Moataz Al Shami (Dubai)
The attention of Italian football fans this evening, “Saturday”, is focused on following the “Derby of Rage”, which combines Inter and Milan in the “24th round” of “Calcio”, in a confrontation that is expected to be full of club and excitement, as is usually the matches of the two arch-rivals, but the language of numbers and statistics has Another opinion on that match.
The statistics of the specialized international network “Instat” revealed the technical superiority of Inter against Milan, hours before the expected meeting, and the first in the “Index” index, which confirmed the superiority of Inter by 10 full points, achieving 282 points, compared to 272 points for Milan with 8 other numbers in favor of Inter. For only 4 for Milan.
Inter excel in creating the achieved opportunities, with an average of 10 chances per match, compared to 7 for Milan, and scored 79 goals, compared to 65 goals for Milan, and excelled in offside an average of 1.52 times per match, compared to 2.3 for Milan, and in paying 17 times per match, compared to 13 for Milan, and in 20 challenges Aerially compared to 17 for Milan.
Inter dominate the numbers of accurate passes, with an average of 528 passes per match, compared to 440 for Milan, and in crosses with an average of 5.7 crosses per minute, compared to 3.5 for Milan, which are all numbers that explain why Inter topped the ranking with 53 points, while Milan “third” seeks to win and has 49 points to win to narrow the difference.
On the other hand, Milan outperforms Inter digitally in only 4 aspects, most notably the defensive challenges with 80, compared to 72 for Inter, and in winning the offensive challenges by 42 against 40 for Inter. » by 20 to 17.
La Gazzetta newspaper expected the “Derby of Rage” lineup, where Inter plays “3-5-2”, relying on Dzeko and Lautaro Martinez, “double-attack”, while Milan plays in a “4-2-3-1” method, relying on French Giroud alone in the line. frontal.