MILAN (Football Data stats) – As they begin their Christmas holidays Inter, who have won six out of the last seven league matches, have their defenders to thank for it: the Nerazzurri team, considering the percentage ratio of goals scored by the team related to the various departments, is second in Serie A 2011/12 considering goals scored by the defence: 5 in all; 2 of them by Nagatomo, and 1 each by Lucio, Maicon and Ranocchia.
This is equal to 22.7% of the total number of goals scored by the Nerazzurri this season. Only Udinese can better that with 5 goals from a total of 20 coming from defenders, or 25% of the total goals scored.
The table of goals scored by defenders in Serie A 2011/12 with total goals and percentage
Udinese 5 out of 20 25%
Inter 5 out of 21 22.7%
Catania 3 out of 20 15%
Bologna 2 out of 14 14.3%
Parma 3 out of 21 14.3%
Lecce 2 out of 17 11.8%
Novara 2 out of 17 11.8%
AC Milan 4 out of 35 11.4%
Juventus 3 out of 27 11.1%
Atalanta 2 out of 23 8.7%
ChievoVerona 1 out of 13 7.7%
Siena 1 out of 14 7.1%
Napoli 2 out of 29 6.9%
Fiorentina 1 out of 15 6.6%
Palermo 1 out of 18 5.6%
Genoa 1 out of 19 5.3%
Roma 1 out of 21 4.8%
Lazio 1 out of 24 4.2%
Cagliari 0 out of 12 0
Cesena 0 out of 8 0
Source: Football Data
