SPAL vs. Inter: Stats and trivia

MILAN - There’s no time to let up. After the good win in the Netherlands, the Nerazzurri are straight back in action on Sunday night in Ferrara against SPAL. Together with Opta, here are all the stats and bits of trivia for SPAL vs. Inter. 

This will be the 35th meeting in Serie A between SPAL and Inter, the Nerazzurri have won 23 and lost four with seven draws. That means that Inter are the side that have beaten SPAL the most in Serie A. SPAL haven’t beaten Inter in Serie A since February 1962, there have been twelve meetings since then with nine wins for the Nerazzurri and three draws. 

SPAL are coming into the match on the back of three straight defeats in which they have always conceded at least twice. Last September, they went through a spell of four consecutive losses. On the other hand, Inter head into the match after three wins and September 2017 was the last time that the team pulled off four straight wins in Serie A.

Inter’s ten goals so far this season have been scored by nine different players, the only Nerazzurri player to have scored more than one in the league has been IvanPerisic with two. 

RadjaNainggolan scored in his only match against SPAL in Serie A, at the Stadio Mazza in April 2018. MatteoPolitano has played a role in at least one goal from three of his past four starts for Inter with one goal and two assists and he scored on his only appearance at the Stadio Mazza in Serie A in October 2017. MauroIcardi only has the one goal to his name so far in this league campaign, at this point last year he had already scored six. The Argentine forward has however provided two assists in his last four matches in Serie A, as many as in his previous 49 appearances. 

Despite this, no player has scored more away goals than the Argentine in the calendar year of 2018 in Serie A (eight).

IvanPerisic scored last season away at SPAL in the league. MarceloBrozovic has made 522 successful passes this season, more than any other player. LautaroMartínez has scored with his only shot on target in Serie A, the Argentine has taken two shots so far. Among the goalkeepers who have made at least three appearances this season, only Audero (87 per cent) has a better save percentage than Handanovic (79 per cent).