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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
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Internazionale Milano ended a four-game European losing streak with a 1-0 win against Southampton on matchday three and will look to keep that momentum going in England.
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Internazionale Milano pulled out of a UEFA Europa League Group K nosedive with a 1-0 win against Southampton on matchday three and will look to keep that momentum going as the scene shifts to England.
Previous meetings
• Antonio Candreva scored the only goal in what was the sides' first UEFA competition meeting – and Southampton's first encounter with Serie A opponents.
• Inter's 29 games against English clubs have yielded stats of W14 D4 L11 (W4 D1 L9 in England). They have lost their two most recent away fixtures against Premier League sides.
Form guide
• Southampton are unbeaten in six European home games (W2 D4) since a 4-2 loss to Sporting CP in a UEFA Cup second round game on 21 October 1981.
• Inter are without a win in five European away matches – three draws followed by two defeats. They have conceded three goals in each of the last three of those fixtures.
• Southampton are debuting in a UEFA competition group stage.
• UEFA Cup winners in 1991, 1994 and 1998, Inter have successfully negotiated both of their previous UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns.
Links and trivia
• The journey from Milan to Southampton is about 1,000km.
• Inter have played more UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League games than any other club, 178 – and have also won (88) and drawn (43) the most matches in the competitions.
• Former team-mates:
Éver Banega (Inter) & Oriol Romeu (Southampton) – Valencia, 2013–14
• Inter's Gary Medel (Cardiff City, 2013/14) and Davide Santon (Newcastle United, 2011–15) have Premier League experience, while reserve goalkeeper Tommaso Berni was once on the books of Wimbledon.
The coaches
• Frenchman Claude Puel was appointed by Southampton in June. A one-club man, he spent his entire playing career with Monaco, claiming two league titles and one more as a coach. He has since held the reins at LOSC, Lyon and – in the past four seasons – Nice.
• Hired by Inter this summer, Frank de Boer was dismissed on 1 November after a disappointing run of results. Stefano Vecchi has been placed in temporary command, the one-time Inter trainee having been in charge of the club's youth teams since 2014.