Udinese vs. Inter: Stats and Trivia

MILAN - Coming to you in collaboration with Opta, here are all the stats and pieces of trivia ahead of Sunday's match at the Dacia Arena against the Friuli outfit. 

This will be the 90th Serie A meeting between Udinese and Inter. The Nerazzurri have won 43, lost 21 and drawn 25. The Friulians have lost in their past four matches at home against the Nerazzurri, conceding at least two in each match. Together with Roma, Inter are the side who have hit the woodwork the most this season (22). 

Mauro Icardi has scored in his last three league appearances. He's only scored in four consecutive league matches once in the top flight with that streak coming between August and September 2016. Icardi has scored five goals and provided two assists in the last six Serie A matches against Udinese. Icardi is two goals away from 100 Serie A goals for Inter. Only seven players have reached this landmark for the Nerazzurri and Christian Vieri was the most recent to do so. 

Ivan Perisic has scored eleven and delivered eight assists in both of the past two league seasons. The Croatian has three goals and two assists from his last three against Udinese.

Udinese have been Éder's favourite team to play against in Serie A. He's scored eight times against the side from Friuli, including both his first and last brace in the top flight. Borja Valero made his Serie A debut in Fiorentina 2-1 Udinese in August 2012. Since making his Inter debut, Rafinha has been the highest-ranked Nerazzurri player for dribbles completed (30).

Candreva made his Serie A debut for Udinese in the 2007-8 season, representing the Bianconeri in his first three matches in the top flight. The most notable former player is Samir Handanovic who was at Udinese before joining Inter. The Slovenian played 182 times for Udinese in Serie A, saving 14 penalties. Inter's second goalkeeper Daniele Padelli also spent time with the Bianconeri. He featured nine times for them in Serie A between 2012 and 2013. 

Spalletti has won nine of his 17 match-ups against Udinese in Serie A. He's drawn four times and lost as many.