The league table in Serie A tells a story about these teams so far, with Inter leading SPAL by 25 points. Match preview to follow:
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Champions League match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Slavia Praha, so at least Inter are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Inter form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 Serie A games here at Giuseppe Meazza for Inter, who have the the best goal difference (+17) in Serie A,. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Inter has won four games in a row. The Parma match was the last time out without a victory.
Happy days for Inter in their previous game, a Champions League match away at Slavia Praha that ended with a 3-1 victory. In the game before, an away victory in the Serie A match versus Torino with a 3-0 scoreline.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Inter home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
A decent goal production from Inter in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Inter have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
SPAL form and stats
SPAL have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Serie A, after 0-1-5 (6 played).
SPAL delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Genoa (placed 18th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Udinese.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where SPAL played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 3 times.
A quick return to home after this game, as SPAL are hosting Lecce in the Coppa Italia only three days away.
SPAL are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 0 goals from 6 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as SPAL have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Inter won 3, SPAL won 0 and 1 draw. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lukaku 10 goals |  Lautaro Martínez 6 goals |   A. Petagna 4 goals |
Inter missing players
SPAL missing players
| Inter | SPAL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 29 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 85% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 31% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 54% |
| 6.8 | 7.7 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 7.8 | 6.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 233 | 135 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 57 | 160 |
| 79 | 36 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 14 | 46 |
| 37% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
- Inter has the the best goal difference (+17)
- Inter have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Inter have scored in all their matches so far.
- Inter have scored more than double the goals of SPAL.
- Inter haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SPAL has the fewest points (1) away
- SPAL has the fewest scored goals (0) away
- SPAL has the fewest scored goals (8)
- SPAL have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- SPAL have failed to score a single goal away.
- SPAL have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 35 |
| 2 | Inter | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | Lazio | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| 4 | Cagliari | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Roma | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 22 |
| 7 | Napoli | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | Parma | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Torino | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Milan | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Udinese | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 14 | Sassuolo | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Bologna | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 | Lecce | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Genoa | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -12 | 10 |
| 19 | SPAL | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | -11 | 9 |
| 20 | Brescia | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 7 |