Inter Stats: facts on Inter vs. Hellas Verona

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— Apr 24th 2021

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Facts and stats on the Nerazzurri's matchday 33 fixture

MILAN – Inter return to the Meazza on Sunday 25 April after two consecutive matchdays of away trips – against Napoli and Spezia – to take on Juric’s Hellas Verona. Kick-off on matchday 33 is set for 15:00 CEST, with the Nerazzurri still top of the league on 76 points (the full standings HERE). Verona have taken 41 points from 32 games after eleven wins, eight draws and 13 defeats; they have scored 40 goals and conceded 40 (making them the division’s sixth-best defence).

HEAD-TO-HEAD BETWEEN INTER AND HELLAS VERONA

Sunday’s game will be the 60th meeting between the two sides in the league, with a head-to-head record that sees the Nerazzurri well in the lead with 34 wins to Hellas’ four; 21 draws complete the picture.

Inter are unbeaten in their last 19 games against Verona in Serie A (W15, D4), with the Scaglieri’s last win in the fixture in the league coming in February 1992. As part of this run, the Nerazzurri have scored at least two goals in 17 of their last 18 games; 43 goals scored in total. Inter are also unbeaten in their last 29 home game against Hellas Verona (W18, D11); they could set an absolute Club record for home games without a defeat against a single side in Serie A (no losses in 29 games against Palermo too).

CURRENT FORM AND STATS

Inter go into this game following two draws away from home against Napoli and Spezia. This came after a run of eleven consecutive victories; just once under Antonio Conte’s tenure have the Nerazzurri gone three league games without a win: in January 2020. Inter are on 76 points after 23 wins, seven draws and two defeats: they have also won their last twelve home games (Inter have won 13 in a row at home just once in their history: May 2011).

Hellas Verona, on the other hand, could equal their best-ever performance for away wins in a single Serie A season; they are currently on five wins (D5, L6) and only did better in 1984/85 and 2013/14 (six). Juric’s side have lost their last three games in the league, the Gialloblù’s longest losing streak in Serie A since May 2018 (seven on that occasion).

PLAYER FOCUS

Romelu Lukaku has scored 14 goals at home this season – on three Inter players have scored at least 15 goals at home in a single Serie A campaign in the last 45 years: Christian Vieri (19 in 2002/03), Diego Milito (17 in 2011/12) and Mauro Icardi (16 in 2016/19 and in 2017/18).

This match pits the two youngest defenders, who have had a hand in more than five goals in Serie A this season, against one another. One is Inter’s Achraf Hakimi (six goals, five assists), the other is Inter loanee Federico Dimarco (four goals, three assists).

Ivan Perisic, who scored in Inter’s last game, has taken part in six goals (three goals, three assists) against Hellas Verona in Serie A; he hasn’t had more against any other team on one of Europe’s Top-5 leagues.