Inter host Fiorentina looking to stay top
An intriguing lunchtime clash awaits at San Siro as Inter take on Fiorentina. Inter have recorded one draw, against Roma, and six wins in their first seven matches, most recently beating Bologna. They will be looking for another three points to remain ahead of the chasing pack. Fiorentina, meanwhile, need points and will be looking to end a run of two consecutive defeats against Genoa and Como to improve their position in the table.
HEAD TO HEAD
There have been 94 previous competitive meetings between the two sides in Milan: 55 wins for Inter (most recently 3-0 in Serie A 2025/26), 21 draws (most recently 1-1 in Serie A 2021/22) and 18 wins for Fiorentina (most recently 1-0 in Serie A 2022/23).
On 24 May 2023, Inter won the Coppa Italia at the Olimpico in Rome by beating Fiorentina 2-1. Lautaro Martínez scored twice after Nico González had given Fiorentina the lead.
DID YOU KNOW?
This match brings together the team with the most goals scored in the opening 15 minutes of the second half (Inter, 5) and one of the teams with the most goals conceded in that period (Fiorentina, 3, level with Venezia, Napoli, Monza, Udinese and Sassuolo).
Inter are unbeaten in their last 19 matches across Serie A and Coppa Italia: 13 wins and 6 draws. Their last defeat came on 8 March 2026 (Inter-Milan 0-1).
Inter have scored in each of their last 21 matches in all competitions: 55 goals in total over that run. Their last match without scoring came on 8 March 2026 (Inter-Milan 0-1, Serie A).
Across the end of 2025/26 and the current season, Inter have kept just 2 clean sheets in their last 11 competitive matches (a 1-0 win at Cagliari and a 3-0 win over Parma, both in Serie A); they conceded 19 goals across the other 9.
Inter have gained more points in the second half compared with their position at half-time than any other team (+9).
Inter are one of 4 teams to have scored the most goals in the opening 15 minutes of matches (3, level with Lecce, Atalanta and Frosinone).
Inter have scored more goals than any other team (21) and have had the most different goalscorers (10, level with Lazio).
Fiorentina have conceded more goals than any other team (17).
Fiorentina have won just 2 of their last 13 Serie A matches: the remaining record is 3 draws and 8 defeats.
COACHES and PLAYERS
This will be the 3rd official meeting between Cristian Chivu and Paolo Vanoli: both previous encounters ended in draws (Parma-Torino 2-2, Serie A 2024/25, and Fiorentina-Inter 1-1, Serie A 2025/26).
Ange-Yoan Bonny scored against Bologna: he had not scored away from home for exactly one year, since Roma-Inter 0-1 on 18 October 2025.
Carlos Augusto scored against Bologna: the Inter defender is now on 3 goals in all competitions, his best tally in a single season since joining the Nerazzurri. He has only scored more in 2022/23, when he netted 6 goals for Monza.
Josep Martínez is the only Inter player to have played all 630 minutes plus stoppage time in Serie A this season.
Marin Pongračić scored against Como: it was the Croatian defender’s 1st-ever Serie A goal, on his 104th appearance in the competition. He had already scored for Fiorentina in the 2025/26 season, netting the stoppage-time winner in Raków Częstochowa-Fiorentina 1-2 on 19 March 2026, in the Conference League Round of 16.
David De Gea and Radu Drăgușin are the only Fiorentina players to have played all 630 minutes plus stoppage time in Serie A this season.
DISCIPLINE
Suspended: none
Cautioned: none
REFEREE
MARIANI (ALASSIO – ROSSI C.) IV: ZUFFERLI, VAR: FABBRI, AVAR: SANTORO
UPCOMING MATCHES
Venezia-Inter (28/10, 18.30)
Fiorentina-Atalanta (29/10, 20.45)
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