MILAN – After last night’s defeat by Fiorentina put an end to Inter’s unbeaten start to the season, take a look at the stats behind the Week 6 match thanks to our friends at Opta.
The last time Fiorentina won five of their first six games of the season in Serie A was 1998/99.
The 1998/99 season was also the last time the Viola were top of the Serie A table (it happened in Week 20, with Fiorentina on 42 points, one ahead of Lazio).
Inter conceded three goals from Fiorentina’s first four shots on target.
In the first five weeks of this campaign, the Nerazzurri had conceded only one goal from 11 shots on target, yet against Fiorentina they conceded four from eight shots on target.
Inter had just 31.2% possession against Fiorentina, their lowest in Roberto Mancini’s second spell in charge.
Fiorentina have won their last three Serie A games against Inter (including the last two at San Siro).
Josip Ilicic marked his 50th Serie A appearance for Fiorentina by scoring his 13th goal for the club.
Nikola Kalinic has scored four goals from only eight shots on target in Serie A.
