The 9th round of Serie A TIM 2022/2023 has come to an end. Here are some statistics and interesting facts about the matches played (Opta data):
Edin Dzeko (36 years and 205 days) has now become the oldest player to have scored 2+ goals for Inter in a single Serie A match, overtaking Sinisa Mihajlovic in 2005 against AS Roma.
Davide Frattesi has scored three goals in nine Serie A appearances this season, only one fewer than he had last term in 36 games played in the competition.
AC Milan have won both against Juventus and Inter before their 10th Serie A match played in a season for the second time in their history, after 1970/71.
Massimiliano Allegri has lost his first ever Serie A match against Stefano Pioli, at the 17th encounters between the two managers in the competition.
Nicolás DomÃnguez's goal is the 50 th goal scored by a team coached by Thiago Motta in the Italian top league.
Manolo Gabbiadini played his 250th match in Serie A, 139 of them played with Sampdoria.
Empoli have drawn the most games (5) in the Serie A 22/23.
Torino have gained the same points (11) after the first nine games played of the last Serie A campaign (21/22), but they have scored 4 goals less (8 vs 12).
Raffaele Palladino is the first coach to win his first three games in Serie A as debutant in charge of a newly promoted side in the three points per win era (since 1994-95).
Krzysztof Piatek equaled Zbigniew Boniek (31) in third place among Polish top scorers in Serie A, behind only Milik (41) and Zielinski (37).
Hellas Verona have hit six woodwork in Serie A this season, no team have more.
Atalanta have earned more than 20 points (21) in the opening nine Serie A matches of a season for the first time in their history; on the other hand Udinese, with their 20 points, equalled their record at this stage in the Italian top-flight (20 also in 2008/09).
Napoli have won eight consecutive games in a single campaign for the first time in their history, considering all competitions.
This match was the first ever match between two Georgian players from different teams in Serie A in the three points for a win era (Cremonese’s Luka Lochoshvili and Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia).
Lorenzo Pellegrini is one of three players to have provided at least four assists in all of the last four Serie A seasons, alongside Zielinski and Milinkovic-Savic.
Gabriel Strefezza has scored in each of his last three league games: the last Lecce player to score in three or more straight Serie A appearances before turning 26 years was Luis Muriel, in 2012.
Lazio have kept five clean sheets in their first nine Serie A seasonal matches for the first time since 2006/07.
Ciro Immobile (188 goals) has equaled Alessandro Del Piero, Alberto Gilardino and Giuseppe Signori at 9th place in all-time Serie A top-scorers history.
(Photo LaPresse)
Source: legaseriea.it