Milan supporters expect points in home game versus Cagliari

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Milan supporters in this Stadio Giuseppe Meazza clash with Cagliari, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Serie A table.

Insights:
  • Milan have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Serie A
  • Cagliari have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Serie A

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Cagliari have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Cagliari are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Milan form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Milan have managed 8 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 18 games.

Milan are confident in defense, having played 273 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Happy days for Milan in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Torino (placed 16th) that ended with a 7-0 victory. Attacking player Ante Rebić bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 10.0 out of 10. Rebić scored three goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Milan played a great game against Torino and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Ante Rebić was absolutely essential when Milan beat Torino 7-0, scoring three goals.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Juventus with a 3-0 scoreline.

A decent goal production from Milan in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 18 league matches. Milan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cagliari form and stats

There's been little loot from Cagliari's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 18 away games in the Serie A. Cagliari only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 5 draws.

Cagliari delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Fiorentina (placed 13th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. Diego Godín, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.44. Godín hit one key pass and won 4 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Benevento at their stadium, the result 3-1.

Cagliari are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 18 games (in the league). Cagliari's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 27 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Cagliari - Milan 0-2 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Milan won eight games, one match ended with a draw and Cagliari has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

CagliariJ. dos Santos Galvão
J. dos Santos Galvão
16 goals
MilanZ. Ibrahimović
Z. Ibrahimović
15 goals
MilanF. Kessié
F. Kessié
11 goals

Milan missing players

Cagliari missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Milan Cagliari
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
23 8 5 Won W 0 4 9
6 5 1 Drew D 1 5 9
7 5 0 Lost L 4 9 18
72 31 15 Scored S 3 21 43
41 24 3 Conceded C 10 27 58
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
97% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 72%
67% 61% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 39% 42%
31% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 36%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 22% 22%
53% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 56%
33% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 17%
14% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 33% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.1 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
14.9 17.1 18 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.9 11.6
5.5 6 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.4 3.6
36% 29% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 34% 33%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Cagliari have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Serie A
  • Milan have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Serie A
  • Milan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Serie A
  • Milan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 36 27 7 2 82 31 18 16 1 1 48 17 18 11 6 1 34 14 51 88
2 Atalanta 36 22 9 5 86 42 18 12 3 3 49 22 18 10 6 2 37 20 44 75
3 Milan 36 23 6 7 72 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 18 15 1 2 41 17 31 75
4 Napoli 36 23 4 9 83 40 18 12 3 3 49 19 18 11 1 6 34 21 43 73
5 Juventus 36 21 9 6 70 35 18 13 2 3 37 16 18 8 7 3 33 19 35 72
6 Lazio 35 21 4 10 61 51 18 13 2 3 36 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 10 67
7 Roma 36 17 7 12 64 56 18 12 4 2 40 18 18 5 3 10 24 38 8 58
8 Sassuolo 36 15 11 10 59 55 18 6 8 4 29 27 18 9 3 6 30 28 4 56
9 Sampdoria 36 13 7 16 48 54 18 8 3 7 29 26 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 46
10 Hellas Verona 35 11 10 14 42 43 18 6 5 7 21 21 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 43
11 Bologna 36 10 10 16 48 59 18 7 5 6 32 29 18 3 5 10 16 30 -11 40
12 Udinese 36 10 10 16 41 52 18 5 4 9 14 18 18 5 6 7 27 34 -11 40
13 Fiorentina 36 9 12 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 18 3 6 9 22 34 -10 39
14 Genoa 36 9 12 15 43 54 18 5 7 6 26 26 18 4 5 9 17 28 -11 39
15 Cagliari 36 9 9 18 43 58 18 5 4 9 22 31 18 4 5 9 21 27 -15 36
16 Torino 35 7 14 14 48 64 18 3 8 7 24 35 17 4 6 7 24 29 -16 35
17 Spezia 36 8 11 17 46 69 17 4 6 7 22 30 19 4 5 10 24 39 -23 35
18 Benevento 36 7 10 19 38 73 18 2 6 10 18 38 18 5 4 9 20 35 -35 31
19 Parma 36 3 11 22 38 77 18 2 5 11 15 36 18 1 6 11 23 41 -39 20
20 Crotone 35 5 3 27 42 90 17 4 1 12 21 34 18 1 2 15 21 56 -48 18

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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 Inter 36 27 7 2 82 31 18 16 1 1 48 17 18 11 6 1 34 14 51 88
2 Atalanta 36 22 9 5 86 42 18 12 3 3 49 22 18 10 6 2 37 20 44 75
3 Milan 36 23 6 7 72 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 18 15 1 2 41 17 31 75
4 Napoli 36 23 4 9 83 40 18 12 3 3 49 19 18 11 1 6 34 21 43 73
5 Juventus 36 21 9 6 70 35 18 13 2 3 37 16 18 8 7 3 33 19 35 72
6 Lazio 35 21 4 10 61 51 18 13 2 3 36 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 10 67
7 Roma 36 17 7 12 64 56 18 12 4 2 40 18 18 5 3 10 24 38 8 58
8 Sassuolo 36 15 11 10 59 55 18 6 8 4 29 27 18 9 3 6 30 28 4 56
9 Sampdoria 36 13 7 16 48 54 18 8 3 7 29 26 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 46
10 Hellas Verona 35 11 10 14 42 43 18 6 5 7 21 21 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 43
11 Bologna 36 10 10 16 48 59 18 7 5 6 32 29 18 3 5 10 16 30 -11 40
12 Udinese 36 10 10 16 41 52 18 5 4 9 14 18 18 5 6 7 27 34 -11 40
13 Fiorentina 36 9 12 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 18 3 6 9 22 34 -10 39
14 Genoa 36 9 12 15 43 54 18 5 7 6 26 26 18 4 5 9 17 28 -11 39
15 Cagliari 36 9 9 18 43 58 18 5 4 9 22 31 18 4 5 9 21 27 -15 36
16 Torino 35 7 14 14 48 64 18 3 8 7 24 35 17 4 6 7 24 29 -16 35
17 Spezia 36 8 11 17 46 69 17 4 6 7 22 30 19 4 5 10 24 39 -23 35
18 Benevento 36 7 10 19 38 73 18 2 6 10 18 38 18 5 4 9 20 35 -35 31
19 Parma 36 3 11 22 38 77 18 2 5 11 15 36 18 1 6 11 23 41 -39 20
20 Crotone 35 5 3 27 42 90 17 4 1 12 21 34 18 1 2 15 21 56 -48 18

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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.