Napoli 1 - 3 Inter, all you need to know
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— Jan 7th 2020All of the stats and facts from the Nerazzurri's win at the San Paolo
NAPLES - 2020 began just as 2019 finished, with a win for Antonio Conte's Inter as they returned from the San Paolo with three points thanks to Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez's goals to beat Napoli 3-1.
In collaboration with Opta, here are all of the best statistics from the Nerazzurri's win:
This is the first time in Serie A (in the three points per win era) that two sides have had 45+ points after 18 games played in a single campaign.
This was Antonio Conte’s 100th Serie A win as a manager in just 145 games: he is the fastest manager to reach this milestone from coaches who made their debut in Serie A from 1994-95 onwards.
With 14, Lukaku has scored the most goals in his first 18 appearances for Inter in the three points per win era: the previous record was held by Christian Vieri in 2000 (13 goals).
Inter have two players with 9+ goals after 18 games played in a single Serie A season (Lukaku 14 and Lautaro Marinez with nine) for the first time since 2007/08 (Ibrahimovic and Julio Cruz).
Inter won a Serie A encounter away from home against Napoli for the first time since October 1997.
Romelu Lukaku has scored 14 goals in his first 18 Serie A appearances, beating his record in Europes top-5 leagues after 18 games played.
Lukaku is the sixth player to score 2+ goals in two consecutive appearances for Inter in Serie A in the three points per win era (after Icardi, Recoba, Vieri, Ibrahimovic and Eto'o).
Lukaku is the first player in Serie A in the three points per win era to score 10 goals away from home in less than 10 games played (nine), beating Cristiano Ronaldo’s record last season (after eleven appearances).
With 16 goals (ten for the Belgian and six for the Argentine), Lukaku and Lautaro are the best goalscoring duo away from home in the top-5 European leagues this season.
Only Ciro Immobile (1.12) and Cristiano Ronaldo (0.87) have better goals-to-games ratios than Arkadiusz Milik and Romelu Lukaku (both 0.78) in Serie A this season (min. 2 goals).
Inter have scored 22 goals during the first halves of Serie A games this season, more than any other side.
Marcelo Brozovic has provided four assists in his last five Serie A appearances, one more than in all of his previous 46.
Marcelo Brozovic made his 150th appearance in Serie A and his 150th start for Inter in all competitions.