Inter v Roma stat pack

Inter face Roma at San Siro on Saturday 23 April, with a kick-off time of 18:00 CEST in Week 34 of Serie A. It’s a crucial match for both sides, as the Nerazzurri enter the game in a great run of form while the Giallorossi are chasing a Champions League spot.

1. PREVIOUS MEETINGS There have been 177 face-offs between the two sides in Serie A. Juventus (178) are the only club that Inter have faced more times in the league. The Nerazzurri come into the game with a better record overall, tallying 74 wins compared to Roma’s 49, with 54 draws between them.

In Serie A, Roma are the team that Inter have beaten the most number of times and scored the most number of goals against, bagging 74 wins and 287 goals in total.

2. RECENT CLASHES Inter won 3-0 in the reverse fixture at the Stadio Olimpico. The Nerazzurri have remained unbeaten in the last nine matches against Roma in Serie A, with three wins and six draws.

3. GOAL FEST Inter v Roma is one of only 17 fixtures that have produced more than 500 goals in the history of the five big leagues in Europe, with the total currently standing at 514. They are therefore one of only two Serie A teams on this list.

Despite this, the most frequent result in this match-up has been a 0-0 draw, with 21 meetings ending in this way. However, only one of the last 15 clashes has finished a goalless draw, and this was in December 2019.

4. RECENT FORM Inter have recorded three wins in their last three league games, which is as many as they managed in their previous ten matches since the start of 2022. Along with Fiorentina, they are the only Serie A side to have won all their games in April.

Roma have the longest unbeaten streak in the league, with seven wins and five draws in their last 12 games. Their most recent defeat was in January against Juventus. This is longest the Giallorossi have gone unbeaten in a single season since May 2016, where they went 17 games without losing under Luciano Spalletti.

5. GOAL-SCORING TRENDS Roma (11) and Inter (10) are the only two sides in Serie A to reach double figures for the number of goals scored from corners.

This season, Inter are the team that have conceded the fewest goals in the second half of their league games (11), while Roma have the most goals in open play during added time in the second half (7).

Inter have scored the most goals from crosses this season (19), while no other side has conceded fewer in this way either (3).

6. LAUTARO’s 100 WINS Since his arrival in Italy in 2018/19, Lautaro Martinez is the league’s outfield player with the most wins in all competitions, reaching the 100 milestone.

7. NERAZZURRI ASSISTS Niccolo Barella has provided nine assists this season, fewer only than Domenico Berardi (11) and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (10). Since Serie A returned to having 20 teams in the 2004/05 season, only two Inter midfielders have reached double figures for assists in a single league season: Dejan Stankovic (10 in 2006/07) and Antonio Candreva (10 in 2016/17).

In the last 15 seasons (from 2007/08), no player has got more assists for Inter in Serie A than Ivan Perisic, as his tally stands at 35, which is exactly the same as as ex-Inter and ex-Roma player Maicon.

Out of the midfielders who have provided over 50 assists in the five big European leagues since 2011/12 (Perisic’s debut season in the Bundesliga), only Josip Ilicic (88) and Dimitri Payet (84) have scored more goals than the Croatian playmaker, who is level with Philippe Coutinho on 77.

8. D’AMBROSIO NEARS 250 GAMES The next match will be Danilo D’Ambrosio’s 250th game in Serie A. Roma are one of two teams, alongside Juventus, that he has played against the most times in the league (14), though he hasn’t managed to get on the scoresheet.

9. DZEKO’S GOALS Edin Dzeko has 98 goals in Serie A and could become the third oldest player to reach the 100 mark in the history of the competition. On matchday, he will be 36 years and 37 days old, meaning that if he reached that milestone, only Goran Pandev (37 years and 268 days on 21/04/2021) and Sergio Pellissier (37 years and 243 days on 11/12/2016) would have achieved it later in life.

10. FORMER PLAYERS Edin Dzeko, who was on the scoresheet in the reverse fixture at the Stadio Olimpico, played 199 games for Roma in Serie A, scoring 85 goals for them. Aleksandar Kolarov is another former Roma player, with 100 appearances and 17 goals in the league.

Davide Santon played 90 Serie A games for Inter, with Jose Mourinho at the helm in his first two seasons. He moved to Roma in 2018/19, but the 31-year-old is yet to feature this season for the Giallorossi.

DISCIPLINARY DETAILSSUSPENDEDInter: N/ARoma: Fuzato (1), Zaniolo (1).

ONE BOOKING FROM SUSPENSIONInter: Bastoni, Perisic, Vidal.Roma: Abraham, Cristante, Sérgio Oliveira.