Sassuolo-Inter, the previous ones: 7 wins each and many goals

After the two consecutive draws between Serie A and Champions League, at home against Atalanta and in Kiev against Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter visited Sassuolo before the international break. The Nerazzurri are -4 from the top, with Napoli with full points after six days: Milan in the middle, +2 on their cousins. The green-and-blacks are in the middle of the table, with 7 points: exactly half that of the Italian champions. It will be played on Saturday evening at Mapei: kick-off at 8.45 pm.

State of form

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The victory at home against Salernitana interrupted a streak of three consecutive defeats for Dionisi’s Sassuolo: Domenico Berardi’s goal at the start of the second half was decisive. Previously, the neroverdi had lost against Roma (2-1), Turin (-1-0) and Atalanta: three narrow knockouts that blocked the path of the Emilians, who started in the league with the victory on the field of Verona (3- 2) and the 0-0 home match against Sampdoria. The neroverdi must above all pay attention to the offensive strength of Simone Inzaghi’s team: already 20 goals in six days for Inter, from 2000 onwards only Napoli in 2017/18 had done better with 22 centers.

New record?

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But that’s not all: in the last 11 days of the championship (considering also the final of last season, therefore), the Nerazzurri have always scored more than one goal per game. Equalized the record of 1943: if at least two goals were to arrive also against Sassuolo, it would be primacy in the history of the club. 16 matches in Serie A were played between the Nerazzurri and the Neroverdi: only two draws, with seven wins on each side. And the balance is balanced also with regard to the challenges at Mapei: four wins each and zero even, with Inter winning the last two challenges with Antonio Conte on the bench (3-4 in 2019 and 0-3 in 2020) . The data on the head shots is interesting: the Italian champions are the team that have scored the most goals (6) with this fundamental, while the neroverdi have not yet conceded goals with aerial play.