Red, not yellow
Eight players have been sent off in matches against Roma so far this season (more than any other team). Viali (Fiorentina), Zagorakis and Cipriani (Bologna), Emerson (Juventus), Tedesco (Reggina), Pisanu (Parma), Lazzari (Atalanta) and Ledesma (Lecce) have all been dismissed in their club's league games against the Giallorossi.
36 matches unbeaten
The last time the Nerazzurri lost a competitive match was the 2-1 defeat away to Lecce last 2 May. Since then Inter have recorded 18 victories and 18 draws in Serie A, Coppa Italia and Champions League matches.
Inter close to record of draws
Last weekend's 2-2 draw away to Parma was Inter's fifteenth of the 2004/05 Serie A season. With two more stalemates, the Nerazzurri will equal their record of seventeen draws in one season (1991/92).
Inter's sprint finishes
At the Tardini last weekend Inter confirmed they are particularly prolific from the 76th to 90th minutes of 2004/05 Serie A games. Including added time, 15 of the Nerazzurri's 44 league goals this season have come in the final fifteen-minute periods of matches. That's 34% of the total.
Four likely scorers against Roma
With 2 out of his 11 Italian goals against Roma, the Giallorossi are Edgar Davids' favourite target. The same goes for Alvaro Recoba (75 goals in competitive matches in Italy), who has scored 6 against Roma, Bologna and Lecce, and Dejan Stankovic - 3 against Roma, AC Milan, Parma and Greek side Panionios (the Serb has scored 44 goals in Italy). With 3 out of his 21 Italian goals against the Giallorossi, Roma are also Ze Maria's favourite target.
Vieri v Montella
Christian Vieri and Vincenzo Montella are the two most prolific players in the Serie A. Vieri has scored 128 goals (including the one initially given to Materazzi in the match away to Livorno), while Montella has netted 130. The Inter striker has scored 10 goals against Roma, who together with Bologna and Verona are his second-favourite target after Perugia (12 goals). Inter are also Montella's second-favourite target - the Roma forward has scored 11 against the Nerazzurri, 12 against Fiorentina and 11 against goalkeepers Toldo and Pagliuca.
Seven Roma players on target
Roma, Brescia, Messina, Palermo and Siena are the five 2004/05 Serie A teams to have scored with the lowest number of players: 7. Totti, Montella, Cassano, Mancini, Dellas, De Rossi and Perrotta have scored for the capital side (total 42 goals).
Roma on target in 11 consecutive matches
The Giallorossi have scored in each of their last eleven league matches, with a total of 23 goals.
Del Neri's black February
According to the statistics, February is the Roma coach's worst month of the year. In 45 matches, Gigi Del Neri has registered 15 wins, 21 draws and 9 defeats - a points per match average of 1.47.
Too bad King Recoba the Roma killer is out for this match (highly doubt he'd be starting anyway)
My preferred lineup............
--------------van der Adriano---------------van der Martins----------
-------------------------van der Cruz-----------------
---van der Kily---------------van der Stankovic ---------van der Meyde
----------------------van der Cambiasso-------------------
-van der Zanetti(to shutdown Mancini)--Koning Cordoba----van der Ze Maria
---------------------------------Van der Toldo---------------------