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59% Ball Possession INTER and 41% Ball Possession UDINESE
Inter 3 – 1 
20′ Romelu Lukaku (pen) 43′ Sandi Lovric
73′ Henrikh Mkhitaryan
89′ Lautaro Martínez
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Inter, 2nd position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +15
Udinese, 8th position with 30 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Inter won the Serie A Week 23 defeating Udinese on Saturday 18 February 2023 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy. Inter returned to success, raising the pace in the last half hour in which they managed to create repeated chances, wasting a lot in front of Silvestri. The victory is thanks to the goals by Romelu Lukaku converting a penalty, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and Lautaro Martínez. The honor goal for Udinese is scored by Sandi Lovric.
Second-placed Inter, who missed out on their fourth competitive win in a row on Monday when they were held to a goalless draw at Sampdoria, remain with 15 points behind leaders Napoli. They are three points clear of AC Milan in third.
In the twenty-fourth round, Inter will visit Bologna while Udinese will host Spezia.
Inter opened the score in the 20th minute. Forward Romelu Lukaku converted a penalty with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Romelu Lukaku tucks away the penalty and Inter are ahead at the San Siro. 💫 pic.twitter.com/QkpdLp0LSS
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 18, 2023
✅ Stats before the game. Inter have lost only one of their last 10 matches against Udinese in Serie A (W7, D2), however, the defeat came in the first leg match on 18 September last – the Friulians have not won both games of the season against the Nerazzurri in the top division since 2012/13, with Francesco Guidolin on the bench. Inter have won their last four matches at the Meazza against Udinese in the league, only once have they achieved more consecutive home wins against the Friulians in Serie A (five between 1984 and 1989). Inter have kept clean sheets in their last two league matches, with Simone Inzaghi in charge only once having recorded more clean sheets in a row in Serie A (six between November-December 2021). Seven of Inter’s eight clean sheets this season have come in home games; in addition, no team has conceded fewer goals than Inter in current Serie A home matches (five in 11 matches).
On the one hand, no team has scored more than Inter in the first half hour of play in this championship (14 goals, equal to Lazio), on the other, Udinese are the team that has conceded the most goals in the first 15 minutes ( eight).
Inter official starting lineup against Udinese
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Photo via twitter.com/inter_en
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Photo via twitter.com/inter_en
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2022 – 2023 Italian Serie A Week 23
Inter 3 – 1 Udinese
Saturday 18 February 2023
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Milan, Italy
20:45
Referee: DIONISI
Assistants: CARBONE – GIALLATINI
Fourth Official: AYROLDI
VAR: ABBATTISTA
AVAR: FOURNEAU
⚽️ Goals: 20′ Romelu Lukaku (I) pen., 43′ Lovric (U), 73′ Mkhitaryan (I), 89′ Lautaro Martínez (I)
🟨 Booked: Masina (U), Lukaku (I), Darmian (I), Bijol (U)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
Coach: Simone Inzaghi
