Inter v Fiorentina: Cambiasso's goals
Saturday, 10 December 2011 06:58
MILAN - Esteban Cambiasso has scored more goals in competitive fixtures against Fiorentina than against any other team since he arrived in Italy: 5 of his tally of 41.
Since the last time Fiorentina won at the Meazza (4-0 on 7 May 2000), Inter have won all ten competitive fixtures played in Milan between the two clubs, scoring 22 goals in the process.
Fiorentina's last victory on the road came on 23 April, when they beat Cagliari 1-2 in Serie A. In the 8 matches played away from home since then, the Viola have managed 3 draws and 5 defeats. They have been beaten in their last 3 away games, all in the league: Juventus (2-1), Chievo Verona (1-0) and Palermo (2-0). The last time they picked up a point on their travels was on 16 October at Cesena (0-0, Serie A).
Inter have proved to be Delio Rossi's bogey team: the coach has beaten the Nerazzurri just once in 23 competitive matches. He last faced - and lost to - Inter on 29 May when his Palermo team were defeated 3-1 in the Coppa Italia final played in Rome.
Claudio Ranieri has come up against the current Fiorentina coach 8 times, with ties perfectly matched: 3 wins apiece and 2 draws. Excluding their first match-up, which ended 0-0 in 2006/07, in the other 7 games between these coaches goals have always been scored by both Ranieri's (16) and Rossi's teams (13).
Ranieri, who coached Fiorentina from 1993 to 1997 winning a Coppa Italia and an Italian Super Cup, has met his former club 12 times as a coach, with 6 wins, 3 draws (all 1-1) and 3 wins for the Tuscan side. In those games Ranieri's sides have always scored - 19 goals in total.
