Evenly matched teams: Inter vs Juventus match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

The managers L. Spalletti and M. Allegri are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Serie A league table.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Inter form and stats

When playing at home, Inter, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Serie A, have managed 9 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 16 games. Inter have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Inter drew their last game, also a home match. Roma was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Before that match, a win away at Frosinone.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Inter have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 0n Drawn 3 Lost 2.

Inter has scored 22 goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Inter have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 8 goals.

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Juventus form and stats

Juventus, who have the most points (40) away in Serie A, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 40 points collected from 16 games. 13 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the record so far. The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 13 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses.

The supporters enjoyed Juventus's previous game versus Fiorentina, a Serie A 2-1 win played at home. The game before that, in the Champions League, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Ajax.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Juventus in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Juventus, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Juventus are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 30 times in 16 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Juventus as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Juventus - Inter 1-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Inter, 2 draws and 6 wins for Juventus.

Top Goalscorers

Cristiano Ronaldo
19 goals / 8 assists
M. Icardi
10 goals / 4 assists
M. Mandžukić
8 goals / 6 assists

Inter missing players

Juventus missing players

Inter Juventus
Total Home Statistic Away Total
33 16 Played 16 33
51 22 Scored 30 67
27 8 Conceded 12 23
94% 88% Over 0.5 100% 100%
58% 50% Over 1.5 88% 85%
45% 31% Over 2.5 56% 58%
24% 12% Over 3.5 12% 18%
12% 6% Over 4.5 6% 9%
36% 25% Both teams to score 44% 48%
45% 56% Clean Sheet 50% 48%
24% 31% Failed To Score 6% 3%
 
7.4 8.3 Corners For (avg) 5.7 6.6
4.2 3.2 Corners Against (avg) 5.1 4.5
1.9 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.6 2
2 0 Red Cards (total) 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • Juventus hasn't played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Juventus 33 28 3 2 67 23 17 15 2 0 37 11 16 13 1 2 30 12 44 87
2 Napoli 32 20 7 5 61 28 16 11 4 1 34 12 16 9 3 4 27 16 33 67
3 Inter 33 18 7 8 51 27 16 9 4 3 22 8 17 9 3 5 29 19 24 61
4 Milan 33 15 11 7 47 31 17 10 4 3 27 16 16 5 7 4 20 15 16 56
5 Roma 33 15 10 8 58 46 16 9 5 2 36 25 17 6 5 6 22 21 12 55
6 Torino 33 13 14 6 42 29 16 9 2 5 24 16 17 4 12 1 18 13 13 53
7 Atalanta 32 15 8 9 64 41 16 7 5 4 29 17 16 8 3 5 35 24 23 53
8 Lazio 33 15 7 11 47 35 17 9 4 4 32 19 16 6 3 7 15 16 12 52
9 Sampdoria 33 14 6 13 53 44 16 9 2 5 24 12 17 5 4 8 29 32 9 48
10 Cagliari 33 10 10 13 32 44 17 8 6 3 21 16 16 2 4 10 11 28 -12 40
11 Fiorentina 33 8 16 9 47 41 16 5 8 3 25 17 17 3 8 6 22 24 6 40
12 Sassuolo 33 8 14 11 47 52 17 5 8 4 31 31 16 3 6 7 16 21 -5 38
13 SPAL 33 10 8 15 34 47 16 5 6 5 16 20 17 5 2 10 18 27 -13 38
14 Parma 33 9 9 15 34 51 17 4 6 7 14 22 16 5 3 8 20 29 -17 36
15 Genoa 33 8 10 15 35 52 17 6 6 5 19 20 16 2 4 10 16 32 -17 34
16 Bologna 33 8 10 15 34 47 16 6 4 6 18 18 17 2 6 9 16 29 -13 34
17 Udinese 33 8 9 16 31 47 17 7 4 6 19 20 16 1 5 10 12 27 -16 33
18 Empoli 33 7 8 18 42 63 17 7 3 7 28 29 16 0 5 11 14 34 -21 29
19 Frosinone 33 5 8 20 26 60 16 1 5 10 13 33 17 4 3 10 13 27 -34 23
20 Chievo 33 2 11 20 24 68 16 1 5 10 13 32 17 1 6 10 11 36 -44 14

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