MILAN – Stefano Pioli’s Inter side made it six wins on the spin with a 1-0 defeat of Palermo on Sunday afternoon, with substitute Joao Mario bagging the winner on 65 minutes.
In collaboration with Opta, we’ve compiled all the key stats on the match at the Stadio Renzo Barbera.
- Inter have won six consecutive games in the same Serie A season for the first time since November 2012.
- Inter have kept four clean sheets over the past six games – that’s as many as they managed in their previous 22 Serie A matches.
- Palermo have lost 12 of their last 14 league games, with one win and one draw completing their record.
- Palermo have more home games (9) this season than anyone else in Europe’s top five leagues.
- Joao Mario scored his second Serie A goal after Palermo after going 11 games without finding the back of the net.
- Antonio Candreva has supplied six assists this season, which is his highest-ever return aside from the 2014/15 campaign (9).
- Four of those six Candreva assists have been crosses.
- Sunday’s match was the second time Inter have not had to face a shot on target this season, after November’s match against Crotone.
