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— Jan 9th 2017Perisic bags his first Serie A brace in 2-1 triumph. Take a look at the key stats following Sunday's game at the Stadio Friuli
MILAN – Stefano Pioli's Nerazzurri racked up their fourth straight league victory with a 2-1 defeat of Udinese on Sunday.
Here are a few post-match stats courtesy of Opta:
- Inter have won each of their last four Serie A meetings with Udinese, scoring 2.8 goals per game on average in the process.
- The Nerazzurri have now won four league games in a row for the first time since November 2015.
- Inter have earned 12 points from losing positions in Serie A this term – at least three more than any other side.
- Jakub Jankto’s strike was the first league goal Inter had conceded in 325 minutes.
- Only against Bologna (11) have Udinese had more first-half shots this season than against Inter (eight) on Sunday.
- Mauro Icardi has been directly involved in four goals in Inter's last three league games (two goals, two assists).
- Icardi has had a hand in 20 Serie A goals so far – at least four more than any other player in the league.
- Icardi has assisted three of Ivan Perisic's six Serie A goals in 2016/17.
- Perisic scored his first brace in Serie A against Udinese.
- Joao Mario has provided three assists in his last three league appearances.