Inter vs Cagliari

12 April 2025 · Serie A · 2024/25 · Referee Marco Di Bello

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Marko Arnautovic 13’
  • Lautaro Martínez 26’
  • Yann Bisseck 55’
  • Roberto Piccoli 48’

Match summary

Inter saw off Cagliari 3-1. Inter led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Marko Arnautovic put Inter ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Carlos Augusto and Lautaro Martínez made it 2-0 in the 26th minute, set up by Marko Arnautovic. In the second half, Roberto Piccoli pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 48th minute, set up by Tommaso Augello and Yann Bisseck made it 3-1 with a header in the 55th minute, set up by Federico Dimarco.

The chances backed that up: Inter created 1.72 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Cagliari's 0.92 from 8.

Match stats

Inter Cagliari
13 Shots 8
4 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 6
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.72 xG 0.91
1.72 Non-penalty xG 0.91
8 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Inter Cagliari
Kick-off
Marko Arnautovic
Assist: Carlos Augusto1-0 (Inter)
13’
Lautaro Martínez
Assist: Marko Arnautovic2-0 (Inter)
26’
Half-time2-0
48’
Roberto Piccoli
Assist: Tommaso Augello2-1 (Cagliari)
Yann Bisseck
Assist: Federico Dimarco3-1 (Inter)
55’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Cagliari
  • Alessandro Deiola

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 1.72 0.92 13’ Marko Arnautovic (Inter), 1-0 13’ 26’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), 2-0 26’ 48’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), 2-1 48’ 55’ Yann Bisseck (Inter), 3-1 55’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.72 0.92 13’ Marko Arnautovic (Inter), 1-0 Arnautovic 13’ 26’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), 2-0 Martínez 26’ 48’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), 2-1 Piccoli 48’ 55’ Yann Bisseck (Inter), 3-1 Bisseck 55’
Inter 1.72 xGCagliari 0.92 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Inter attacking 
13’ Marko Arnautovic (Inter), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 25’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 26’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 48’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 55’ Yann Bisseck (Inter), from a corner, 0.23 xG, goal 43’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 8’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 55’ Federico Dimarco (Inter), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 55’ Carlos Augusto (Inter), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 22’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 78’ Zito (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 81’ Yann Bisseck (Inter), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 46’ Stefan de Vrij (Inter), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 41’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Davide Frattesi (Inter), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 3’ Davide Frattesi (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Ndary Adopo (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Davide Frattesi (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 68’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Yerry Mina (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 13’ Marko Arnautovic (Inter), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 25’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 26’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 48’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 55’ Yann Bisseck (Inter), from a corner, 0.23 xG, goal 43’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 8’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 55’ Federico Dimarco (Inter), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 55’ Carlos Augusto (Inter), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 22’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 78’ Zito (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 81’ Yann Bisseck (Inter), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 46’ Stefan de Vrij (Inter), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 3’ Davide Frattesi (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 41’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Davide Frattesi (Inter), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 86’ Ndary Adopo (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Davide Frattesi (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 68’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Yerry Mina (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Yann Sommer GK900 0.000.000
Carlos Augusto DEF9011 0.070.471
Yann Bisseck DEF9012 0.290.000
Stefan de Vrij DEF901 0.050.000
Nicola Zalewski MID690 0.000.141
Federico Dimarco MID6211 0.070.383
Davide Frattesi MID903 0.090.000
Nicolò Barella MID900 0.000.142
Hakan Calhanoglu MID860 0.000.082
Lautaro Martínez FWD6914 0.680.000
Marko Arnautovic FWD61111 0.470.433
Joaquín Correa Sub290 0.000.000
Matteo Darmian Sub280 0.000.000
Marcus Thuram Sub210 0.000.000
Alessandro Bastoni Sub210 0.000.000
Kristjan Asllani Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Inter win 73% Avg odds 1.31
Draw 18% Avg odds 5.38
Cagliari win 9% Avg odds 10.04

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

Form going into the game

Inter DWWWD
Cagliari LDLWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Cagliari 0-3 Inter, 28 Dec 24 Next meeting: Cagliari 0-2 Inter, 27 Sep 25  All Inter vs Cagliari meetings

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.