After a hard-earned and amazing victory against Napoli last weekend, Inter now have to continue chasing their dreams of the 3rd place. Will we be able to do it against Genoa tonight? Well, we’ll see tonight! Here are some interesting numbers from Whoscored presented to you via the Twitter account InterStats
Goal-Scoring
Inter actually managed to beat the 2nd highest scoring side in the league with 2-0. Genoa have scored 6 less goals than Inter. Inter have scored 44 goals this season and Genoa have scored 38 this season. Genoa’s Top Goalscorer in the club is Leonardo Pavoletti, he has scored 11 times this season. Inter also have a striker as Top Goalscorer in the club, Mauro Icardi, he has scored 15 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. Genoa have conceded 41 goals this season, it 11 more goals than Inter so this does prove that Inter’s goal-stopping is more effective *knock on wood*. Genoa have conceded 12 goals from Set Pieces, Inter have conceded 8 goals from Set Pieces. Inter have conceded 17 goals away while Genoa only have conceded 14 goals in away games.
Passing the ball
Inter average 517 passes per game with each passing streak lasting about 4.8. Genoa’s passing-stats are a bit worse than Inter’s. Genoa average 440 passes per game with each passing streak lasting about 4.2. These stats show that Inter are better at passing the ball than Genoa, Inter average are more passes per game and they miss less passes than Genoa do as well. This can also be seen in the average possession stats where Inter average 53% possession and Genoa average 49%.
Best players so far
Alex Telles is Inter’s highest rated Whoscored player with a 7.13 rating. Cristian Ansaldi is both Genoa’s highest rated player and the highest rated player between the two teams with a 7.39 rating. Samir Handanovic has appeared in 32 games this season making him the player (between the two teams combined) to make most appearances this season so far.
