Stats, form, trends, history and anecdotes: everything about the Champions League match, Sparta-Inter, from January 22 at 9:00 p.m.
After victory at San Siro against EmpoliInter returns to the field to face Sparta Prague away. Kick-off is scheduled for Wednesday, January 22 at 9:00 p.m. in the UEFA Champions League Week 7 match.
HISTORICAL
Sparta Prague and Inter have met four times in European competition, with the Nerazzurri winning three times and losing just one game.
This will be the first time these two teams will face each other in the UEFA Champions League.
Inter are unbeaten against Czech opponents in the UEFA Champions League. The Nerazzurri have won the last three meetings, scoring nine goals and conceding just one.
THE MOMENT OF THE NERAZZURRI
The Nerazzurri sit third in the Champions League with 13 points, tied with Arsenal, Leverkusen, Brest, Aston Villa and Lille. Simone Inzaghi’s side scored seven goals, conceding their first Champions League goal in their last match, 0-1 against Bayer Leverkusen, and breaking a run of five consecutive games without conceding a goal.
The Nerazzurri have only trailed for 285 seconds in this competition, less than any other team.
-Hakan Calhanoglu, with two goals scored, is the most prolific Nerazzurri player in this Champions League.
THE OPPONENT – SPARTA PRAGUE
Sparta Prague, led since the start of the season by Dane Lars Friis, currently occupies 28th place in the Champions League standings with four points in six games. The Czechs have won just one of their last 20 UEFA Champions League matches, losing the last four in a row. They have also conceded 18 goals in this Champions League, their most in an edition since 1999/00.
The only season in which they conceded more goals in the main European competitions was the previous one (22), which makes them the team that has conceded the most goals over the last two seasons in Europe (40).
In the league, Friis’ team is in third place with 37 points thanks to 11 wins and 4 draws after 19 matches, with 35 goals scored and 22 conceded.
The Czechs’ top scorer is Victor Olatunji with six goals.
ARBITRATOR
The Sparta Prague-Inter referee will be the Spaniard Alejandro Hernandez. The assistants will be José Naranjo and Diego Sanchez Rojo, the fourth official will be Cesar Soto Grado, the VAR of the match Juan Martinez Munuera, the VAR assistant Valentin Gomez.
