Soccer match preview: Home crowds with big hopes before Inter - Udinese

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

Serie A: Inter welcome Udinese in what could be an exciting football match. Here's all the pre-match info you need!

Insights:
  • Inter have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Udinese have the most points from losing position (17) in Serie A

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

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza as Inter have scored 22 goals to get 27 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 9-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Inter are confident in defense, having played 259 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Inter shared the glory with Sampdoria in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Çalhanoğlu (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.0/10. Çalhanoğlu hit three key passes and had 68 successful passes (of 73 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Milan in a game that was won 1-0.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Champions League game versus Porto in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.

As for guarding their own goal, Inter have only let in {5 goals} at home.

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Udinese form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Udinese have produced an overall stat of 4-3-4 so far.

Udinese's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sassuolo that finished 2-2. Bijol was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.22. The defender Bijol scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and won 2 of 3 duels.

A 0-1 defeat away at Torino before that.

Udinese have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Udinese have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Udinese - Inter 3-1 was the end result in these teams' previous head-to-head game, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Inter victories, two draws and one Udinese win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
12 goals
InterE. Džeko
E. Džeko
7 goals
UdineseN. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
7 goals

Inter missing players

Udinese missing players

Inter Udinese
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
14 9 2 Won W 0 4 7
2 0 0 Drew D 1 3 9
6 2 1 Lost L 2 4 6
41 22 7 Scored S 4 13 30
26 5 2 Conceded C 7 13 25
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 82% 86%
73% 55% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 55% 68%
64% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 50%
36% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 27% 32%
18% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 18% 9%
55% 27% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 64%
36% 64% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 27%
14% 9% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 23%
 
5.6 5.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.2 5.4
3.5 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.7 5.2
1.9 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.4 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16 14.8 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 13.4 15.4
5.1 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4 4.4
36% 42% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 30% 31%
 
11.2 8.5 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 11.8 11.6
4 3.3 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.5 3.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Inter have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Inter haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Udinese have the most points from losing position (17) in Serie A
  • Udinese have won significantly less corners away then 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 22 19 2 1 54 15 11 10 1 0 31 8 11 9 1 1 23 7 39 59
2 Inter 22 14 2 6 41 26 11 9 0 2 22 5 11 5 2 4 19 21 15 44
3 Atalanta 22 12 5 5 41 24 10 5 2 3 21 13 12 7 3 2 20 11 17 41
4 Roma 22 12 5 5 29 19 10 6 1 3 12 5 12 6 4 2 17 14 10 41
5 Milan 22 12 5 5 38 30 11 8 1 2 25 16 11 4 4 3 13 14 8 41
6 Lazio 22 11 6 5 37 19 12 6 3 3 21 12 10 5 3 2 16 7 18 39
7 Udinese 22 7 9 6 30 25 11 3 6 2 17 12 11 4 3 4 13 13 5 30
8 Torino 22 8 6 8 22 23 10 4 3 3 8 6 12 4 3 5 14 17 -1 30
9 Juventus 22 13 5 4 34 17 12 8 3 1 25 8 10 5 2 3 9 9 17 29
10 Monza 22 8 5 9 28 30 11 4 3 4 16 13 11 4 2 5 12 17 -2 29
11 Bologna 22 8 5 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 16 10 10 3 1 6 12 22 -4 29
12 Empoli 22 6 9 7 21 28 11 4 4 3 12 12 11 2 5 4 9 16 -7 27
13 Lecce 22 5 9 8 22 25 11 2 6 3 13 14 11 3 3 5 9 11 -3 24
14 Fiorentina 22 6 6 10 23 29 11 4 3 4 15 17 11 2 3 6 8 12 -6 24
15 Sassuolo 22 6 6 10 26 33 10 4 2 4 13 11 12 2 4 6 13 22 -7 24
16 Salernitana 22 5 6 11 25 42 11 3 3 5 14 16 11 2 3 6 11 26 -17 21
17 Spezia 22 4 7 11 19 37 11 2 6 3 13 17 11 2 1 8 6 20 -18 19
18 Hellas Verona 22 4 5 13 20 33 12 4 1 7 14 18 10 0 4 6 6 15 -13 17
19 Sampdoria 22 2 5 15 10 36 11 0 3 8 2 16 11 2 2 7 8 20 -26 11
20 Cremonese 22 0 8 14 15 40 11 0 3 8 5 19 11 0 5 6 10 21 -25 8

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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.