Venezia v Inter preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 27.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo (10500 seats)

Greeting visitors in their own stadium feels relaxed and nice for Venezia, but Inter are fully set and able to get all three points. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Venezia have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Serie A
  • Inter have the most scored goals (32) in Serie A

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only three days ago.

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Venezia form and stats

Overall Serie A stats playing at home this season for Venezia are 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Venezia in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Bologna (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Venezia goalkeeper Sergio Romero did an outstanding job against Bologna with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Sergio Romero was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.51 out of ten. Romero stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Venezia played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Genoa.

Venezia are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Atalanta awaits in three days.

Venezia has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Venezia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Inter form and stats

Inter have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games.

Edin Džeko (2) scored in Inter's previous match, the home game against Shakhtar Donetsk that ended 2-0. The attacker Edin Džeko got a match rating of 8.84 in that game. Džeko scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Before that, Inter secured a home win against Napoli with the score 3-2.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Spezia in just four days.

The Inter manager S. Inzaghi has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 7 league matches. As opposed to that, Inter have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

InterE. Džeko
E. Džeko
7 goals
InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
6 goals
VeneziaM. Aramu
M. Aramu
4 goals

Venezia missing players

Inter missing players

Venezia Inter
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 5 1 Played P 1 7 13
4 2 1 Won W 0 4 8
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
6 2 0 Lost L 0 1 1
12 7 3 Scored S 2 14 32
19 7 2 Conceded C 2 9 15
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
46% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 69%
15% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 57% 62%
8% 20% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
54% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 77%
23% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 23%
31% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 3.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.9 5.6
6.8 6.4 11 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.1 4.4
3.2 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.9 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.1 9.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8 15.7 16.1
3.6 4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 6.1 6.5
26% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 38%
 
16.4 15.4 27 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.7 12.6
5.4 4.6 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.1 4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Inter's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Inter have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Venezia.
  • Inter have the most points from losing position (13) in Serie A
  • Inter have the most scored goals (32) in Serie A
  • Inter have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Serie A
  • Inter haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Venezia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Venezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Venezia have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Venezia have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Serie A
  • Venezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 13 10 2 1 26 7 6 5 1 0 11 2 7 5 1 1 15 5 19 32
2 Milan 13 10 2 1 29 15 6 5 1 0 13 4 7 5 1 1 16 11 14 32
3 Inter 13 8 4 1 32 15 6 4 2 0 18 6 7 4 2 1 14 9 17 28
4 Atalanta 13 7 4 2 27 17 7 2 3 2 13 11 6 5 1 0 14 6 10 25
5 Roma 13 7 1 5 23 15 6 4 1 1 9 4 7 3 0 4 14 11 8 22
6 Lazio 13 6 3 4 25 21 7 5 1 1 18 8 6 1 2 3 7 13 4 21
7 Fiorentina 13 7 0 6 20 17 6 4 0 2 14 9 7 3 0 4 6 8 3 21
8 Juventus 13 6 3 4 18 15 6 3 1 2 7 6 7 3 2 2 11 9 3 21
9 Hellas Verona 13 5 4 4 27 22 7 5 0 2 18 11 6 0 4 2 9 11 5 19
10 Bologna 13 5 3 5 19 24 7 4 1 2 13 9 6 1 2 3 6 15 -5 18
11 Torino 13 5 2 6 17 13 7 4 1 2 14 7 6 1 1 4 3 6 4 17
12 Empoli 13 5 1 7 19 25 7 1 1 5 9 18 6 4 0 2 10 7 -6 16
13 Sassuolo 13 4 3 6 19 20 7 2 2 3 8 8 6 2 1 3 11 12 -1 15
14 Venezia 13 4 3 6 12 19 5 2 1 2 7 7 8 2 2 4 5 12 -7 15
15 Udinese 13 3 5 5 16 20 7 2 3 2 10 11 6 1 2 3 6 9 -4 14
16 Sampdoria 13 3 3 7 17 25 7 1 2 4 9 16 6 2 1 3 8 9 -8 12
17 Spezia 13 3 2 8 15 31 6 2 1 3 7 8 7 1 1 5 8 23 -16 11
18 Genoa 13 1 6 6 17 26 6 0 3 3 7 11 7 1 3 3 10 15 -9 9
19 Cagliari 13 1 4 8 15 28 7 1 2 4 10 13 6 0 2 4 5 15 -13 7
20 Salernitana 13 2 1 10 10 28 7 1 1 5 5 14 6 1 0 5 5 14 -18 7

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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.