Inter aiming to bounce back against Verona

Another chapter in the Scudetto battle between Inter and Napoli. The Nerazzurri are set to host Verona as they look to put consecutive defeats against Bologna and Roma behind them. Verona have also lost their last two fixtures – against Roma and Cagliari – and want three points to move further clear of the relegation zone.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Inter are both the team that have beaten Hellas Verona the most times in Serie A (41), and the team that have scored the most against the Gialloblu in the competition (117 goals). Hellas Verona have never won away against Inter in Serie A (D11 L22). There are three teams against which the Gialloblu have played at least 30 away games without obtaining a single victory in the competition: Juventus (34), Milan (33) and Inter (33).

DID YOU KNOW?

Inter have so far gained 71 points, while in the last Serie A season after 34 matchdays they were already at 89 points; this difference of -18 is the second worst among the teams present in both seasons (only Monza have done worse, -29 points). Inter have lost their last two league games without scoring, suffering as many defeats as in their previous 27 Serie A games (W19 D6); the Nerazzurri have not suffered three defeats in a row in the competition since April 2023, against Spezia, Juventus and Fiorentina. April and May are the two months in which Simone Inzaghi's teams have historically suffered the most defeats in Serie A (12 in each month); indeed, his loss percentage in May of 36% (12/33) is the second-worst, only behind July (50%, 4/8). The last time Hellas Verona scored more than one goal in Serie A was on 30 December 2024; since then, the Gialloblu have scored six goals in 16 games, 10 times without scoring, both negative records in the calendar year in the competition.

PLAYERS

In the 26 games with Marcus Thuram as a starter in this championship, Inter have lost just twice, with a loss percentage that rises from 7.7% with him in the starting eleven to 37.5% in the games in which he hasn’t started (three defeats out of eight). All four of Amin Sarr's goals in this championship have come away from home. Indeed, he is currently the Hellas Verona player with the most goals scored by those who have only netted away from home in a single Serie A season (Emiliano Mascetti with three in 1971/72).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Çalhanoğlu, Inzaghi (Inter); Coppola, Ghilardi (Hellas Verona) Cautioned: Asllani, Pavard (Inter); Suslov (Verona)

REFEREE

MANGANIELLO (PERROTTI – DEL GIOVANE) IV: MASSIMI, VAR: PATERNA, AVAR: LA PENNA

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Torino-Inter (Sunday 11 May, 18.00 CEST) Hellas Verona-Lecce (Sunday 11 May, 15.00 CEST) (Photo Getty Images)