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Fiorentina vs Internazionale

Competition – Serie A

Stadium – Stadio Artemio Franchi

Date: 5th January 2018

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

Inter Milan are in all sorts of trouble at the moment despite starting the season very well.

The Nerazzurri were top of the Serie A at some point this season but they are now seven points off the pace.

They have also exited the Coppa Italia against an AC Milan side that is in arguably in bigger trouble than they are.

They fired Fiorentina manager Stefan Pioli back in May and this game seems set up for him to get his much needed revenge.

Inter Milan are the fourth best converters of set plays in the league and Fiorentina are struggling to deal with set plays so Inter Milan could get chances to punish them in this game.

Fiorentina are not in the shape they should be for a team who are looking to play in Europe next season as they have just two wins from their last 8 league games.

They have also won less than half of their total games this season but they head into this game in better shape than when they first met in the season’s opening weeks.

AC Milan earned a 1-1 draw in this venue last time out which means the host have now netted in 89% of their home games this season and 67% of those have ended with both teams scoring.

The fact that three of the last four meetings between these sides have ended with both teams scoring could see them play out a thriller here again.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Fiorentina

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Lazio 1-0 Fiorentina 26 Dec, 2017 Italian Coppa Italia
W Cagliari 0-1 Fiorentina 22 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
D Fiorentina 0-0 Genoa 17 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
W Fiorentina 3-2 Sampdoria 13 Dec, 2017 Italian Coppa Italia
D Napoli 0-0 Fiorentina 10 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A

Internazionale

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L AC Milan 1-0 Internazionale 27 Dec, 2017 Italian Coppa Italia
L Sassuolo 1-0 Internazionale 23 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
L Internazionale 1-3 Udinese 16 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
W Internazionale 0-0 Pordenone Calcio 12 Dec, 2017 Italian Coppa Italia
D Juventus 0-0 Internazionale 9 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Internazionale 3-0 Fiorentina 20 Aug, 2017 Italian Serie A
Fiorentina 5-4 Internazionale 22 Apr, 2017 Italian Serie A
Internazionale 4-2 Fiorentina 28 Nov, 2016 Italian Serie A
Fiorentina 2-1 Internazionale 14 Feb, 2016 Italian Serie A
Internazionale 1-4 Fiorentina 27 Sep, 2015 Italian Serie A


Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:

October 26, 2024
Bologna 16:00 AC Milan
November 23, 2024
Verona 15:00 Inter Milan
AC Milan 18:00 Juventus
Parma 20:45 Atalanta
November 24, 2024
Genoa 12:30 Cagliari
Como 15:00 Fiorentina
Torino 15:00 Monza
SSC Napoli 18:00 Roma
Lazio 20:45 Bologna
November 25, 2024
Empoli 18:30 Udinese
Venezia 20:45 Lecce
November 29, 2024
Cagliari 20:45 Verona
November 30, 2024
Como 15:00 Monza
AC Milan 18:00 Empoli
Bologna 20:45 Venezia
December 1, 2024
Udinese 12:30 Genoa
Parma 15:00 Lazio
Torino 15:00 SSC Napoli
Fiorentina 18:00 Inter Milan
Lecce 20:45 Juventus

Serie A Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 SSC Napoli 12 8 2 2 19 9 +10 26
2 Atalanta 12 8 1 3 31 15 +16 25
3 Fiorentina 12 7 4 1 25 10 +15 25
4 Inter Milan 12 7 4 1 26 14 +12 25
5 Lazio 12 8 1 3 25 14 +11 25
6 Juventus 12 6 6 0 21 7 +14 24
7 AC Milan 11 5 3 3 20 14 +6 18
8 Bologna 11 4 6 1 15 13 +2 18
9 Udinese 12 5 1 6 15 18 -3 16
10 Empoli 12 3 6 3 9 10 -1 15
11 Torino 12 4 2 6 15 18 -3 14
12 Roma 12 3 4 5 14 17 -3 13
13 Parma 12 2 6 4 16 18 -2 12
14 Verona 12 4 0 8 17 27 -10 12
15 Como 12 2 4 6 13 23 -10 10
16 Cagliari 12 2 4 6 12 22 -10 10
17 Genoa 12 2 4 6 9 22 -13 10
18 Lecce 12 2 3 7 5 21 -16 9
19 Monza 12 1 5 6 10 15 -5 8
20 Venezia 12 2 2 8 11 21 -10 8

Serie A Results

November 10, 2024
Inter Milan 1 - 1 SSC Napoli
Monza 0 - 1 Lazio
Roma 2 - 3 Bologna
Fiorentina 3 - 1 Verona
Atalanta 2 - 1 Udinese
November 9, 2024
Juventus 2 - 0 Torino
Cagliari 3 - 3 AC Milan
Venezia 1 - 2 Parma
November 8, 2024
Lecce 1 - 1 Empoli
November 7, 2024
Genoa 1 - 1 Como
November 4, 2024
Lazio 2 - 1 Cagliari
Empoli 1 - 0 Como
Parma 0 - 1 Genoa
November 3, 2024
Inter Milan 1 - 0 Venezia
Verona 3 - 2 Roma
Torino 0 - 1 Fiorentina
SSC Napoli 0 - 3 Atalanta
November 2, 2024
Monza 0 - 1 AC Milan
Udinese 0 - 2 Juventus
Bologna 1 - 0 Lecce

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