AC Milan vs Cagliari Calcio, Serie A 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Serie A · 2023-24

AC Milan

5 – 1

Full Time

Cagliari Calcio

Sat 11 May 2024 · 18:45 UTC Giuseppe Meazza HT 45' · FT 45'

Ismael Bennacer 35' 1–0

Christian Pulisic 59' 2–0

2–1 63' Nahitan Nandez

Tijjani Reijnders 74' 3–1

Rafael Leao 83' 4–1

Christian Pulisic 86' 5–1

Ismael Bennacer 28' Y

Matteo Gabbia 33' Y

Y 69' Yerry Mina

Overview

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AC Milan vs Cagliari Calcio — Serie A at Giuseppe Meazza.

AC Milan 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Cagliari Calcio 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Simone Sozza
Assistant 1 Ciro Carbone
Assistant 2 Alessandro Giallatini

4 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 2.8 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	US Cremonese	38	34
2	Hellas Verona FC	38	21
3	AC Pisa 1909	38	18
4	FC Internazionale Milano	0	0
5	SSC Napoli	0	0
6	AS Roma	0	0
7	Como 1907	0	0
8	AC Milan	0	0
9	Juventus FC	0	0
10	Atalanta BC	0	0
11	Bologna FC 1909	0	0
12	SS Lazio	0	0
13	Udinese Calcio	0	0
14	US Sassuolo Calcio	0	0
15	Torino FC	0	0
16	Parma Calcio 1913	0	0
17	Cagliari Calcio	0	0
18	ACF Fiorentina	0	0
19	Genoa CFC	0	0
20	US Lecce	0	0
21	AC Monza	0	0
22	Venezia FC	0	0
23	Frosinone Calcio	0	0

Head-to-Head

AC Milan 22 games · Avg 3.1 goals Cagliari Calcio

Last 5 meetings

2024-05-11 AC Milan 5–1 Cagliari Calcio 2023-09-27 Cagliari Calcio 1–3 AC Milan 2022-03-19 Cagliari Calcio 0–1 AC Milan 2021-08-29 AC Milan 4–1 Cagliari Calcio 2021-05-16 AC Milan 0–0 Cagliari Calcio

Recent Form

AC Milan

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 May	Cagliari Calcio	H	5–1	W
05 May	Genoa CFC	H	3–3	D
27 Apr	Juventus FC	A	0–0	D
22 Apr	FC Internazionale Milano	H	1–2	L
18 Apr	AS Roma	A	1–2	L
14 Apr	US Sassuolo Calcio	A	3–3	D

Cagliari Calcio

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 May	AC Milan	A	1–5	L
05 May	US Lecce	H	1–1	D
29 Apr	Genoa CFC	A	0–3	L
19 Apr	Juventus FC	H	2–2	D
14 Apr	FC Internazionale Milano	A	2–2	D
07 Apr	Atalanta BC	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

AC Milan		Cagliari Calcio
#8	Position	#17
0	Points	0
0	Played	0
0 / 0 / 0	W / D / L	0 / 0 / 0
0	Scored	0
0	Conceded	0
+0	GD	+0
–	PPG	–
–	Win %	–

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

64% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

AC Milan are 8th (0 pts). Cagliari Calcio are 17th (0 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for AC Milan to score. At the same time, Cagliari Calcio does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Italy international Matteo Gabbia has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
10' The home supporters are growing impatient. AC Milan must find a spark to ignite this game.
15' Cagliari Calcio come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
20' Alberto Dossena has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 525 appearances.
25' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
28' The referee has no hesitation. Ismael Bennacer is booked for AC Milan — card on 28.
33' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Matteo Gabbia.
35' AC Milan is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ismael Bennacer on 35.
40' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
45' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His AC Milan side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
46' AC Milan ring the changes. Matteo Gabbia has done his job and it is now time for Fikayo Tomori to step up.
51' AC Milan started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
56' It looks surprising AC Milan does not make any changes. Eldor Shomurodov has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
59' The USA Christian Pulisic breaks the deadlock on 59 minutes. 2-0!
63' GOAL! Nahitan Nandez fires home to make it 2-1!
68' Fresh legs for AC Milan! Theo Hernandez comes on to replace Alessandro Florenzi.
69' The referee shows Cagliari Calcio player a card on 69.
74' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Tijjani Reijnders makes it 3-1.
75' The Cagliari Calcio bench stirs into life. Nahitan Nandez is withdrawn and Gianluca Lapadula gets his opportunity.
76' Cagliari Calcio make a change. Alberto Dossena trudges off to be replaced by Paulo Dentello on 76 minutes.
81' The 30-year-old Simone Scuffet has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
82' Eldor Shomurodov makes way for Kingstone Mutandwa at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from Cagliari Calcio.
83' The Portugal Rafael Leao breaks the deadlock on 83 minutes. 4-1!
84' Ismael Bennacer makes way for Tommaso Pobega at the 84 minute mark. A tactical switch from AC Milan.
86' Magnificent from Christian Pulisic! That is 68 goals in 521 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
88' Mateusz Wieteska has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yerry Mina on 88 minute.
Full Time. AC Milan beats Cagliari Calcio

