Inter
Udinese
Match summary
Inter came back from 2 goals down to win 5-3 at home to Udinese. It was 2-2 at half-time.
In the first half, James Abankwah put Udinese ahead with a header in the 9th minute, set up by Unai Gómez, Jurgen Ekkelenkamp made it 0-2 in the 16th minute, set up by Keinan Davis, Carlos Augusto pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 26th minute, and Nicolò Barella equalised in the 35th minute, set up by Marcus Thuram. In the second half, Marcus Thuram put Inter in front in the 57th minute, set up by Andy Diouf, Francesco Pio Esposito made it 4-2 in the 67th minute, set up by Piotr Zielinski, Ange-Yoan Bonny made it 5-2 in the 79th minute, and Idrissa Gueye pulled one back to make it 5-3 in stoppage time, set up by Vakoun Bayo.
The chances backed that up: Inter created 4.12 expected goals (xG) from 27 shots to Udinese's 1.29 from 6.
Inter dominated this Serie A Matchday 4 fixture against Udinese, recording 27 shots to the visitors six and enjoying 66 percent possession. The home side created numerous opportunities, accumulating 111 attacks and generating an expected goals total of 4.12 compared to Udinese, who managed an expected goals figure of 1.29 from their five shots on target. Inter also won ten corners and completed 638 passes with a 93 percent accuracy rate. Both teams committed nine fouls, with each side receiving one yellow card during an entertaining encounter that stood at 2-2 by half-time.
Udinese opened the scoring in the ninth minute through a James Abankwah header, before Jurgen Ekkelenkamp extended their lead with a right-footed shot in the sixteenth minute. Inter fought back as Carlos Augusto scored with a left-footed shot in the twenty-sixth minute and Nicolò Barella equalised with a right-footed effort in the thirty-fifth minute. Keinan Davis received a yellow card just before the interval. In the second half, Marcus Thuram put Inter ahead in the fifty-seventh minute with a right-footed shot, shortly before Henrikh Mkhitaryan was booked for argument. Pio Esposito added a fourth with a right-footed strike in the sixty-seventh minute, and Ange-Yoan Bonny scored Inter's fifth with a left-footed shot in the seventy-ninth minute. Idrissa Gueye scored a final goal for Udinese with a right-footed shot in the ninetieth minute to finalise the score at 5-3.
