Cagliari vs AC Milan

18 January 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Rosario Abisso

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic 7’ (pen), 52’

Match summary

AC Milan beat Cagliari 2-0 on the road. AC Milan led 1-0 at half-time.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic put AC Milan ahead from the penalty spot in the 7th minute and Ibrahimovic made it 0-2 in the 52nd minute, set up by Davide Calabria.

The chances backed that up: AC Milan created 1.70 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Cagliari's 1.19 from 17. AC Milan had a player sent off.

Match stats

Cagliari AC Milan
17 Shots 9
2 Shots on Target 8
7 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
1.19 xG 1.70
1.19 Non-penalty xG 0.94
9 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Cagliari AC Milan
Kick-off
7’
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Penalty0-1 (AC Milan)
Half-time0-1
52’
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Assist: Davide Calabria0-2 (AC Milan)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Cagliari
  • Luca Ceppitelli
  • Diego Godín
AC Milan
  • Alexis Saelemaekers
  • Alessio Romagnoli

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.19 1.70 7’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), 0-1 7’ 52’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), 0-2 52’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.19 1.70 7’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), 0-1 Ibrahimovic 7’ 52’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), 0-2 Ibrahimovic 52’
Cagliari 1.19 xGAC Milan 1.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 AC Milan attacking Cagliari attacking 
7’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 63’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 64’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 52’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 85’ Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari), set piece, 0.13 xG, off target 35’ Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 38’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 86’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 60’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 10’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 36’ Davide Calabria (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 76’ Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 33’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 34’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ Diogo Dalot (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+3’ Alberto Cerri (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 82’ Alberto Cerri (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 87’ Diogo Dalot (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 90’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Davide Calabria (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 30’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Franck Kessié (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 61’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 77’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 69’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 7’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 63’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 64’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 52’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 85’ Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari), set piece, 0.13 xG, off target 35’ Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 86’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 38’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 60’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 10’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 36’ Davide Calabria (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 76’ Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 33’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 34’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ Diogo Dalot (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+3’ Alberto Cerri (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 82’ Alberto Cerri (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 87’ Diogo Dalot (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 90’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Davide Calabria (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 30’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Franck Kessié (AC Milan), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 61’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 77’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+4’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 69’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alessio Cragno GK900 0.000.000
Gabriele Zappa DEF801 0.060.000
Luca Ceppitelli DEF902 0.250.000
Diego Godín DEF900 0.000.051
Charalampos Lykogiannis DEF900 0.000.131
Radja Nainggolan MID903 0.070.092
Razvan Marin MID901 0.010.314
Alfred Duncan MID690 0.000.000
João Pedro MID902 0.180.373
Gastón Pereiro MID571 0.050.011
Giovanni Simeone FWD804 0.460.051
Riccardo Sottil Sub330 0.000.000
Christian Oliva Sub210 0.000.000
Alberto Cerri Sub102 0.090.021
Leonardo Pavoletti Sub101 0.020.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Cagliari win 18% Avg odds 5.36
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.97
AC Milan win 58% Avg odds 1.65

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

Form going into the game

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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.