Real Sociedad vs Inter Milan Match Stats Preview
The only previous meetings between Real Sociedad and Internazionale came in the 1979-80 UEFA Cup – the Italians won 3-2 on aggregate (3-0 home, 0-2 away) in the first round.
Inter have won just one of their 13 UEFA Champions League away games against Spanish sides (D2 L10), beating Valencia 5-1 in the 2004-05 group stages.
This will be Real Sociedad's third appearance in the UEFA Champions League, reaching the last 16 in 2003-04, and the group stages in 2013-14.
Having won their first two UEFA Champions League games in September 2003, Real Sociedad are now winless in their last 12 in the competition (D4 L8).
Real Sociedad have scored just one goal in their last eight UEFA Champions League matches, while at home they've failed to score in five of their seven games in the competition (2 goals scored overall).
Having been eliminated at the group stages of the UEFA Champions League in three consecutive seasons between 2018-19 and 2020-21, Inter have made the knockout rounds in each of the last two campaigns, going on to reach the final last season.
No team kept more clean sheets than Internazionale in last season's UEFA Champions League, with their eight shutouts the most they've recorded in a single campaign.
Internazionale's next goal will be their 200th in the UEFA Champions League, the third Italian side to reach the milestone after Juventus (344) and Milan (250).
Among all teams involved in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League last season, only Fenerbahçe (7.6) allowed fewer opposition passes per defensive action than Real Sociedad (7.9) in 2022-23.
Only Kevin De Bruyne (6) assisted more goals than Internazionale’s Federico Dimarco (5) in the UEFA Champions League last season, with his five assists being the most by an Inter player in a single season of the competition since Samuel Eto’o in 2010-11 (5).
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