MILAN – It was a frustrating trip to Genoa on Sunday for Frank de Boer’s Inter side, as they were beaten 1-0 thanks to a first-half goal from Fabio Quagliarella at Marassi.
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- Sampdoria have won two of their last four Serie A matches against Inter, having previously gone eight meetings without a win.
- Inter have lost five of their opening 11 matches of the season, their worst start to a Serie A campaign since the 2011/12 season.
- Last year, it took Inter 22 rounds of Serie A to lose five matches.
- Inter have now conceded the first goal in eight of their 11 league games so far this season, the worst record in all of Serie A.
- There were just two shots on target in the second half at Marassi. No match in Serie A has seen fewer shots on target in the second 45 minutes this season.
- Inter played in 36 crosses from open play against Sampdoria. Only Lazio have supplied more crosses in a single game this season – 41 against Bologna.
- Fabio Quagliarella has scored two goals in his last two games against Inter in Serie A. Before that, Quagliarella had managed just one in 18 against the Nerazzurri.
- Cristian Ansaldi made 97 passes against Sampdoria, at least 26 more than any player on the home side.
