Serie A Prospectus: Inter
Inter
Possession: 56%
Offensive Vital Signs
Deep Completions: Good (5th)
Pass Difficulty: Average
Completions Above Average: Very Good (2nd)
Field Position: Very Good (3rd)
Shot Generation: Good (5th)
Good Shot%: Excellent (1st)
Possession Length: Long (4th)
Zones They Progress Well From: 4, 5, 6, 7
Zones They Progress Poorly From: none
Defensive Vital Signs
Deep Completions Allowed: Average (8th)
Pass Difficulty Allowed: Average
Completions Above Average Allowed: Average
Field Position Allowed: Very Good (2nd)
Shot Generation Allowed: Bad (14th)
Good Shot% Allowed: Average
High Press: AboveAverage
Zones That Are Easy To Progress Through: 2
Zones That Are Tough To Progress Through: None
Zone Reminder
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50 Pass Types Were Determined By a Clustering Algorithm, These Are The Types They Play at +/- 1 Standard Deviation from Average
Key Pass Combos: Green: Asamoah-Perisic, Red: D'Ambrosio-Politano
Quick Summary
A wing-oriented attack is probably a Champions League-level attack, the quality of shot they are getting is excellent, but the defense is a bit leaky. You can get shots against Inter and the center of their defense is quite weak when you break through. They are right on the knife edge ofChampions League quality, having one of the best strikers in the world in Mauro Icardi really helps.
Player Reports
Matteo Politano, 25, right-winger
The top two pass combos leading up to a shot for Inter both involve Politano but there’s a bit of a feeling that we aren’t seeing the best out of him. In transition and early in possession Politano is great but for a team like Inter who has long possessions, a player like Politano who fades out might not be the best fit. Maybe he can improve a bit later in possessions and get into more shooting positions, right now he’s a good volume deep completions provider, but is inefficient there and almost everywhere he passes. Most players see a higher % of passes come closer to a shot the later a possession gets, teams are closer to goal, have moved the ball forward for the most part. But Politano sees his % fall off the cliff from 13% of passes within 10 seconds of a shot when he’s involved early in a possession vs just 4% late in possessions.
Mauro Icardi, 25, forward
The last 5 years for Icardi he’s averaged 0.60 xG/90. That’s more than Mo Salah and just short of Harry Kane. The consistency with which he simply produces monster shot production and nothing else is impressive: he has1 tackle and 2 interceptions this year, he barely carries the ball at all, he makes 15 passes a game, rarely completes passes in deep areas and has 3 dribbles on the season. Mauro Icardi is a pure shooting and scoring machine.
Standouts
Deep Completions
87th percentile: Ivan Perisic
82nd percentile: Keita
81st percentile: Radja Nainggolan
79th percentile: Matteo Politano
Great Ball Progressors
Milan Skriniar, Zones 4-7
Borja Valero, Zone 3
Miranda, Zone 5-6
Poor Ball Progressors
Ivan Perisic, Zones 2-3
Antonio Candreva, Zone 3
Matteo Politano, Zones 2 and 4
Defensively Active
96th Percentile: Marcelo Brozovic
95th Percentile: Dalbert
Shooters
92nd Percentile: Mauro Icardi
Ball-Carriers
89th percentile: Roberto Gagliardini
83rd percentile: Stefan de Vrij
77th percentile: Kwadwo Asamoah
77th percentile: Ivan Perisic
One-Touch Passers
97th percentile: Borja Valero
96th percentile: Roberto Gagliardini
87th percentile: Matias Vecino
84th percentile: Marcelo Brozovic
79th percentile: Milan Skriniar