MILAN – The city of Milan is black and blue this morning after Roberto Mancini’s Inter side beat AC Milan 1-0 to surge to the top of the Serie A table with nine points from a possible nine. The winning goal was provided by Fredy Guarin, who thumped a stunning left-footed strike past Diego Lopez in the 58th minute to set the Nerazzurri on their way to victory.
In collaboration with Opta, check out a few stats on the match:
- Inter have won their first three Serie A games of the season for the first time since 2002/03, when they went on to finish in second place.
- The last time Inter were out on their own at the top of the Serie A table after the first three weeks of the season was in 2010/11.
- Neither side has scored more than one goal in the last seven Milan derbies.
- Inter have lost only one of the last 11 home derbies (W8, D2).
- Inter have won four league games in a row for the first time since November 2012.
- Fredy Guarin marked his 100th Serie A appearance with a goal.
- The Colombian has now scored 15 Serie A goals, but yesterday was his first against AC Milan.
- Guarin had three shots on target against AC Milan, more than any other player.
- Of the teams that have played three games this campaign, AC Milan have had the fewest shots on target so far (7) with only Bologna managing fewer attempts (6).
