Venezia stubborn opponents but Inter expect victory

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

Victory to the hosting team is predicted from this game if the league standings is to be trusted. The Inter supporters are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Venezia's 17th spot in the table will be revealed on the ground.

Insights:
  • Inter have the most scored goals (51) in Serie A
  • Venezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

These are full days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the Coppa Italia. This match was also played here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Venezia have had more rest.

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Inter form and stats

Inter have been outstanding at home so far in the Serie A with 8 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. The Inter fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza and will expect new points from this game. Inter has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.

Inter's last game was hosting Empoli (after extra-time) (placed 11th) and winning 3-2. Sánchez, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion performer for the team in that match, earning a rating of 8.54 (out of 10). Sánchez scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 47 successful passes (of 57 total).

A 0-0 draw away in the Serie A before that, with Atalanta the opponent.

Inter are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Stadio Giuseppe Meazza with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history three earlier games are comparable to this one, and Inter has won three times, drawn zero and lost zero. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Inter has won by at least two goals three times when in this position.

Goals are plentiful at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the league this season as Inter has scored 27 goals here in 10 home games. 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 10 matches.

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Venezia form and stats

Venezia have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-3-5 (10 played).

Venezia delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Empoli (placed 11th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. Okereke, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Okereke scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

It was a Coppa Italia defeat before that one as the away game against Atalanta wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played one away match before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with zero wins, zero draws and one defeat. zero games were lost by at least two goals margin.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Venezia's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged match involving both these squads is the Venezia - Inter 0-2 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
11 goals
InterE. Džeko
E. Džeko
8 goals
InterH. Çalhanoğlu
H. Çalhanoğlu
6 goals

Inter missing players

Venezia missing players

Inter Venezia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 10 21
15 8 4 Won W 0 2 4
5 2 0 Drew D 0 3 6
1 0 0 Lost L 3 5 11
51 27 12 Scored S 0 6 19
16 7 0 Conceded C 8 17 38
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
90% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 86%
62% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 48%
48% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 24%
14% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
52% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 57%
48% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 14%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 33%
 
6.2 6.3 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 2.7 3
3.9 2.9 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 6.5 6.6
1.9 1.4 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.2 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
17.7 19 23.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9 9.5
6.9 7.5 10.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.2 3.3
35% 36% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 27%
 
11 10.3 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 17.2 16.9
3.5 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 6.1 6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Inter have created more than twice as many corners as Venezia.
  • Inter have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Inter have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Inter have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Inter have scored more than double the goals of Venezia.
  • Inter have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Serie A
  • Inter have the most points (26) at home in Serie A
  • Inter have the most scored goals (51) in Serie A
  • Inter have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Serie A
  • Inter have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Serie A
  • Inter have the the best goal difference (+35) in Serie A
  • Inter have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Inter haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Inter is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie A
  • Venezia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Venezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Inter 21 15 5 1 51 16 10 8 2 0 27 7 11 7 3 1 24 9 35 50
2 Milan 22 15 3 4 47 25 11 7 1 3 20 11 11 8 2 1 27 14 22 48
3 Napoli 22 14 4 4 39 15 11 7 1 3 18 7 11 7 3 1 21 8 24 46
4 Atalanta 21 12 6 3 44 26 10 3 4 3 18 15 11 9 2 0 26 11 18 42
5 Juventus 22 12 5 5 34 21 11 6 2 3 14 8 11 6 3 2 20 13 13 41
6 Fiorentina 21 11 2 8 40 29 10 7 1 2 29 12 11 4 1 6 11 17 11 35
7 Roma 22 11 2 9 36 28 12 7 2 3 17 12 10 4 0 6 19 16 8 35
8 Lazio 22 10 5 7 46 39 10 6 3 1 28 16 12 4 2 6 18 23 7 35
9 Torino 21 9 4 8 29 20 11 7 2 2 23 10 10 2 2 6 6 10 9 31
10 Hellas Verona 22 8 6 8 41 37 11 5 2 4 21 16 11 3 4 4 20 21 4 30
11 Empoli 22 8 5 9 35 43 11 3 1 7 17 29 11 5 4 2 18 14 -8 29
12 Sassuolo 22 7 7 8 38 37 12 3 4 5 15 19 10 4 3 3 23 18 1 28
13 Bologna 21 8 3 10 28 35 11 5 1 5 16 16 10 3 2 5 12 19 -7 27
14 Spezia 22 6 4 12 23 42 10 2 3 5 11 14 12 4 1 7 12 28 -19 22
15 Udinese 20 4 8 8 28 36 10 2 5 3 13 18 10 2 3 5 15 18 -8 20
16 Sampdoria 22 5 5 12 29 40 12 2 3 7 16 25 10 3 2 5 13 15 -11 20
17 Venezia 21 4 6 11 19 38 11 2 3 6 13 21 10 2 3 5 6 17 -19 18
18 Cagliari 22 3 7 12 21 43 11 2 4 5 14 20 11 1 3 7 7 23 -22 16
19 Genoa 22 1 9 12 20 45 10 0 4 6 8 18 12 1 5 6 12 27 -25 12
20 Salernitana 20 3 2 15 13 46 10 1 1 8 5 24 10 2 1 7 8 22 -33 11

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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.