Pre - match stats: Torino vs. Inter

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— Mar 13th 2021

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Facts and numbers on the game on Sunday at 15:00 CET

MILAN – The Nerazzurri’s next opponents are Davide Nicola’s Torino (away) on matchday 27 in Serie A on Sunday 14 March at 15:00 CET. Inter go into this game after the win against Atalanta, thanks to which Antonio Conte’s men consolidated their grip on top spot on 62 points. Inter also boast the division’s best attack with 63 goals scored and the second-best defence with just 25 conceded. On the other hand, the Granata are on 20 points with 24 games played and lost last time out against Crotone.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Torino and Inter have met 153 times in Serie A, with 68 wins for the Nerazzurri and 36 for the Granata (49 draws complete the picture).

After a run of five games without loss in the league against the Nerazzurri (W2, D3), Torino have lost each of their last three games in Serie A against Inter and have conceded at last three goals in each of these matches (10 goals scored and 3 conceded for Inter).

Results in the last three meetings between the two sides in Turin are completely even: two wins apiece and two draws. In five of these six games, at least one of the two teams has failed to score.

CURRENT FORM

In the last nine league games, Inter have won 25 points from a possible 27 (eight wins, one draw), at least six more than any other team, and conceded only two goals (at least three less than any other team). After their win against Atalanta, Conte’s side consolidated their lead at the top of the table with 62 points and can now boast having the best attack in the competition (63 goals scored) as well as the second-best defence (25 goals conceded)

The Nerazzurri scored from a corner against Gasperini’s side: their tenth goal from a corner so far this season – in the whole of last season’s Serie A, Inter scored eleven goals from corners.

Torino lost their last game, against Crotone: the last time that the Granata suffered at least two defeats in a row was last December (three). Davide Nicola’s side are currently in 18th with 20 points but 24 games played. 31% of the goals conceded in league games by the Granata have come in the last fifteen minutes of games (14 out of a total 45), the worst record in the league so far this season, both as a percentage and as a figure.

PLAYER FOCUS

Lautaro Martínez has scored exactly one goal in each of his last three Serie A matches against Torino: Only against Cagliari has the Argentinian scored at least one goal in four different games in the competition.

With his three goals, Milan Skriniar has earned five points for Inter in this season’s Serie A: no defender has earned more points for their team this season.

Danilo D’Ambrosio (42 appearances and four league goals) Matteo Darmian (151 appearances and six goals), and Daniele Padelli (100 league appearances) have all been through the ranks at Torino.

Armando Izzo scored his first goal in Serie A against Inter (January 2015 while playing for Genoa): two of his nine top-flight goals have come against the Nerazzurri, a better record than against any other team.