Inter Milan Serie A Analysis: 2nd Place, 22 Points After 8 Games

Inter Milan are 2nd in the Serie A with 22 points from 8 games (7W 1D 0L) and a goal difference of +13.

Attack

Inter Milan have scored 23 goals (2.88 per game), the 1st-best attack in the Serie A. The league average is 1.54 per team per game, so they sit 87% above it. They failed to score in 0 of 8 games.

Defence

They have conceded 10 (1.25 per game), the 7th-best defence, with 2 clean sheets in 8 games.

Home and away

Inter Milan have 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats at home (15 points from 5 games, 3.0 per game), scoring 3.4 and conceding 1.4 per game. They kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score in 0 of those 5.

Inter Milan have 2 wins, 1 draws and 0 defeats away from home (7 points from 3 games, 2.33 per game), scoring 2.0 and conceding 1.0 per game. They kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score in 0 of those 3.

Form and streaks

Inter Milan's last 5 results in the Serie A, newest first: 2-1 vs Fiorentina (W); 3-1 at Bologna (W); 3-0 vs Parma (W); 2-2 at AS Roma (D); 5-3 vs Udinese (W). That is 13 points from a possible 15.

Current streaks for Inter Milan: 3 straight wins, a goal in each of their last 8.

Key players

Inter Milan's standout numbers: M. Thuram (5 goals, number 5 in the scoring chart); Lautaro Martínez (4 goals, number 8 in the scoring chart); A. Diouf (4 assists, number 1 in the assist chart).

The schedule ahead

Next up: at Venezia (20th), at AC Milan (4th), vs Como (5th). The average league position of those opponents is 9.7, a mixed run.

Outlook

At 2.75 points per game, a full 38-game season would end near 104 points. That is a projection from the current rate, not a prediction.