The game finishes 5-0 to Inter as they run rampant here. Perisic got the ball rolling early on as he headed home from a Calhanoglu corner on eleven minutes. They had numerous chances to double their advantage before they finally did on 33 minutes. Dzeko superbly found Dumfries, who drilled an effort off the crossbar and over the line to make it 2-0 at half-time. They came out firing in the second half too, and made it 3-0 on 51 minutes after an electric counter-attack led to Sanchez placing past Fiorillo. Martinez added another on 77 minutes after the ball fell to him in the area before Gagliardini finished off the rout in the 87th minute with another clever finish.
The hosts remain rooted to the bottom of the table as they fall to another defeat. They sit four points from safety, and host Udinese next as they look to pick up points to help them battle relegation. The visitors meanwhile extend their lead at the top of the table to four points, although they have played a game more than their title competitors. They will play Torino next in the hopes of extending their impressive winning run.
Thanks for joining us for this live coverage of Inter's 5-0 away win at Salernitana in Serie A.
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90'
FULL-TIME: SALERNITANA 0-5 INTER22:33
89'
Calhanoglu strikes at goal from distance and the ball swerves in the air, making it uncomfortable for Fiorillo in the home goal. He just does enough to punch it behind though.22:45
87'
Gagliardini gets in on the act! Vidal tries to play a through ball to Martinez but Gagliolo manages to cut it out. Unfortunately for him though, it perfectly falls to Gagliardini to fire home first-time and make it 5-0 to the visitors.
It looks as if Salernitana's 100% home record against Inter is going to end here.22:30
84'
The hosts have given it a bit of a go in the last few minutes and a couple of shots at goal are blocked. It's going to be too little, too late though.22:28
82'
Gondo lofts a cross to Djuric at the back post, but the Bosnian forward's header goes into the side netting. He really should have done better there.22:25
80'
Zortea comes on for Gyomber with ten minutes left to play.22:23
78'
Perisic, who opened the scoring here, is replaced by Kolarov.22:22
77'
Martinez makes it 4-0! After some good work by Gagliardini in which he put it through Bogdan's legs, the ball falls to the Argentinian striker to lash home to add another to his side's tally.
Calhanoglu sees yellow for a sliding challenge on Gondo in midfield.22:19
75'
Dimarco sends a corner over from the left, and the ball pings around in the box before it's eventually hacked clear from danger.22:18
73'
Gondo sends a tame header at goal that trickles into Handanovic's hands. That's about the closest they've come in this second period, which says a lot about how poor they've been.22:15
71'
Gagliardini comes on for Brozovic.22:14
71'
Jaroszynski replaces Ranieri.22:14
71'
The veteran Ribery comes off for Gondo.22:13
69'
Dimarco and Sanchez link up in the box but the Italian defender is penalised for pushing a defender before they can get anything meaningful at goal.22:13
67'
Colantuono's men have really struggled to get going in this second half and their attacking threat has been almost zero.22:10
65'
Dumfries shows great pace and power to burst into the box before he is eventually tackled, with the ball going out for a corner. Calhanoglu swings it in and for once it's a bad delivery, allowing the hosts to clear their lines.22:09
63'
Gagliolo is forced to be alert at the back post to send a cross behind for a corner before Dumfries can get to it.22:06
61'
Kastanos makes way for Schiavone.22:04
61'
Colantuono puts on Djuric in place of Simy.22:04
59'
Calhanoglu has been superb tonight, and this time he links up with Martinez before firing at goal. The shot is blocked behind, but he then finds Martinez with another brilliant corner. The Argentinian striker can only send his header over though.22:02
56'
Martinez replaces Sanchez up front.21:59
56'
Dimarco comes on for Bastoni in defence.21:59
56'
Barella makes way for Vidal.21:59
55'
The visitors have come out smelling blood in this second half and fully warrant that third goal.21:58
53'
Gyomber goes in the book for a poorly-timed challenge on Bastoni.21:57
52'
Calhanoglu's interplay with Sanchez and Dzeko was sublime before Sanchez got on the end of his through-ball to fire home.04:55
52'
What a goal! It's simply superb by Inter as they make the scoreline 3-0 with a brilliant counter-attack. Sanchez does well to drag out the defenders on the half-way line before laying it right to Calhanoglu in the space he had created. The Turkish midfielder plays a one-two with Dzeko before playing in Sanchez in the box. The Chilean forward makes no mistake with his finish as he fires across goal and into the back of the net.
