The D factor, the captain's stats and an extra man: Inter vs. Atalanta

Another 4 goals, another big win. Inter beat Atalanta 4-0 at home, extending the lead at the top of the table once again with 69 points. The clash offered various fun facts and statistics.

NERAZZURRI PRIDE

An excellent run of form for Simone Inzaghi's side that keeps up their intense pace. With the win over the Orobici, Inter have won the first 7 games in a calendar year for the first time in Serie A. The Nerazzurri are the side that has scored the most goals this season in the top 5 European leagues: 67 goals, overtaking Liverpool and Bayern Munich.

For the second time ever, Inter has scored at least 4 goals in 4 consecutive games in Serie A, the last time being January-March 1930. As well as being efficient up front, the Nerazzurri have an extraordinary defensive record: 17 clean sheets in the first 26 games of the Serie A campaign. The same as in 1988/89.

CAPTAIN DOMINATION

Once again he has given us a masterpiece. With the goal against Atalanta, Lautaro Martínez became one of three players, alongside Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappé, to have been involved in at least 25 goals in each of the last two seasons in the top 5 European leagues.

The Nerazzurri captain is also the first Inter player to have scored in three consecutive clashes against Atalanta in Serie A siince Christian Vieri who scored against the Orobici between May 2001 and April 2002.

D FACTOR

In the 4-0 win that Inter registered over Atalanta, 2 goals were scored by defenders. This goes to show that the whole squad is involved in front of goal.

With the opener, Matteo Darmian became one of only three Italian defenders to have scored in the last 5 seasons in Serie A.

Federico Dimarco is the highest-scoring defender this season with 4 goals. Equal to Théo Hernández and Lucas Martínez. The Nerazzurri number 32 has picked up 4 goals and 6 assists and is one of four defenders to have at least 10 goal involvements this season in the top 5 European leagues.

ADDED STRIKER

Occupation: striker. Davide Frattesi has scored 3 of his 4 goals this Serie A season after coming on as a substitute, only Lautaro Martínez and Luka Jovic have scored more from the bench.