Inter vs Lecce

17th out of 17 penalties attempted in Serie A for Hakan Çalhanoglu. Since the 2023/24 season, considering the top five European leagues, the Turkish midfielder is the player to have scored the most times from 11 metres (11, to nine Cole Palmer).

Hakan Çalhanoglu has scored all 17 penalties taken in Serie A, no one has recorded a longer streak of penalties converted in a row in Serie A since the data has been available (since 2005/06 - followed at 16 by Giampaolo Pazzini, between 2012 and 2020).

Inter fielded a starting line-up with an average age of 30 years and 343 days and no team has taken the field in a Serie A match with an 'older' starting XI since 13 May 2023 - Inter itself , in the 4-2 home win against Sassuolo (31 years and 5 days).

Inter are the team that have won the most matches against Lecce in Serie A (28 wins, D4, L4), as well as being the team that have scored the most goals against the Salento team in the competition (85).

Between 2022/23 and 2023/24, Inter won four out of four games, scored 10 goals and conceded only one goal against Lecce in Serie A (goal difference of +9); only against Salernitana (+10) do they have a better goal difference in this period.

In 18 home games against Lecce in Serie A, Inter have won 17 times (only one 1-0 defeat on 12 January 2000, with a goal by Vugrinec), have kept 12 clean sheets and have conceded only six goals, including never more than one per game; the Salento side are one of only four teams with at least 10 games at the home of the Nerazzurri without ever managing to score two goals – the others are: Novara (13), Foggia (11) and Avellino (10).

Inter drew their first match of this championship; in the era of three points for a win, only three times so far has the title holder failed to win their first two games of the season: Roma 2001/02 (the only one of these to draw both), Milan 2011/12 and Juventus 2015/16.

Between the end of last season and the start of this one, Inter have drawn three games in a row; the Nerazzurri have not drawn more consecutive games since December 2017-February 2018 in the competition (five in that case, with Spalletti on the bench).