Can little-fancied Empoli trouble Internazionale?

Internazionale host Empoli this Monday at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for matchweek 30 of the Serie A. Currently, Simone Inzaghi's team are 1st in the table with 76 points, while Davide Nicola's team are 17th with 25 points. The match will be broadcast live at 14:45 on beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

Internazionale go into the game on the back of a 1-1 draw against Napoli (Serie A 2023/24), while Empoli lost 0-1 to Bologna (Serie A 2023/24). On arrival at this matchday, Simone Inzaghi's team is on a scoring run that has seen them score at least one goal a game in their past 29 matches in the Serie A 2023/24. When analysing the previous encounters between the teams, Internazionale and Davide Nicola's team have faced each other thirty-six times, with Simone Inzaghi's team holding the advantage: 29 victories, against 4 victories of Empoli. Specifically in the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Internazionale have the advantage in the duels against Davide Nicola's team: 16 wins in 18 games. Empoli have 2 wins.

Considering only the Serie A, there have been thirty-one games played between the two teams, with 24 wins for Internazionale, 3 draws and 4 wins for Empoli.

Considering the Serie A 2023/24, from Internazionale's most influential players, Henrikh Mkhitaryan participated in 29 games, and Yann Sommer is the one with more minutes played (2520). Lautaro Martínez is their current best scorer with 23 goals. As for Empoli, Sebastiano Luperto is the most used player in a total of 29 games (2610 min). Szymon Zurkowski is the current best scorer with 4 goals.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Internazionale winning 1-0. Simone Inzaghi's team is given the favouritism to win this match.