Match preview: Inter vs. Atalanta

MILAN - It’s the first match at San Siro in 2020 for the Nerazzurri, who kicked off their year with a 3-1 win away to Napoli, as Atalanta arrive at 20:45 CET on Saturday. Inter currently sit in top spot of the table on 45 points, level on points with Juventus, while Gasperini’s side, fresh off the back of two consecutive 5-0 wins, sit in fifth on 34 points.

ALL THE FACTS AHEAD OF INTER VS. ATALANTA

Previous results and the 1-1 recurring scoreline

Inter and Atalanta have had 116 previous encounters in Serie A, the record favouring the side from Milan with 62 wins for Inter, 30 draws and 24 Atalanta victories. The most frequent end result between Inter and Atalanta in Serie A is 1-1, the result of 20 games: the last of which came in January 2016.

A direct split of goals

This fixture presents two opposites, the side who have scored the most goals in the first half of games this season (Inter with 22) and the side who have scored the most in the second (Atalanta, 27).

Lukaku-Lautaro, a strikeforce on 30

Only Bayern Munich’s duo, Robert Lewandowski and Serge Gnabry (39 goals between them), have scored more goals that the Inter pair Lukaku and Lautaro (30 goals between them) in the Top 5 European leagues this season (including goals from the league, the Champions League and the Europa League).

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ANTONIO CONTE’S WORDS

“We’ll need a great performance, during which we’ll have to ask a lot of ourselves: we’ll have to go above and beyond our potential. At the end of this game, with the first half of the season at an end, we’ll be able to take stock for the first time and understand where we can improve and where we can end up. But we’ll continue on the path we’re on and look to make the fans happy.”

(read the rest of Antonio Conte’s words in his press conference)

CURRENT FORM

Inter's last five results Napoli 1-3 Inter Inter 4-0 Genoa Fiorentina 1-1 Inter Inter 1-2 Barcelona Inter 0-0 RomaAtalanta's last five results Atalanta 3-2 Verona Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 Atalanta Bologna 2-1 Atalanta Atalanta 5-0 AC Milan Atalanta 5-0 Parma

THOSE SUSPENDED AND THOSE ON A TIGHTROPE

Neither Milan Skriniar nor Nicolò Barella will be available for Inter vs. Atalanta after being suspended in their last game. No one is suspended for Atalanta. Those just one yellow away from a suspension are: Bastoni, Candreva, D'Ambrosio; Hateboer.

THE REFEREE OF THE MATCH

Gianluca Rocchi from Florence will be in charge of Inter vs. Atalanta. He will be assisted by Carbone and Giallatini, with Doveri as his Fourth Official. Irrati will be on VAR, with Vivenzi as his assistant.