Season so far

UEFA Champions League

Key, Sparta Prague v Inter Milan
League position, Sparta Prague 28th, Inter Milan 6thTotal points, Sparta Prague 4, Inter Milan 13

Goals scored

Sparta Prague 7Inter Milan 7

Form guide

All competitions

Sparta Prague won
v Bodø / Glimt
3
0
Club Friendlies
Inter Milan draw
v Bologna
2
2
Serie A
Sparta Prague won
v Malmö FF
3
1
Club Friendlies
Inter Milan won
v Venezia
0
1
Serie A
Sparta Prague won
v Jablonec
2
1
Czech Liga
Inter Milan lose
v AC Milan
2
3
Super Cup
Sparta Prague lose
v Feyenoord
4
2
UEFA Champions League
Inter Milan won
v Atalanta
2
0
Super Cup
Sparta Prague won
v Bohemians 1905
1
0
Czech Liga
Inter Milan won
v Cagliari
0
3
Serie A

Previous meetings

All competitions

Sparta Prague and Inter Milan
Played
2
Sparta Prague Won 1Inter Milan Won 1Draw 0

Previous scores

All competitions

UEFA Europa League

Inter Milan 2 , Sparta Prague 1 on the 8th of December 2016
Inter Milan
Sparta Prague
8th of December 2016
Sparta Prague 3 , Inter Milan 1 on the 29th of September 2016
Sparta Prague
Inter Milan
29th of September 2016

Match Facts

  • 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).

  • Internazionale conceded their first goal in the UEFA Champions League this season last time out (0-1 v Bayer Leverkusen), ending a run of five straight clean sheets. They have been behind on the scoreboard for just 285 seconds overall in the competition this term, the fewest of any team.

  • Sparta Prague have spent 60% of their UEFA Champions League matches trailing this season, the third-most behind Slovan Bratislava (69%) and FC Salzburg (64%), while opponents Inter have trailed for a mere 0.8% of their games.

  • Sparta Prague have faced 44 more shots than they’ve had themselves when they’ve been losing in the UEFA Champions League this season (28 vs. 72), the worst differential of any side. It’s also the third-worst difference per 90 minutes, facing 11.6 shots more than they’ve had on average.

  • Victor Olatunji from Nigeria has been directly involved in three goals in his three starts in the UEFA Champions League this season (two goals, one assist – six overall appearances). The last non-Czech player to have a hand in more goals in a single campaign for Sparta was the Slovakian Ratislav Michalik in 2001-02 (5).

  • Internazionale midfielder Hakan Çalhanoglu could make his 50th appearance in the UEFA Champions League (currently on 49) in this game. In doing so, he would become just the fourth Turkish player to reach this milestone, after Ergün Penbe (52), Arif Erdem (50), and Bülent Korkmaz (50).