MILAN - Ahead of this evening's Coppa Italia quarter-final between Napoli and Inter at the Stadio San Paolo, inter.it offers you a statistical guide to the match, provided by Football Data.
- These two sides have met 8 times in the Italian Cup and Napoli are yet to record a win: there have been 4 draws (including the last 3) and 4 Nerazzurri wins. Considering only games played on Napoli's turf, there have been 3 draws (which all went to extra time) and 1 victory for Inter. Here are those matches in detail: 1937/38 quarter-finals Napoli 0-2 Inter; 1938/39 round of 16 Napoli 1-1 Inter aet and Napoli 0-1 Inter; 1958/59 4th round Napoli 2-3 Inter; 1977/78 final Napoli 1-2 Inter (in Rome); 1996/97 semi-final Inter 1-1 Napoli and Napoli 1-1 Inter aet (6-4 on pens); 2010/11 quarter-final Napoli 0-0 Inter aet (4-5 on pens); Cristian Chivu is pictured placing the ball before scoring the winning penalty).
- The last home defeat by Napoli in the the Coppa Italia was in December 2005 when Roma beat them 0-3. In the 14 home games played in the competition since then, the Neapolitans have racked up 10 wins and 4 draws.
- Napoli have failed to hit the net just once in their last 14 home games in the cup: that was on 26 January 2011 when they were held to a 0-0 draw by Inter after extra time (lost 4-5 on penalties). In the other 13 cup games in that period Napoli have hit the target 28 times.
- Napoli have drawn a blank just once in their last 16 competitive fixtures: on 19 November their Serie A match against Lazio at the San Paolo ended 0-0. In the other 15 games in that period the Azzurri have notched up 32 goals.
- Inter's last defeat in the Coppa Italia came on 4 March 2009, when they lost 3-0 at Sampdoria. In the 12 cup games since then, the Nerazzurri have won 10 matches and drawn 2.
- The last goal conceded away from home by Inter in the Coppa Italia was on 4 March 2009 in that 3-0 defeat to Sampdoria. Pazzini scored Samp's third in the 42nd minute. Since then, in the remaining 48 minutes of that match plus the games played at Fiorentina (0-1 in 2009/10), Napoli (0-0 after extra time in 2010/12) and Roma (0-1 in 2010/11), Inter's defence has repelled everything thrown at it for 348 minutes.
- Inter have scored at least once in each of their last 15 competitive away fixtures, netting 22 goals in the process. The last time the Nerazzurri failed to score away from home was on 16 April, when the lost 2-0 at Parma (Serie A).
- The last goal conceded by Inter on their travels was on 22 November when they drew 1-1 at Trabzonspor in the Champions League: Altintop hit the target for the Turks in the 23th minute. Since then, in the remaining 67 minutes of that match plus the Serie A games won away to Siena, Genoa, Cesena and AC Milan (all 0-1), the Nerazzurri defence has been unbreached for 427 minutes.
