After Thursday`s game, Inter will be looking for revenge against Fiorentina

Matchday 24 of the Serie A Enilive, the clash between Inter and Fiorentina. Four days after the rescheduled game from the first half of the season, won 3-0 by the Viola, Inter will be looking for revenge to put their second league defeat of the season behind them and restart the chase of Napoli.

On the other hand, Palladino`s side have moved on from a tough run and after six games without a win have picked up nine points in the last three, retaking fourth spot and  with no intentions of stopping now.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There are 173 precedents in Serie A between Fiorentina and Inter: the Nerazzurri lead the record with 72 successes, against the 46 of the Viola team, and complete 55 draws.

Fiorentina have won a home match against Inter without conceding goals (3-0) for the first time since 5th October 2014 (3-0 in that case with Vincenzo Montella as manager).

DID YOU KNOW?

Inter have lost without scoring a Serie A match and conceding at least 3 goals (0-3 vs Fiorentina) for the first time since 2nd December 2016 (0-3 away vs Napoli with Stefano Pioli as manager).

Fiorentina is, with Venezia, one of the two teams that have scored more than one goal from a direct free kick in this Serie A championship (both two).

PLAYERS

Considering all competitions, Lautaro Martínez has scored seven goals in his last six appearances against Fiorentina, including three braces; Viola, in fact, is the team against which the Argentine has made the most multiple goals with the Inter shirt (three, in fact).

Moise Kean (brace vs Inter) has set his seasonal goal record in the Big-5 European Leagues: 15, overtaken the previous one of 13 recorded with PSG in 2020/21 in Ligue 1. No player has scored more multiple goals than Moise Kean from the beginning of last October in Serie A: three – level with Mateo Retegui – thanks to one hat-trick and twice braces.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Dumfries (Inter); Comuzzo (Fiorentina)

Cautioned: Bastoni (Inter); Zaniolo, Gosens, Mandragora, Fagioli, Palladino (Fiorentina)

REFEREE

LA PENNA (SCATRAGLI – MORO) IV: AYROLDI, VAR: MERAVIGLIA, AVAR: FABBRI

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Juventus-Inter (Sunday 16 February, 20:45 CET)

Fiorentina-Como (Sunday 16 February, 12:30 CET)

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