Serie A | Venezia 0-2 Inter: Nerazzurri leave it late and ride luck again

Inter left it late again to secure a victory and remain joint leaders, with an own goal and deflected Carlos Augusto header to sink Venezia.

The Nerazzurri knew only three points would let them keep top spot alongside Lazio and already had a scare at the weekend with two goals in added time to beat Fiorentina 2-1. Lautaro Martinez, Benjamin Pavard, Curtis Jones, John Stones and Luis Henrique were still out of action, but Ivan Provedel started his second consecutive match.

This was an intriguing battle of the Stankovic brothers, Filip in goal for Venezia and Aleksandar getting his first Inter start in midfield, as both came through the Nerazzurri academy, following the footsteps of father Dejan.

Federico Dimarco’s curler was off target and Petar Sucic had penalty appeals rejected when he went down under minor contact with Thorir Helgason as he tried to change direction.

Lion Lauberbach had a similar coming together with Yann Bisseck and again the referee and VAR were not interested.

Ivan Provedel on his second consecutive start scrambled across for a great one-handed save on the Akor Adams strike, then moments later managed to change direction to parry the deflected Kike Perez free kick with Lauberbach quickest to react on the rebound. However, Venezia celebrations were short-lived, as VAR showed Lauberbach was offside.

It was wide open, as just after Ange-Yoan Bonny failed to meet the Marcus Thuram pull-back, Venezia had two big chances on the counter-attack. First Provedel off balance managed to deflect a Lauberbach finish onto the crossbar from the Helgason cross, then as the move continued the striker’s header was just off target.

Andy Diouf got down the right to test Filip Stankovic with a low cross-shot, but Cristian Chivu was evidently unsatisfied, as he made a triple change at half-time.

Thuram tested Filip Stankovic from distance, but Venezia really should’ve gone in front on the hour mark when Gianluca Busio somehow ballooned over from close range on a roll across from the right.

The Lagunari also had the ball in the net on 71 minutes, but again the offside flag went up, this time for Adams who had dribbled around Provedel on the John Yeboah through ball.

Thuram also prodded inches wide on a Francesco Pio Esposito assist, then turned a header just past the far top corner on the Carlos Augusto cross.

Instead, Inter broke through when Carlos Augusto tackled Simon Sohm to spark the counter-attack, Thuram pulled back from the by-line and Matias Moreno attempted to clear at the near post, accidentally putting it into his own net. Venezia complaints of a potential foul in the build-up were rejected.

Moments later, the Nerazzurri doubled their lead with another deflection, as the Carlos Augusto glancing header from a Hakan Calhanoglu corner hit Redouane Halhal on the chest to ricochet in.

Venezia 0-2 Inter

Moreno og 80 (I), Carlos Augusto 82 (I)

28-10-2026 17:30

MatchDay 9

Player statistic

1st half

2nd half

Match statistic

34 Possession % 66

12 Total shots 16

4 Shots on target 2

5 Shots off target 7

3 Blocked shots 7

3 Corners 6

5 Offsides 2

5 Fouls 9

Venezia

Inter

Starting lineups

1 Filip Stankovic Goalkeeper

Juan Jesus Defender

2 Matías Moreno Defender

70 Pasquale Mazzocchi Defender 76'

25 Redouane Halhal Defender

18 Antoine Hainaut Midfielder

71 Kike Pérez Midfielder 61'

19 Simon Sohm Midfielder

21 Thórir Jóhann Helgason Midfielder 68'

45 Akor Adams Attacker

29 Lion Lauberbach Attacker 68'

49 Ivan Provedel Goalkeeper

95 Alessandro Bastoni Defender

14 Ange-Yoan Bonny Defender 65'

32 Federico Dimarco Defender

8 Petar Sucic Defender 46'

31 Yann Bisseck Defender 46'

5 Aleksandar Stankovic Midfielder 46'

30 Carlos Augusto Midfielder

7 Piotr Zielinski Midfielder

17 Andy Diouf Attacker

9 Marcus Thuram Attacker 86'

Substitutes

32 Alfred Duncan Midfielder

96 Lorenzo Montipò Goalkeeper

17 Armel Bella-Kotchap Defender

7 Albion Rrahmani Attacker

30 Matteo Dagasso Midfielder

20 Richie Sagrado Defender

3 Joel Schingtienne Defender

77 Toni Fernández Attacker

56 Kornel Lisman Midfielder

8 Lamine Fanne Midfielder

6 Gianluca Busio Midfielder 61'

26 Toma Basic Midfielder 68'

10 John Yeboah Midfielder 68'

5 Ridgeciano Haps Defender 76'

22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan Midfielder

1 Josep Martínez Goalkeeper

12 Raffaele Di Gennaro Goalkeeper

51 Leon Jakirovic Defender

53 Matteo Lavelli Attacker

48 Mattia Mosconi Attacker

46 Leonardo Bovio Defender

20 Hakan Calhanoglu Midfielder 46'

23 Nicolò Barella Midfielder 46'

25 Manuel Akanji Defender 46'

94 Pio Esposito Attacker 65'

99 Djed Spence Defender 86'