Inter's 2016/17 in numbers
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— Jun 1st 2017The Nerazzurri delivered more crosses than any other team in Europe while Icardi followed in the footsteps of some of Inter's greatest goalscorers
MILAN - Inter signed off the 2016/17 Serie A campaign with a resounding 5-2 home win against Udinese.
With the help of our friends at Opta, we've put together a few key stats recorded by the Nerazzurri during the season:
- Mauro Icardi is the ninth Inter player to score at least 24 goals in a single league campaign. He was preceded by Giuseppe Meazza, Istvan Nyers, Antonio Valentin Angelillo, Roberto Boninsegna, Ronaldo, Christian Vieri, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Diego Milito.
- Icardi finished the season with the fourth-best goals-plus-assists tally (24 + 8).
- The Nerazzurri put in 940 crosses from open play in 2016/17 – more than any other team in the top five European leagues.
- Inter conceded just four headed goals all season – no one in Italy did better.
- Inter had the third-highest number of total shots (635) and the fourth-best attack in Serie A (72 goals). They Nerazzurri scored the same number of home goals as Napoli (44), with only Roma (50) and Juventus (48) netting more.