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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:

March 17, 2024
Atalanta 18:00 Fiorentina
March 30, 2024
SSC Napoli 12:30 Atalanta
Genoa 15:00 Frosinone
Torino 15:00 Monza
Lazio 18:00 Juventus
Fiorentina 20:45 AC Milan
April 1, 2024
Bologna 10:30 Salernitana
Cagliari 13:00 Verona
Sassuolo 13:00 Udinese
Lecce 16:00 Roma
Inter Milan 18:45 Empoli
April 5, 2024
Salernitana 18:45 Sassuolo
April 6, 2024
AC Milan 13:00 Lecce
Roma 16:00 Lazio
Empoli 18:45 Torino
April 7, 2024
Frosinone 10:30 Bologna
Monza 13:00 SSC Napoli
Cagliari 16:00 Atalanta
Verona 16:00 Genoa
Juventus 18:45 Fiorentina

Serie A Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Inter Milan 29 24 4 1 71 14 +57 76
2 AC Milan 29 19 5 5 55 33 +22 62
3 Juventus 29 17 8 4 44 23 +21 59
4 Bologna 29 15 9 5 42 25 +17 54
5 Roma 29 15 6 8 55 35 +20 51
6 Atalanta 28 14 5 9 51 32 +19 47
7 SSC Napoli 29 12 9 8 44 33 +11 45
8 Fiorentina 28 12 7 9 41 32 +9 43
9 Lazio 29 13 4 12 36 33 +3 43
10 Monza 29 11 9 9 32 36 -4 42
11 Torino 29 10 11 8 28 26 +2 41
12 Genoa 29 8 10 11 31 36 -5 34
13 Lecce 29 6 10 13 26 45 -19 28
14 Udinese 29 4 15 10 28 44 -16 27
15 Verona 29 6 8 15 26 39 -13 26
16 Cagliari 29 6 8 15 29 50 -21 26
17 Empoli 29 6 7 16 22 43 -21 25
18 Frosinone 29 6 6 17 37 60 -23 24
19 Sassuolo 29 6 5 18 33 56 -23 23
20 Salernitana 29 2 8 19 23 59 -36 14

Serie A Results

March 17, 2024
Inter Milan 1 - 1 SSC Napoli
Roma 1 - 0 Sassuolo
Verona 1 - 3 AC Milan
Juventus 0 - 0 Genoa
March 16, 2024
Frosinone 2 - 3 Lazio
Salernitana 0 - 1 Lecce
Monza 1 - 0 Cagliari
Udinese 0 - 2 Torino
March 15, 2024
Empoli 0 - 1 Bologna
March 11, 2024
Lazio 1 - 2 Udinese
March 10, 2024
Fiorentina 2 - 2 Roma
Juventus 2 - 2 Atalanta
AC Milan 1 - 0 Empoli
Lecce 0 - 1 Verona
March 9, 2024
Genoa 2 - 3 Monza
Bologna 0 - 1 Inter Milan
Cagliari 4 - 2 Salernitana
Sassuolo 1 - 0 Frosinone
March 8, 2024
SSC Napoli 1 - 1 Torino
March 4, 2024
Inter Milan 2 - 1 Genoa

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