Dumfries wins the header from another Calhanoglu corner but his effort flies well over Fiorillo's goal. 21:53
48'
So close for the visitors! Dumfries finds Barella in the box before the Italian midfielder cleverly flicks it to D'Ambrosio. The defender sets his sights on the far corner, but it just sneaks past the post and behind for a goal-kick.21:53
46'
The hosts get us back underway for the second period.21:48
It looks a big ask for the hosts to get anything out of this game now, especially with them being the lowest scorers in the division and Inter having a formidable defence. Can they find some magic somewhere to get themselves back into the match?21:37
And so we go to the break with the scoreline 2-0 to the visitors. It could've been a couple more too, as Dzeko and Dumfries both missed decent chances. They did take the lead on 11 minutes, as Perisic sent a header from a brilliant Calhanoglu corner into the back of the net. The hosts didn't show much attacking threat but should probably have found themselves level after Ribery found Obi in the box, however the former Inter midfielder saw his shot saved by Handovic. They were punished for that soon after, as Dzeko sent a perfect pass to Dumfries in the area before the Dutchman smashed his shot off the bar and down over the goalline to double his side's advantage.21:35
45'
HALF-TIME: SALERNITANA 0-2 INTER21:32
43'
It's looking like this will be Salernitana's tenth Serie A game in a row where they haven't scored in the first-half.21:31
41'
How has that not gone in? Fiorillo badly misjudges the flight of a Calhanoglu corner, and the ball goes all the way over to Dzeko at the back post. It looks as if the striker is going to head into an empty net, but he somehow sends his header wide of the right-hand post. You'd back a player of Dzeko's quality to score that 99 times out of 100.21:28
39'
The visitors have had over 64% of the possession so far, with a two goal lead to show for it.21:26
37'
The visitors have scored 100 league goals in 2021, the first time they've ever reached that total in a year.21:24
35'
It's a really long way back for Salernitana now if they want to get anything from this game against the reigning champions and current league leaders.21:23
33'
Dzeko's pass to Dumfries was perfectly-weighted for Dumfries to fire home.21:21
33'
It's 2-0 to the visitors! Dumfries is the scorer after he is played in superbly by Dzeko. The Dutchman's effort cannons off the crossbar and down over the goalline. The referee points to his watch, and awards the goal.
Perisic's goal that opened up the scoring was Calhanoglu's fifth assist from set-pieces this season. No other player in the top five European leagues has more than the Turkish midfielder.21:23
29'
The hosts should be level! Ribery does superbly to drive into the box before sending a perfectly-weighted ball to Obi. However, from a tight angle the Nigerian midfielder's shot is pushed behind by Handanovic. That's the type of chance Colantuono's men will need to take to get a result against the champions.21:17
27'
Brozovic manages to find Barella on the edge of the area, but the young Italian gets his strike at goal horribly wrong and it flies into the stands.21:14
25'
The hosts look to catch Inter on the break but Simy inexplicably gives the ball straight to Brozovic and the visitors can attack once more.21:12
23'
The side playing at home has won all of the previous four Serie A matches between these two teams.21:10
21'
Salernitana have their first real attack of the match and Delli Carri wins a corner as his shot from an angle is blocked behind. The corner momentarily causes a bit of panic, but the referee spots an infringement and gives a free-kick to Inzaghi's men.21:07
20'
Dumfries gets in down the right but his cross for Dzeko in the middle is blocked behind for a corner, which comes to nothing. It's the visitors who are looking the more likely to grab a second goal here.21:06
18'
Barella goes in the book for a poorly-timed sliding challenge on Gagliolo on the touchline.21:04
16'
Sanchez tries to find Dzeko in the middle with a low cross but his ball in just evades the toe of his strike partner.21:03
15'
Dzeko sends a header just wide from a Perisic delivery from the left-hand side.21:01
13'
It should be 2-0! Dumfries latches onto a brilliant throughball from Sanchez before sending a low shot just wide of the left post. 21:03
11'
Calhanoglu's corner was a good one, allowing Perisic to head into the back of the net.20:59
11'
Inter draw first blood! It's Perisic who scores, as he gets on the end of a Calhanoglu corner. The ball was swung in from the right before the Croatian wide-man was able to head home past Fiorillo to make it 1-0 to the visitors.
