Cristian Chivu’s Inter come to the Bernabéu in red-hot form. Last season’s Italian champions have won all three of their league games. Across the last ten matches, Inter created 2.01 npxG per game against a 1.88 average and scored 2.50 non-penalty goals. At the other end, they conceded 1.16 npxG against a 0.88 average, but only 0.90 non-penalty goals (p90).
Inter mostly create from the left. It is evident from their xT creation map from last season and this season so far. Serie A’s player of the season,
Federico Dimarco, is a huge influence from the left flank. However, Inter will miss the Real Madrid game.
Compared to last season, different p90 metrics are tracking in different ways for Inter. npxG created 1.64 to 2.80 (+71%), npxG conceded 0.80 to 1.22 (+53%), shots 16.41 to 23.22 (+41%), threat generated 1.61 to 1.92 (+19%), open-play passes 449.60 to 547.31 (+22%) and take-ons 12.12 to 10.18 (-16%). None is flagged because the division moved about as far. Goals scored, goals conceded, final-third passes, defensive actions, and aerial duels all held within 15%.
The most-used eleven in 2026-27 over 3 matches has been Alessandro Bastoni, Federico Dimarco, Francesco Pio Esposito, Josep Martínez, Lautaro Martínez, Manuel Akanji, Nicolò Barella, Andy Diouf, Hakan Çalhanoglu, Petar Sucic and Piotr Zielinski. Eight of them also made the 2025-26 eleven; Francesco Pio Esposito, Josep Martínez and Andy Diouf did not.
