Inter Milan vs Monaco Matchday Stats Preview
Internazionale have won their two previous home games in European competition against Monaco, winning 1-0 in the 1963-64 European Cup round of 16 and 3-1 in the 1996-97 UEFA Cup semi-finals.
Monaco lost each of their first three games against Internazionale in European competition but did win their most recent meeting with them in April 1997 in the UEFA Cup.
Internazionale are unbeaten in their last 12 home matches in the UEFA Champions League (W10 D2), their longest unbeaten run on home soil in the European Cup/Champions League since September 1963-September 2002 (no defeats in their first 28 such matches).
Monaco have only won one of their last 10 away matches in the UEFA Champions League (D4 L5), although that lone victory did come in Italy this season, winning 1-0 at Bologna in November.
Internazionale haven’t conceded a goal in any of their last five home matches in the UEFA Champions League. The last team to keep six consecutive home clean sheets in the competition was Atlético de Madrid in September 2016 (6), while the last Italians side to do so was Juventus in September 2005 (6).
Monaco have won four of their seven games in the UEFA Champions League this season (D1 L2), including a victory over Aston Villa last time out. Their 57% win rate is currently their highest in a single Champions League campaign to date.
19-year-old Eliesse Ben Seghir has played in all seven of Monaco’s games in the UEFA Champions League this season, starting in six of them. The only teenager to play more minutes than Ben Seghir for the club in a single Champions League campaign is Kylian Mbappé (536 in 2016-17).
Lautaro MartÃnez has scored 14 UEFA Champions League goals for Inter, the joint-most of any player, alongside Adriano. When including the European Cup, only Sandro Mazzola (17) has more in Europe’s premier competition for the Italian side.
Monaco have had four goals scored by defenders in the UEFA Champions League this season (Wilfried Singo x2, Thilo Kehrer, and Mohammed Salisu); the most of any team in the 2024-25 edition.
Yann Sommer has kept six clean sheets in seven UEFA Champions League games this season. The only goalkeeper to record more in a single European Cup/Champions League campaign for Inter is André Onana, who kept eight in 13 appearances in 2022-23.
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