After a very hard-earned victory against Frosinone last week, Inter now have to chase their dreams of the 3rd place. Will we be able to do it against Napoli tonight? Well, we’ll see tonight! Here are some interesting numbers from Whoscored presented to you via the Twitter account InterStats
Goal-Scoring
Inter are back to their 1-0 winning days and against Frosinone it could have gone both ways. Napoli have scored 24(!!) more goals than Inter. Inter have scored 42 goals this season and Napoli have scored 66 this season. Napoli’s Top Goalscorer in the club is Gonzalo Higuain (who won’t be playing tonight) he has scored 30 times this season. Inter also have a striker as Top Goalscorer in the club, Mauro Icardi, he has scored 14 times this season.
Goal-Stopping
Inter do still have the 3rd best defense statistically in the Serie A. We have conceded 30 goals so far. Napoli have only conceded 27 goals this season, it is only 3 goals less than Inter so a lot remains to be seen. Napoli have only conceded 4 goals from Set Pieces, Inter have conceded 8 goals from Set Pieces. Inter have only conceded 13 goals at home while Napoli have conceded 16 goals in away games.
Passing the ball
Inter average 521 passes per game with each passing streak lasting about 4.8. Napoli’s passing-stats are a whole lot better than Inter’s. Napoli average 682 passes per game with each passing streak lasting about 5.7. These stats show that Napoli are better at passing the ball than Inter, Napoli average are more passes per game and they miss less passes than Inter do as well. This can also be seen in the average possession stats where Inter average 53% possession and Napoli average 57%.
Best players so far
Alex Telles is Inter’s highest rated Whoscored player with a 7.13 rating. Gonzalo Higuain is both Napoli’s highest rated player and the highest rated player between the two teams with a 7.69 rating. Marek Hamsik is the only player between the two teams to appear in every game so far this season.
