Inter 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk: Ten-man Inter won 1-0 despite Shakhtar's possession

Inter beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 at the San Siro after Alessandro Bastoni was sent off, and Shakhtar had more of the ball but worse chances.

How the goals came

HT 0 - 0

Alessandro BastoniRed card

68'

Carlos Augusto (1 - 0)assist by Henrikh Mkhitaryan

77'

Alessandro Bastoni was sent off in the 68th minute, two minutes after his booking, and Inter still beat Shakhtar Donetsk at the San Siro. Carlos Augusto scored in the 77th minute, nine minutes after the red card, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan providing the assist. Inter spent the closing stages with ten men, and that changes how everything else in this match should be read.

Shakhtar had more of the ball, 55% to Inter's 45%, and completed 521 passes to Inter's 420. Possession is not the same as chances, though. Inter's shots scored 1.01 on expected goals, a figure that rates each chance by how often chances like it go in, against 0.47 for Shakhtar, so Inter's attempts were worth more than twice as much.

The game in numbers

Ball possession

45%55%

1.01Expected goals (xG)0.47

13Total shots11

5Shots on target4

5Corners4

Neither side created a lot. Inter took 13 shots and Shakhtar 11, while the average side in this league takes 14.6 shots a match, so both fell short of that norm. Expected goals for a typical side in this league is 1.76, and Shakhtar finished well under it. A match in this league usually produces 3.7 goals, and this one produced only one.

Inter had eight shots from inside the penalty area, and Shakhtar had six. Josep Martínez and D. Riznyk each made four saves, which tells you the goalkeepers were kept busy without either side being overrun. Carlos Augusto, the scorer, earned a rating of 7.6 for his evening, and that goal was the only moment that truly separated the teams.

Inter arrived at this game with no points from two matches and sat 32nd in the table. Shakhtar were 15th with four points, after a run that included a win, a draw and two defeats in their recent games. Shakhtar's away form this season is a win and a draw, with no defeats.

The result lifts Inter to 3 points, and Shakhtar stay on 4 after this game.

Who stood out

Player of the matchJosep Martínez

4 saves7.6

Carlos Augusto

1 goal7.6

D. Riznyk

4 saves7.3

H. Çalhanoğlu

1 chance created7.2

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