Match Report
Inter went into the game 2nd in the table on 12 points; Monza sat 18th on 1 — an 11-point gap. Per game in the league, Inter were scoring 3.25 and conceding 1.5, Monza 1.5 and 2.75, against a competition average of 1.51 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Inter in 15 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 3 Inter wins, 1 for Monza, 3 draws, at 3.43 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 29% of the meetings went to the host. Both teams scored in 71% of the meetings.
L. Marinelli took charge of the match — our records show 83 games refereed with an average of 1.8 yellow cards per game. Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, capacity 75,817, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 4-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Inter: Hakan Çalhanoğlu (6'), Piotr Zielinski (48'), Pio Esposito (55'), Yann Bisseck (63') · Monza: Gustavo Varela (29')
Key stats
Possession: Inter 71% · Monza 29% · Total shots: 13-7 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 3-3