Inter vs Cagliari

29 September 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Davide Massa

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Lautaro Martínez 12’
  • Matteo Politano 89’

Match summary

Inter won 2-0 at home to Cagliari. Inter led 1-0 at half-time.

Lautaro Martínez put Inter ahead with a header in the 12th minute, set up by Dalbert and Matteo Politano made it 2-0 from a corner in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Inter created 1.05 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Cagliari's 0.14 from 6.

Match stats

Inter Cagliari
12 Shots 4
8 Shots on Target 1
9 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.05 xG 0.14
1.05 Non-penalty xG 0.14
4 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Inter Cagliari
Kick-off
Lautaro Martínez
Assist: Dalbert1-0 (Inter)
12’
Half-time1-0
Matteo Politano2-0 (Inter)
89’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Inter
  • Dalbert
Cagliari
  • Marco Andreolli
  • Filip Bradaric
  • Daniele Dessena
  • Fabio Pisacane

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.05 0.14 12’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), 1-0 12’ 89’ Matteo Politano (Inter), 2-0 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.05 0.14 12’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), 1-0 Martínez 12’ 89’ Matteo Politano (Inter), 2-0 Politano 89’
Inter 1.05 xGCagliari 0.14 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Inter attacking 
62’ Antonio Candreva (Inter), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 89’ Ivan Perisic (Inter), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 75’ Stefan de Vrij (Inter), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 88’ Ivan Perisic (Inter), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 12’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 62’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 41’ Marco Sau (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 58’ Stefan de Vrij (Inter), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 90+5’ Matteo Politano (Inter), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Matteo Politano (Inter), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 20’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 85’ Matteo Politano (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 2’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 69’ Matteo Politano (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 18’ Matteo Politano (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Radja Nainggolan (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Matteo Politano (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Borja Valero (Inter), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 11’ Marco Andreolli (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 61’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 62’ Antonio Candreva (Inter), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 89’ Ivan Perisic (Inter), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 75’ Stefan de Vrij (Inter), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 88’ Ivan Perisic (Inter), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 12’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 62’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 41’ Marco Sau (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 58’ Stefan de Vrij (Inter), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 90+5’ Matteo Politano (Inter), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Matteo Politano (Inter), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 20’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 85’ Matteo Politano (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 2’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 69’ Matteo Politano (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 18’ Matteo Politano (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Radja Nainggolan (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Matteo Politano (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Borja Valero (Inter), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 11’ Marco Andreolli (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 61’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Samir Handanovic GK900 0.000.000
Danilo D'Ambrosio DEF901 0.020.062
Miranda DEF900 0.000.000
Stefan de Vrij DEF902 0.140.000
Dalbert DEF9010 0.000.092
Borja Valero MID831 0.010.101
Roberto Gagliardini MID570 0.000.000
Matteo Politano MID9016 0.190.000
Radja Nainggolan MID901 0.020.352
Antonio Candreva MID701 0.320.042
Lautaro Martínez FWD9012 0.140.132
Marcelo Brozovic Sub330 0.000.173
Ivan Perisic Sub202 0.210.000
Matías Vecino Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Inter win 71% Bet365 odds 1.33
Draw 19% Bet365 odds 5.00
Cagliari win 10% Bet365 odds 10.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Inter DWLWW
Cagliari DWDLD

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Cagliari 2-1 Inter, 01 Mar 19  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.