Inter expected to challenge Cagliari at their own home

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Mon 28.Aug
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sardegna Arena (16233 seats)

After the first set of fixtures it's Cagliari - Inter 1-3 in points. Who will carry the day in this second Serie A game of the season?

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

This has all the signs of an interesting game with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Cagliari form and stats

Last season, Cagliari's league results were 15 wins, 15 draws and 8 losses, producing 4th place in the Serie B. During these 38 matches they scored {50 goals} and conceded 34. Playing as the home team in the former season Cagliari produced 11-6-2 (win-draw-lost) with {28 goals} and 17 conceded.

Cagliari are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 216 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Lykogiannis). Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Boris Radunovic not having conceded a league goal in 186 minutes.

Cagliari drew their last game, 0-0 away at Torino (placed 12th). Midfield player Azzi got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Azzi hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

Preceding that fixture, a home victory against Palermo (after extra-time) in the Coppa Italia.

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Inter form and stats

Let's have a look at how Inter performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 23 victories, 3 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 71 and conceded {42 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 34/28 goals scored/conceded.

Inter have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Yann Sommer. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Serie A.

Inter had fun at their own home (Sardegna Arena) last time out, beating Monza 2-0. Martínez (2) scored. The attacker Martínez got a match rating of 8.54 in that game. Martínez scored two goals and hit one key pass.

A defeat, in the Champions League away at Manchester City, earlier.

Head 2 Head

Inter have won all of the 4 most recent matches versus this team. Something to take note of?

One of the stars has been Martínez with 8 goals scored against Cagliari in these 10 matches.

Top Goalscorers

InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
2 goals

Cagliari missing players

Inter missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cagliari Inter
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 22
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
 
11 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 12
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Cagliari Last season Inter
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
43 22   Played P   19 38
18 13   Won W   9 23
17 7   Drew D   3 3
8 2   Lost L   7 12
57 34   Scored S   34 71
38 21   Conceded C   28 42
84% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
67% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 71%
40% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   68% 58%
19% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 37%
12% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 18%
53% 68%   BTTS BTTS   63% 50%
37% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 34%
26% 14%   Failed to Score F T   16% 18%
 
5.7 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6 5.6
4.6 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 4
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
5 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
14.3 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   17.1 16.8
4.3 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.7 5.5
31% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 34%
 
11.9 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.3 11.5
3.8 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Napoli 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Inter 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Milan 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
7 Lecce 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Hellas Verona 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Roma 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Salernitana 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Cagliari 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Torino 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Lazio 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Empoli 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Frosinone 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Bologna 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Sassuolo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Monza 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 Genoa 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Udinese 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Frosinone 38 24 8 6 63 26 19 14 3 2 35 11 19 10 5 4 28 15 37 80
2 Genoa 38 21 11 6 53 28 19 12 6 1 29 10 19 9 5 5 24 18 25 73
3 Bari 1908 38 17 14 7 58 37 19 7 9 3 30 19 19 10 5 4 28 18 21 65
4 Cagliari 38 15 15 8 50 34 19 11 6 2 28 17 19 4 9 6 22 17 16 60
5 Parma 38 17 10 11 48 39 19 11 2 6 26 16 19 6 8 5 22 23 9 60
6 Sudtirol 38 14 16 8 38 34 19 6 10 3 21 18 19 8 6 5 17 16 4 58
7 Reggina 38 17 4 17 49 45 19 10 2 7 28 22 19 7 2 10 21 23 4 50
8 Venezia 38 13 10 15 51 50 19 7 5 7 29 27 19 6 5 8 22 23 1 49
9 Palermo 38 11 16 11 48 49 19 8 8 3 25 17 19 3 8 8 23 32 -1 49
10 Modena 38 13 9 16 47 53 19 7 8 4 26 18 19 6 1 12 21 35 -6 48
11 Pisa 38 11 14 13 48 42 19 7 5 7 27 21 19 4 9 6 21 21 6 47
12 Como 38 10 17 11 47 48 19 8 7 4 28 20 19 2 10 7 19 28 -1 47
13 Ascoli 38 12 11 15 40 47 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 6 5 8 20 25 -7 47
14 Cittadella 38 9 16 13 34 45 19 5 8 6 19 22 19 4 8 7 15 23 -11 43
15 Ternana 38 11 10 17 37 52 19 8 5 6 21 21 19 3 5 11 16 31 -15 43
16 Brescia 38 9 13 16 36 57 19 6 6 7 17 22 19 3 7 9 19 35 -21 40
17 Cosenza 38 9 13 16 30 53 19 7 7 5 20 18 19 2 6 11 10 35 -23 40
18 Perugia 38 10 9 19 40 52 19 6 6 7 22 26 19 4 3 12 18 26 -12 39
19 SPAL 38 8 14 16 41 51 19 4 7 8 25 27 19 4 7 8 16 24 -10 38
20 Benevento 38 7 14 17 33 49 19 4 6 9 16 25 19 3 8 8 17 24 -16 35
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 38 28 6 4 77 28 19 14 3 2 40 15 19 14 3 2 37 13 49 90
2 Lazio 38 22 8 8 60 30 19 11 4 4 32 18 19 11 4 4 28 12 30 74
3 Inter 38 23 3 12 71 42 19 14 0 5 37 14 19 9 3 7 34 28 29 72
4 Milan 38 20 10 8 64 43 19 13 4 2 41 20 19 7 6 6 23 23 21 70
5 Atalanta 38 19 7 12 66 48 19 10 3 6 38 26 19 9 4 6 28 22 18 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 50 38 19 11 3 5 28 15 19 7 6 6 22 23 12 63
7 Juventus 38 22 6 10 56 33 19 13 3 3 38 15 19 9 3 7 18 18 23 62
8 Fiorentina 38 15 11 12 53 43 19 9 6 4 30 22 19 6 5 8 23 21 10 56
9 Bologna 38 14 12 12 53 49 19 7 9 3 24 14 19 7 3 9 29 35 4 54
10 Torino 38 14 11 13 42 41 19 5 7 7 15 19 19 9 4 6 27 22 1 53
11 Monza 38 14 10 14 48 52 19 7 5 7 25 22 19 7 5 7 23 30 -4 52
12 Udinese 38 11 13 14 47 48 19 6 9 4 30 20 19 5 4 10 17 28 -1 46
13 Sassuolo 38 12 9 17 47 61 19 8 4 7 24 23 19 4 5 10 23 38 -14 45
14 Empoli 38 10 13 15 37 49 19 8 4 7 22 23 19 2 9 8 15 26 -12 43
15 Salernitana 38 9 15 14 48 62 19 7 6 6 30 26 19 2 9 8 18 36 -14 42
16 Lecce 38 8 12 18 33 46 19 3 8 8 18 24 19 5 4 10 15 22 -13 36
17 Spezia 38 6 13 19 31 62 19 4 8 7 18 30 19 2 5 12 13 32 -31 31
18 Hellas Verona 38 7 10 21 31 59 19 6 3 10 20 32 19 1 7 11 11 27 -28 31
19 Cremonese 38 5 12 21 36 69 19 4 4 11 15 31 19 1 8 10 21 38 -33 27
20 Sampdoria 38 3 10 25 24 71 19 1 7 11 12 28 19 2 3 14 12 43 -47 19

Cagliari:
Inter:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Napoli 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Inter 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Milan 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
7 Lecce 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Hellas Verona 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Roma 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Salernitana 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Cagliari 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Torino 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Lazio 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Empoli 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Frosinone 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Bologna 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Sassuolo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Monza 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 Genoa 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Udinese 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.