MILAN – Ahead of Monday night’s visit of Sampdoria to San Siro, we’ve teamed up with Opta to bring you the key stats on the game.
- Monday will be the fifth time that Inter and Sampdoria have faced off in Week 30 of Serie A.
- Inter’s last four Serie A matches have produced an average of 5.5 goals.
- The Nerazzurri have won nine of their last ten league games, only losing to Roma. Inter have scored at least two goals in nine of those ten games.
- Inter – and Roma – have had more shots than any other team in Serie A, with 507. The Nerazzurri have also had 729 crosses from open play and 91 headed efforts – both league highs.
- Ivan Perisic’s first Serie A goal came against Sampdoria in October 2015. Miranda’s only goal in the Nerazzurri shirt also came against the Blucerchiati in Inter’s 3-1 defeat of Samp in February 2016.
- Mauro Icardi made his Serie A debut for Sampdoria and made it to double figures for goals scored in his first season.
- Icardi has scored in both his Serie A matches against Sampdoria at San Siro.
- Icardi’s next appearance will be his 150th in Serie A. He has scored 77 goals and supplied 22 assists in 149 appearances so far.
- This season, Icardi has had a key role in 28 Inter goals (20 goals scored, eight assists), more than any other player.
- Antonio Candreva has created 22 chances for Mauro Icardi, the most chances created by one player for a team-mate this season.
- Candreva has supplied more crosses in open play than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues.
- Eder scored 40 Serie A goals in 112 Serie A appearances for Sampdoria. He’s only scored one goal against Samp, the first time he faced them in Serie A.
- Tommaso Berni and Jonathan Biabiany have also played for Sampdoria.
- Sampdoria players Angelo Palombo, Matias Silvestre, Emiliano Viviano, Ricky Alvarez and Dodo have all turned out for Inter.
