Previous meetings, goals, and fun facts: the complete guide to Inter vs. Lecce

Inter will face Lecce at 18:00 CET on Saturday 23 December at San Siro on Matchday 17 of Serie A. It is a fixture rich with interesting facts and figures.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

Saturday's game will be the 35th meeting between Inter and Lecce in Serie A: the Nerazzurri dominate the history with 26 wins compared to 4 for the Salentini. 4 draws complete the picture. Inter is the squad against which Lecce has lost the most times and has conceded the most goals to in Serie A (79).

DEFENCE OF STEEL

Inter has kept a clean sheet in 11 of the 16 games so far this season. Only 5 times in the history of Serie A have a side picked up more clean sheets in the first 17 matches: Juventus (12 in 1965/66 and in 2022/23), Cagliari (13 in 1966/67), AC Milan (12 in 1971/72) and Roma (12 in 2003/04).

A RECORD 2023

Counting from the start of the year, Inter is the side that has picked up the most points in Serie A (83), won the most games (26), picked up the most clean sheets (20), and scored the most goals (76) in the league.

UNSTOPPABLE TIKUS

Marcus Thuram has contributed to 13 goals in 16 appearances in this Serie A season, 7 goals and 6 assists. The last player to do better in the first 16 games was Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Napoli last season (15).

Tikus has been involved in a goal in each of his last 4 appearances in Serie A, with 3 goals and an assist: the Frenchman could become the first player this season to be involved in at least 1 goal in 5 consecutive games twice in the same season since he managed to do so between September and October.

LECCE AND FIRST TIMES

Alessandro Bastoni's first goal for Inter in Serie A came against Lecce: the defender scored in the 1-1 draw at the Via del Mare on 19 January 2020.

Nicolò Barella's first of his 150 appearances for Inter in Serie A was in a game against Lecce at San Siro, the Nerazzurri won 4-0 on 26 August 2019.

REFEREE

The referee for Inter vs. Lecce on Matchday 17 of Serie A will be Matteo Marcenaro. To assist him will be Rossi C. and Cipriani, with Tremolada as fourth official, Maggioni on VAR duty and Valeri as assistant VAR.

UPDATES ON INTER TV

As always, following updates from the game and pre-match content on Inter TV will be possible, with the latest from San Siro ahead of kick-off. This will be live from 16:20 CET to 17:15 CET and will also be available on the Club's official YouTube and Twitch channels. Following the game, there you can find the analysis and the post-match interviews.