Inter – Atalanta

Atalanta will try to surprise Inter

Inter won their tenth consecutive victory in all competitions! During this stretch, the snakes have won the league, Champions League and the Italian Super Cup. Lecce did not stop Simone Inzaghi's wards in the last round. "Neradzurri" competently took advantage of failures in the defence of the opponents. Thus, almost all of their goals Inter scored after passes to the Wolves' defenders. Inter had four goals in total. It should be noted that the "snakes" played not the most basic lineup. Compared to the Champions League match against Atletico, Inzaghi made seven substitutions. Three of them, however, were caused by personnel problems. Thus, due to injuries, Jann Sommer, Marcus Thuram and Hakan Çalhanoglu did not appear on the pitch of the Via del Mare. It should be noted that in addition to the above-mentioned matches, in February the Snakes played against Salernitana, Roma and Juventus. A very tight schedule and an increasingly comfortable advantage in the standings could play a role in future meetings. By the way, Inter leads the league with 66 points after 25 rounds. The nearest pursuer Juventus is nine points behind. Atalanta broke their six-match winning streak in the last round. Interrupted, however, not by defeat, but by a draw. "On Sunday, the "Goddess" was already a guest at the San Siro, where they met with Milan. The meeting for Gian Piero Gasperini's men started in the most unfavorable way. Rafael Leão scored in the 3rd minute after a beautiful solo pass. However, before the end of the first half, Ten Kopmeiners realised a spot-kick and restored parity. That was the end of it. The main advantage of Bergamaschi this season is not so busy calendar. Unlike many rivals from the top of the table, Alatanta do not play in European cups. Thanks to this, Gasperini's men beat Lazio, shared points with Roma and knocked Milan out of the Italian Cup. Obviously, Inter are overachieving on many statistical metrics. Thus, the "snakes" should score 4.42 fewer goals by xG, and concede 8.67 (!) more by xGA. At the same time, the Nerazzurri are outscored by as much as 10.26 points according to xPTS. At the same time, Atalanta are under-recovering in scoring points in away encounters. Thus, the Bergamaschi are 2.87 points short on the road. There the team conceded 2.44 goals more than they should. Can injuries to Inter's leaders help the visitors? Quite. In the duel of the first round Inter won 1:2. Then the rivals gave a very even match, which could well end in a draw.