MILAN – No sooner have they beaten Chievo and the Nerazzurri are already back in action against the other side from Verona, Hellas.
Inter welcome Andrea Mandorlini's Gialloblu to the Meazza for a 20:45 kick-off tonight looking to extend a four-game winning streak that has seen them take maximum points in the first month of the 2015/16 campaign.
Ahead of tonight's 2015/16 Serie A Week 5 match, Opta have put together this collection of facts and figures for you to peruse:
HEAD TO HEADS
This is the 53rd Serie A match between these two sides. There have been 29 Nerazzurri wins, four for the Gialloblu and 19 draws.
Inter are the team that Verona have drawn (19) and lost (29) most games against in Serie A.
Hellas last beat the Nerazzurri in the league in February 1992, a 1-0 home victory with Ezio Rossi on the score sheet. Since then there have been ten Inter wins and two draws.
Twelve Serie A encounters between Inter and Verona have finished goalless. 0-0 is the most frequent scoreline when these teams meet, although the last one dates back to March 1990 at San Siro.
PAST MEETINGS IN MILAN
Inter are unbeaten in top-flight fixtures at home to Verona in 26 matches (W15, D11). The Nerazzurri have scored in each of their last seven home games against Verona (18 goals, averaging 2.6 per game).
In the last four Serie A matches played in Milan, there have been four red cards, two for each side.
FORM
Inter haven't started a league season with four wins since 2002/03. The only time they managed to win their first five was in 1966/67. Mancini's men have won all four this year by a single goal, with three 1-0 victories.
Verona have recorded just one win in their last ten Serie A outings, with seven draws. Mandorlini's side have conceded in 11 of their last 12 away trips (24 in total, averaging two per game).
GENERAL STATS
Inter boast the league's meanest defence (one goal conceded) and together with Fiorentina are the only side not to concede at home yet.
Verona are the only Serie A team this year not to have scored or conceded in the first half. However, the Gialloblu have conceded the most goals after the break (six). Three of the four goals Mandorlini's men have scored have been from set pieces, with two from free kicks – a record in 2015/16.
Along with Fiorentina and Udinese, the Nerazzurri are the only Serie A side who haven't had an Italian player on the score sheet yet.
Verona have lost four points from winning positions in 2015/16. Only Empoli and Napoli have lost more (five points).
Inter have the second highest average possession in Serie A (61.7%) after Roma (63.6%).
PLAYERS
Mauro Icardi, who opened his account for the season against Chievo, has scored three goals in his last two league matches against Verona. Icardi's goal against Chievo on Sunday came from his only shot of the game. In the last six league matches he has played in, Icardi has had a hand in eight goals, scoring five and setting up three.
Giampaolo Pazzini played for Inter from January 2011 to summer 2012, notching up 16 goals in 50 league matches. Pazzini has found the net against Inter wearing the colours of Atalanta, Fiorentina and Sampdoria (three goals in total) but hasn't scored against them since leaving the club.
Since joining Verona in 2013, Luca Toni has only missed four league games, with the Gialloblu losing half of those (W1, D1, L2).
Adem Ljajic, who is yet to make his Inter debut, scored in both games against Verona in 2013/14, including his first goal for Roma.
Rodrigo Palacio has scored in three of the last four Serie A meetings with Verona (three goals in total), serving up three assists in the same period.
Stevan Jovetic has been involved in 25 shots so far (17 efforts of his own and eight chances laid on) – at least 13 more than any of his team-mates.
Only Hamsik (310) has played more passes than Gary Medel (271) this season.
Assane Demoya Gnoukouri made his Serie A debut against Verona at the Stadio Bentegodi last April.
Romulo netted his first Serie A goal in Inter v Fiorentina in September 2012.
Vangelis Moras is another player who scored his first league goal against Inter at the Meazza, in October 2008 while playing for Bologna. His first – and only – sending off in Serie A also came against the Nerazzurri at San Siro, in October 2013.
Verona defender Matteo Bianchetti came through the youth ranks at Inter without ever appearing for the first team.
Luca Siligardi is another Inter academy product: he made two Coppa Italia appearances for the Nerazzurri in 2007/08.
Verona's recent signing Matuzalem scored his first Serie A goal against Inter in February 2001 while playing for Napoli.
Eros Pisano, on target against Atalanta on Sunday, made his Serie A bow in Palermo v Inter in September 2011.
Samir Handanovic saved penalties in both league games against Verona last season. Both spot-kicks were taken by Luca Toni.
COACHES
Roberto Mancini is one win away from making it 150 in Serie A, which would be his 111th league victory with Inter. Mancini beat Mandorlini in their previous two Serie A encounters, both matches being played away from home by the Inter boss.
Ex-Inter player Andrea Mandorlini has never beaten the Nerazzurri in Serie A since turning to coaching (four wins, one defeat).
REFEREE AND DISCIPLINE
Carmine Russo is officiating his 112th Serie A fixture tonight, his third this season. He has overseen Inter 12 times in Serie A with the Nerazzurri winning seven (their only defeat came against Novara in 2012).
Russo has taken charge of two Verona matches in the top flight: a 4-0 win for them against Catania (April 2014) followed by a 0-2 defeat away to Roma last season.
Only Frosinone (15) have collected more yellow cards than Verona (12) this season.
SUSPENDED
Inter: -
Verona: Jankovic (1).
ONE BOOKING AWAY FROM SUSPENSION
Inter: -
Verona: -
