Verona vs. Inter: Stats and Trivia

MILAN – Inter will be at the centre of things at the Stadio Bentegodi for the Monday night match in the eleventh round of Serie A TIM fixtures against Hellas Verona. Together with Opta, here are the statistics and pieces of trivia for the match. 

Verona have won only four of the previous Serie A meetings with Inter. There have been 20 draws and 30 Nerazzurri wins. Verona have failed to find the net in six of their nine previous league matches.  

Not since the 1997-98 season have Inter picked up 26 points from the first ten matches and they’ve never done better in Serie A. Inter have not been beaten in the league for twelve matches taking the end of last season into account. The last time that the Nerazzurri went 13 unbeaten was in the April 2009. 

Mauro Icardi has scored eleven goals at the start of this season but only one in the past four away matches. Icardi has scored four in his last four Serie A matches against Verona and two from at the Bentegodi. 

Borja Valero’s first and only Serie A brace came against Verona in December 2013. The Veneto club are also his preferred opponent in Serie A with three goals from five matches.

No player has come up with more assists than Ivan Perisic this season and the Croatian scored at the Bentegodi against Verona in the league in February 2016. 

Antonio Candreva previously scored twice for Lazio against Verona and he has created 27 chances this season, behind only Lorenzo Insigne and Luis Alberto who are on 30. 

Among the goalkeepers to have made at least three appearances this season, Samir Handanovic is third in terms of save percentage with 77 per cent behind only Alisson and Strakosha.