Dzeko looks to get on the end of a searching Calhanoglu cross, but Fiorillo does well to punch it behind for a corner before the Bosnian striker can get a header away at goal.20:57
8'
Barella is warned by the referee for complaining about being penalised for a foul on Ribery in midfield. He's certainly been involved here early on.20:54
6'
Should that have been a penalty? The visitors certainly think so as Dzeko is bundled over in the box as he sets himself to shoot, however, the referee rules that Gagliolo's challenge was legal and waves play on.20:54
4'
Barella tries his luck from distance but it flies over Fiorillo's goal.20:50
3'
Barella looks to get on the ball early on and sees a low cross cleared by the home defence after D'Ambrosio set him away down the right.20:48
1'
The visitors kick us off and we are underway.20:46
The two teams make their way onto the field of play.20:40
Visiting head coach Simone Inzaghi goes with just two alterations from the 4-0 thrashing of Cagliari last time out, with D’Ambrosio and Dzeko starting ahead of Skriniar and Martinez.20:39
Home head coach Stefano Colantuono makes three changes from the team that lost 4-0 to Fiorentina last time out in Serie A, as Fiorillo starts ahead of Belec in goal while Delli Carri and Gagliolo also come in. Kechrida starts on the bench as Frederic Veseli doesn’t make the squad. 20:35
SUBS: Matias Vecino, Lautaro Martinez, Andrea Ranocchia, Roberto Gagliardini, Mattia Zanotti, Stefano Sensi, Federico Dimarco, Aleksandr Kolarov, Milan Skriniar, Ionut Radu, Martin Satriano, Arturo Vidal.20:34
INTER (3-5-2): Samir Handanovic; Danilo D’Ambrosio, Stefan de Vrij, Alessandro Bastoni; Denzel Dumfries, Nicolo Barella, Marcelo Brozovic, Hakan Calhanoglu, Ivan Perisic; Alexis Sanchez, Edin Dzeko.20:31
SUBS: Francesco Di Tacchio, Guido Guerrieri, Andrea Schiavone, Nadir Zortea, Milan Djuric, Vid Belec, Cedric Gondo, Wajdi Kechrida, Pawel Jaroszynski.20:26
The visitors meanwhile are top of the league having won their last five consecutive league matches. They will look to extend their lead at the top of the table with three points here.20:22
The hosts come into this game sat bottom of the league, having only won two of their 17 games this season. They’ve lost 13 games in Serie A this campaign, including all of their last three. 20:18
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Serie A clash between Salernitana and Inter.20:15
Salernitana - Inter is a match of 18 day of the season Serie A 2021/2022. The match will be 17 december at 20:45 in the stadium Arechi in Salerno. Referee of Salernitana - Inter will be Maurizio Mariani with the help of Valerio Colarossi e Dario Cecconi. At VAR there will be Piero Giacomelli.
Currently Salernitana is 20° in the standings with 8 points (thanks of 2 wins, 2 draws and 14 defeats); while Inter is 1° in the standings with 43 points (thanks of 13 wins, 4 pareggi and 1 sconfitta). Salernitana scored 11 goals and conceded 42; Inter scored 48 goals and conceded 15.
At home Salernitana scored 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 7 losses). Away Inter scored 20 points (6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss). Salernitana in the last three matches of the season challenged Milan, Fiorentina and Inter obtaining 0 points. Inter in the last three matches of the season challenged Spezia, Roma and Cagliari obtaining 9 points thanks to 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. In the last match Salernitana was against Inter losing 0-5 while Inter was against Cagliari winning 4-0.
Salernitana and Inter competed 4 times in the league. In the previous matches Salernitana won 2 times, Inter won 2 times while there have never been draws.
These are the statistics of the two teams in the matches played in the season:
Where to see Salernitana-Inter You can see the live match Salernitana-Inter here on Virgilio Sport starting 20:45 CET of 17 december. Discover who will broadcast live Salernitana - Inter between Sky and Dazn.
