 33 83
2 Inter 38 24 10 4 81 36 19 11 6 2 40 17 19 13 4 2 41 19 45 82
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 98 48 19 12 2 5 51 26 19 11 7 1 47 22 50 78
4 Lazio 38 24 6 8 79 42 19 14 3 2 46 17 19 10 3 6 33 25 37 78
5 Roma 38 21 7 10 77 51 19 10 4 5 36 27 19 11 3 5 41 24 26 70
6 Milan 38 19 9 10 63 46 19 9 6 4 31 20 19 10 3 6 32 26 17 66
7 Napoli 38 18 8 12 61 50 19 10 3 6 31 24 19 8 5 6 30 26 11 62
8 Sassuolo 38 14 9 15 69 63 19 8 3 8 44 33 19 6 6 7 25 30 6 51
9 Fiorentina 38 12 13 13 51 48 19 5 8 6 22 22 19 7 5 7 29 26 3 49
10 Parma 38 14 7 17 56 57 19 7 2 10 26 24 19 7 5 7 30 33 -1 49
11 Hellas Verona 38 12 13 13 47 51 19 9 5 5 29 25 19 3 8 8 18 26 -4 49
12 Bologna 38 12 11 15 52 65 19 5 8 6 25 29 19 7 3 9 27 36 -13 47
13 Cagliari 38 11 12 15 52 56 19 7 4 8 32 28 19 4 8 7 20 28 -4 45
14 Udinese 38 12 9 17 37 51 19 6 6 7 18 23 19 6 3 10 19 28 -14 45
15 Sampdoria 38 12 6 20 48 65 19 6 4 9 25 30 19 6 2 11 23 35 -17 42
16 Torino 38 11 7 20 46 68 19 7 4 8 23 30 19 4 3 12 23 38 -22 40
17 Genoa 38 10 9 19 47 73 19 7 1 11 24 31 19 3 8 8 23 42 -26 39
18 Lecce 38 9 8 21 52 85 19 4 5 10 30 41 19 5 3 11 22 44 -33 35
19 Brescia 38 6 7 25 35 79 19 3 5 11 21 34 19 3 2 14 14 45 -44 25
20 SPAL 38 5 5 28 27 77 19 2 4 13 16 40 19 3 1 15 11 37 -50 20

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Fiorentina:
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 Genoa 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Milan 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Napoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cagliari 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Sassuolo 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Hellas Verona 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Roma 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Atalanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Benevento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Inter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Spezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Udinese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Torino 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Bologna 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Parma 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Crotone 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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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.