Sparta Praha vs Inter

Sparta Prague and Internazionale have faced each other on four previous occasions in European competition, with the Italian side winning three of those (L1). This will be the first time they’ve faced each other in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League.

Internazionale are unbeaten to opponents from Czechia in the UEFA Champions League (W3 D1), with all four matches coming since the start of 2019-20. They’ve won each of the last three, scoring nine goals and only conceding once.

Sparta Prague have won one of their last 20 UEFA Champions League matches (D5 L14) and have lost their last four in a row. They’ve never previously lost five on the bounce.

Each of Internazionale’s last four UEFA Champions League games have ended 1-0 (W3 L1), losing 1-0 to Bayer Leverkusen last time out. The only two teams to have five consecutive 1-0 matches within the same season are Juventus in 2004-05 (W5) and Maccabi Haifa in 2009-10 (L5).

Sparta Prague have conceded 18 UEFA Champions League goals, their most in a season since 1999-00 (18 in 12 games). The only major European campaign in which they’ve conceded more goals was last season (22), with Sparta conceding the most goals of any side in the last two seasons in Europe (40).