Inter take on Udinese at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza at 20:45 local time kick off on Saturday evening.
Probable Formations
Inter (3-5-2): Handanovic; Godin, de Vrij, Skriniar; Candreva, Sensi, Brozovic, Barella, Asamoah; Lautaro Martinez, Lukaku
Udinese (3-5-2): Musso; Rodrigo Becao, Troost-Ekong, Samir; Stryger Larsen, Jajalo, Mandragora, Fofanà, Sema; de Paul, Lasagna
Unavailable: ter Avest
Key Statistics
– Inter have kept a clean sheet in their last three Serie A meetings against Udinese, and the Nerazzurri haven’t had four in a row against them since 1962
– Inter have won three of their last four Serie A home games against Udinese (L1), as many as they had done in the previous nine at the San Siro.
– Inter have won their opening two games in Serie A this season. On only four occasions have they won their first three games of a season (in the three points for a win era – 1997/98, 2002/03, 2015/16 and 2017/18).
– Since the start of last season, Inter have only conceded 10 Serie A goals at home, six fewer than any other side that has been ever present in the competition during the period.
– Udinese have won four of their last five Serie A games, losing last against Parma. They had collected four wins in the previous 16 Serie A matches.
– Udinese have won their last two Serie A away games. The last time they won three on the bounce was back in December 2017 (four), winning the third game in this run against Inter.
– Inter (four) and Udinese (three, alongside Bologna) are two of the three sides to have conceded the fewest shots on target in Serie A this season – Udinese had conceded 4.9 per game last term.
– Inter’s new signing Alexis Sanchez has already played in Serie A with Udinese, making 95 appearances and scoring 20 goals – only one at the San Siro, in January 2011 against AC Milan (4-4).
– Romelu Lukaku has found the net in his first two Serie A appearances for Inter and not since 1994/95 has an Inter player scored in each of his first three games played in the Italian top flight.
– Udinese’s Kevin Lasagna’s first Serie A goal came at the Meazza against Inter, when he played for Carpi (January 2016) – also his first goals for Udinese came at the Meazza, against AC Milan in September 2017.