AC Milan vs Cagliari

1 August 2020 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Marco Serra

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Ragnar Klavan 10’ (og)
  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic 55’
  • Samu Castillejo 57’

Match summary

AC Milan won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Cagliari. AC Milan led 1-0 at half-time.

Klavan's own goal put AC Milan ahead in the 10th minute, Zlatan Ibrahimovic made it 2-0 in the 55th minute, set up by Samu Castillejo, and Samu Castillejo made it 3-0 in the 57th minute, set up by Giacomo Bonaventura.

The chances backed that up: AC Milan created 3.32 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Cagliari's 0.23 from 5. Zlatan Ibrahimovic had a penalty saved for AC Milan.

Match stats

AC Milan Cagliari
12 Shots 4
7 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3.32 xG 0.23
2.56 Non-penalty xG 0.23
17 Deep Completions 1

Key events

AC Milan Cagliari
Kick-off
Ragnar Klavan
Own goal1-0 (AC Milan)
10’
Half-time1-0
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Assist: Samu Castillejo2-0 (AC Milan)
55’
Samu Castillejo
Assist: Giacomo Bonaventura3-0 (AC Milan)
57’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

AC Milan
  • Alexis Saelemaekers
Cagliari
  • Alessio Cragno
  • Paolo Faragò
  • Gastón Pereiro

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.32 0.23 10’ Ragnar Klavan (AC Milan) own goal, 1-0 10’ 55’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), 2-0 55’ 57’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), 3-0 57’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.32 0.23 10’ Ragnar Klavan (AC Milan) own goal, 1-0 Klavan 10’ 55’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), 2-0 Ibrahimovic 55’ 57’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), 3-0 Castillejo 57’
AC Milan 3.32 xGCagliari 0.23 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking AC Milan attacking 
44’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 57’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 23’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.51 xG, saved 48’ Hakan Calhanoglu (AC Milan), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 10’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.33 xG, hit the woodwork 23’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, hit the woodwork 78’ Giacomo Bonaventura (AC Milan), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 19’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 16’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 55’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 3’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 22’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 53’ Simon Kjaer (AC Milan), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 60’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 43’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 36’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 38’ Ismael Bennacer (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Ragnar Klavan (Cagliari), own goal 44’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 57’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 23’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.51 xG, saved 48’ Hakan Calhanoglu (AC Milan), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 10’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.33 xG, hit the woodwork 23’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, hit the woodwork 78’ Giacomo Bonaventura (AC Milan), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 19’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 16’ Samu Castillejo (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 55’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 3’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 53’ Simon Kjaer (AC Milan), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 22’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 60’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 43’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 36’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 38’ Ismael Bennacer (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Theo Hernández (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Ragnar Klavan (Cagliari), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gianluigi Donnarumma GK900 0.000.000
Davide Calabria DEF900 0.000.182
Matteo Gabbia DEF900 0.000.000
Simon Kjaer DEF811 0.060.000
Theo Hernández DEF902 0.070.031
Franck Kessié MID900 0.000.000
Ismael Bennacer MID681 0.030.000
Samu Castillejo MID67112 0.640.592
Hakan Calhanoglu MID671 0.500.443
Rafael Leão MID372 0.460.142
Zlatan Ibrahimovic FWD9015 1.450.501
Giacomo Bonaventura Sub5311 0.110.572
Alexis Saelemaekers Sub230 0.000.000
Daniel Maldini Sub230 0.000.000
Marco Brescianini Sub220 0.000.000
Léo Duarte Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

AC Milan win 76% Avg odds 1.25
Draw 15% Avg odds 6.40
Cagliari win 9% Avg odds 10.59

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.