Lineups

AC Milan Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

14
Tijjani Reijnders
9
Olivier Giroud ↓ Noah Okafor 46'
11
Christian Pulisic
21
Samuel Chukwueze ↓ Rafael Leao 46'
42
Alessandro Florenzi ↓ Theo Hernandez 68'
57
Marco Sportiello
4
Ismael Bennacer ↓ Tommaso Pobega 84'
46
Matteo Gabbia ↓ Fikayo Tomori 46'
20
Pierre Kalulu
28
Malick Thiaw
80
Yunus Musah

Bench

Coach Stefano Pioli

Cagliari Calcio Lineups

5-3-2

Starting XI

26
Yerry Mina ↓ Mateusz Wieteska 88'
22
Simone Scuffet
14
Alessandro Deiola ↓ Gaetano Oristanio 75'
61
Eldor Shomurodov ↓ Kingstone Mutandwa 82'
8
Nahitan Nandez ↓ Gianluca Lapadula 75'
28
Gabriele Zappa
4
Alberto Dossena ↓ Paulo Dentello 76'
33
Adam Obert
77
Zito Luvumbo
25
Ibrahim Sulemana
16
Matteo Prati

Bench

Coach Claudio Ranieri

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Rafael Leao	4
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	4
Ismael Bennacer	3
Christian Pulisic	2
Olivier Giroud	2
Gabriele Zappa	2
Nadir Zortea	2
Noah Okafor	1

Head to Head

AC Milan Form

2024-05-11 AC Milan 5–1 Cagliari Calcio W 2024-05-05 AC Milan 3–3 Genoa CFC D 2024-04-27 Juventus FC 0–0 AC Milan D 2024-04-22 AC Milan 1–2 FC Internazionale Milano L 2024-04-18 AS Roma 2–1 AC Milan L 2024-04-14 US Sassuolo Calcio 3–3 AC Milan D

Cagliari Calcio Form

2024-05-11 AC Milan 5–1 Cagliari Calcio L 2024-05-05 Cagliari Calcio 1–1 US Lecce D 2024-04-29 Genoa CFC 3–0 Cagliari Calcio L 2024-04-19 Cagliari Calcio 2–2 Juventus FC D 2024-04-14 FC Internazionale Milano 2–2 Cagliari Calcio D 2024-04-07 Cagliari Calcio 2–1 Atalanta BC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.63 AC Milan xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.58 Cagliari Calcio xG

I would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 64% + Under 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

AC Milan61% Draw25% Cagliari Calcio14%

Actual: AC Milan win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes36% 0% No64%

Avg goals/match: 2.21

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	87%	13%
± 1.5	64%	36%
± 2.5	38%	62%
± 3.5	19%	81%
± 4.5	8%	92%

Double Chance

AC Milan or Draw

86%

Draw or Cagliari Calcio

39%

AC Milan or Cagliari Calcio

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

AC Milan41% Draw49% Cagliari Calcio10%

Actual: AC Milan win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–1 not predicted

5 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

17.1%

2 – 0

14.1%

0 – 0

13.1%

1 – 1

11%

2 – 1

8.2%

3 – 0

7.5%

0 – 1

5.3%

3 – 1

4.6%

4 – 0

3.1%

1 – 2

2.8%

2 – 2

2.4%

4 – 1

Asian Handicap — AC Milan

Handicap	AC Milan covers	Push	Cagliari Calcio covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	19%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	27%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	88%	—	12%
+1	88%	9%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	2%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

AC Milan keeps clean sheet

56% ✗

Cagliari Calcio keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.