Fiorentina vs Inter: stats and facts ahead of the clash
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— Oct 20th 2022All you need to know about Serie A matchday 11
BACKGROUND
The game on Saturday 22 October will be the 169th Serie A clash between Inter and Fiorentina: the Nerazzurri have 69 wins compared to the Viola's 44, with 55 draws completing the picture.
Fiorentina vs. Inter is a historic Serie A showdown, one which has always been spectacular and hard-fought. The Stadio Artemio Franchi has witnessed some fantastic strikes from Nerazzurri players, including free-kicks from big stars like Alvaro Recoba, Ronaldo and Ruben Sosa.
HEAVY PRESSING
Inter have made 84 offensive recoveries in Serie A: no team has done better in this league. A part of the game that favours the Nerazzurri: Inter have shot 14 times following an offensive recovery.
SKRI'S PASSES
Milan Skriniar has made the most passes in this league season so far: the Slovakian defender is on 664, 38 more than Napoli's Kim Min-Jae, second in this particular ranking.
BARELLA THE ASSIST MAN
Since the start of last season Nicolò Barella has dished out 16 assists in Serie A, four this year: in the top five European leagues only Milinkovic-Savic and Kevin De Bruyne have done better than the Nerazzurri's number 23.
CALHA 4X4
Hakan Çalhanoglu has scored four goals against Fiorentina in Serie A, three of them at the Artemio Franchi: stats-wise, the Viola are the Turkish midfielder's favourite victim. The Nerazzurri's number 20 has also provided four assists against Fiorentina in the league, against no other team has he served up more winning passes. The last came in last year's match at the Franchi with a corner for Dzeko's decisive goal.
THE REFEREE
The referee for Fiorentina vs Inter, matchday 11 of Serie A 2022/23, will be Paolo Valeri, from the Roma 2 section.
Valeri will have Preti and Di Iorio as assistants, the Fourth Official will be Serra. VAR of the match Mariani, Assistant VAR Costanzo.