Nerazzurri numbers from 2016

MILAN - Inter ended the year on a high, winning three league games on the spin - with three clean sheets and six goals scored. The Nerazzurri's winning streak has propelled them up towards the top end of the table and sets Stefano Pioli's side up nicely for the new year.

As we wait for 2017 to come and Serie A duties to resume, we've put together a few facts and figures from the last 12 months with a little help from our friends over at Opta.

APPEARANCES

Mauro Icardi, Samir Handanovic 37 Joao Miranda, Ivan Perisic 36 Jeison Murillo 34 Marcelo Brozovic 31 Danilo D'Ambrosio, Eder Citadin Martins 28

MINUTES PLAYED

Samir Handanovic 3330 Joao Miranda 3162 Mauro Icardi 3124 Jeison Murillo 2817 Marcelo Brozovic 2608

GOALS

Mauro Icardi 23 Ivan Perisic 9 Marcelo Brozovic 5 Antonio Candreva 3 Ever Banega, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Eder Citadin Martins Eder, Stevan Jovetic, Rodrigo Palacio 2

ASSISTS

Mauro Icardi 8 Ivan Perisic, Marcelo Brozovic 6 Rodrigo Palacio, Antonio Candreva 4 Ever Banega, Joao Mario 3 Miranda 2

CHANCES CREATED

Marcelo Brozovic 70 Ivan Perisic 49 Mauro Icardi 44 Ever Banega 41 Antonio Candreva 38

TOTAL SHOTS

Mauro Icardi 99 Ivan Perisic 93 Marcelo Brozovic 63 Antonio Candreva 56 Eder Citadin Martins 41

SHOTS ON TARGET

Mauro Icardi 37 Ivan Perisic 34 Antonio Candreva 20 Marcelo Brozovic 13 Stevan Jovetic 12

PASSES

Marcelo Brozovic 1985 Joao Miranda 1805 Jeison Murillo 1478 Gary Medel 1458 Ivan Perisic 1218

CROSSES FROM OPEN PLAY

Ivan Perisic 146 Antonio Candreva 139 Yuto Nagatomo 86 Marcelo Brozovic 66 Danilo D'Ambrosio 58

TACKLES

Jeison Murillo, Marcelo Brozovic 71 Danilo D'Ambrosio 69 Joao Miranda 67 Geoffrey Kondogbia 56 Gary Medel 47

BALLS RECOVERED

Joao Miranda 233 Marcelo Brozovic 195 Jeison Murillo 176 Gary Medel 160 Geoffrey Kondogbia 148

INTERCEPTIONS

Joao Miranda 81 Jeison Murillo 76 Gary Medel 46 Danilo D'Ambrosio 45 Marcelo Brozovic 44