FC Internazionale Milano vs Cagliari Calcio, Serie A 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Serie A · 2025-26

FC Internazionale Milano

3 – 0

Full Time

Cagliari Calcio

Fri 17 Apr 2026 · 18:45 UTC Giuseppe Meazza 74,209 HT 45' · FT 45'

Marcus Thuram-Ulien 52' 1–0

Nicolo Barella 56' 2–0

Piotr Zielinski 90+2' 3–0

Y 23' Sebastiano Esposito

Y 25' Gennaro Borrelli

Overview

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FC Internazionale Milano vs Cagliari Calcio — Serie A at Giuseppe Meazza.

FC Internazionale Milano 5 games · 13 pts (2026/27)
Cagliari Calcio 5 games · 12 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Matteo Marchetti (Italy)
Assistant 1 Luigi Rossi
Assistant 2 Alex Cavallina (Italy)

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

FC Internazionale Milano 15 games · Avg 2.8 goals Cagliari Calcio

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-17 FC Internazionale Milano 3–0 Cagliari Calcio 2025-09-27 Cagliari Calcio 0–2 FC Internazionale Milano 2025-04-12 FC Internazionale Milano 3–1 Cagliari Calcio 2024-12-28 Cagliari Calcio 0–3 FC Internazionale Milano 2024-04-14 FC Internazionale Milano 2–2 Cagliari Calcio

Recent Form

FC Internazionale Milano

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Apr	Cagliari Calcio	H	3–0	W
12 Apr	Como 1907	A	4–3	W
05 Apr	AS Roma	H	5–2	W
22 Mar	ACF Fiorentina	A	1–1	D
14 Mar	Atalanta BC	H	1–1	D
08 Mar	AC Milan	A	0–1	L

Cagliari Calcio

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Apr	FC Internazionale Milano	A	0–3	L
11 Apr	US Cremonese	H	1–0	W
04 Apr	US Sassuolo Calcio	A	1–2	L
20 Mar	SSC Napoli	H	0–1	L
15 Mar	AC Pisa 1909	A	1–3	L
07 Mar	Como 1907	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

FC Internazionale Milano		Cagliari Calcio
#2	Position	#4
13	Points	12
5	Played	5
4 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	4 / 0 / 1
15	Scored	5
8	Conceded	2
+7	GD	+3
2.60	PPG	2.40
80%	Win %	80%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

25% Clean Sheets
FC Internazionale Milano this season

50% Clean Sheets
Cagliari Calcio this season

FC Internazionale Milano are 2nd (13 pts). Cagliari Calcio are 4th (12 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Internazionale Milano

0-15

2/2

16-30

1/2

31-45

1/1

46-60

5/2

61-75

2/–

76+

4/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Cagliari Calcio

0-15

–/1

16-30

2/–

31-45

–/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

1/–

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Internazionale Milano

Lautaro Martinez	4 G
Marcus Thuram-Ulien	2 G	2 A
Francesco Esposito	2 G	1 A
Hakan Calhanoglu	2 G
Yann Aurel Bisseck	1 G	1 A

Cagliari Calcio

Daniel Maldini	3 G
Alessandro Romano	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Giuseppe Meazza. Ninety minutes of football awaits between FC Internazionale Milano and Cagliari Calcio.
5' The 37-year-old Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
10' It’s high time Cristian Chivu made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
15' Cagliari Calcio is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
20' Cagliari Calcio have won 289 goals from 423 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
23' The referee shows Cagliari Calcio player a card on 23.
25' It’s gonna be a card for Gennaro Borrelli.
30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with FC Internazionale Milano winning 100% of all matches.
35' FC Internazionale Milano is showing some good football. However, FC Internazionale Milano are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
40' It is a cagey affair so far. FC Internazionale Milano in their 3-5-2 trying to find a way past Cagliari Calcio's compact 3-5-2.
45' FC Internazionale Milano are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
50' FC Internazionale Milano has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
52' Marcus Thuram-Ulien is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 2 goals this season for the .
56' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Nicolo Barella makes no mistake. 2-0!
57' The supporters are chanting for Paul Mendy. He replaces Gennaro Borrelli on 57 minute.
62' The home supporters are growing impatient. FC Internazionale Milano must find a spark to ignite this game.
67' Carlos Augusto Lobaton needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 7 Yellow cards this season.
72' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
76' Cagliari Calcio manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gabriele Zappa is hanging Adam Obert on the field on 76 minute.
81' named a 3-5-2 earlier, and opted for a 3-5-2 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
85' Davide Frattesi gets the nod from FC Internazionale Milano. He replaces Hakan Calhanoglu and will look to change the dynamic.
87' Andrea Belotti is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ze Pedro Figueiredo at the 87 minute mark.
89' FC Internazionale Milano manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Andy Diouf is hanging Nicolo Barella on the field on 89 minute.
Another three points for FC Internazionale Milano.

Lineups

FC Internazionale Milano Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

2
Denzel Dumfries
22
Henrikh Mkhitaryan ↓ Piotr Zielinski 76'
25
Manuel Akanji
23
Nicolo Barella ↓ Andy Diouf 89'
20
Hakan Calhanoglu ↓ Davide Frattesi 85'
6
Stefan de Vrij
32
Federico Dimarco ↓ Luis Henrique 76'
9
Marcus Thuram-Ulien ↓ Ange-Yoan Bonny 76'
13
Josep Martinez
30
Carlos Augusto Lobaton
94
Francesco Esposito

Bench

Coach Cristian Chivu

Cagliari Calcio Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

26
Yerry Mina
1
Elia Caprile
10
Gianluca Gaetano ↓ Alessandro Deiola 57'
94
Sebastiano Esposito
33
Adam Obert ↓ Gabriele Zappa 76'
32
Ze Pedro Figueiredo ↓ Andrea Belotti 87'
8
Michel Adopo
25
Ibrahim Sulemana ↓ Michael Folorunsho 76'
29
Gennaro Borrelli ↓ Paul Mendy 57'
2
Marco Palestra
15
Juan Martin Rodriguez

Bench

Coach Fabio Pisacane

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lautaro Martinez	12
Hakan Calhanoglu	4
Alexis Sanchez	2
Babis Lykogiannis	2
Romelu Lukaku	2
Marcus Thuram-Ulien	2
Nicolo Barella	2
Matteo Darmian	2

Head to Head

FC Internazionale Milano Form

2026-04-17 FC Internazionale Milano 3–0 Cagliari Calcio W 2026-04-12 Como 1907 3–4 FC Internazionale Milano W 2026-04-05 FC Internazionale Milano 5–2 AS Roma W 2026-03-22 ACF Fiorentina 1–1 FC Internazionale Milano D 2026-03-14 FC Internazionale Milano 1–1 Atalanta BC D 2026-03-08 AC Milan 1–0 FC Internazionale Milano L

Cagliari Calcio Form

2026-04-17 FC Internazionale Milano 3–0 Cagliari Calcio L 2026-04-11 Cagliari Calcio 1–0 US Cremonese W 2026-04-04 US Sassuolo Calcio 2–1 Cagliari Calcio L 2026-03-20 Cagliari Calcio 0–1 SSC Napoli L 2026-03-15 AC Pisa 1909 3–1 Cagliari Calcio L 2026-03-07 Cagliari Calcio 1–2 Como 1907 L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.93 FC Internazionale Milano xG

Expected Goals

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

0.88 Cagliari Calcio xG

I would bet for: FC Internazionale Milano to win 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Internazionale Milano63% Draw22% Cagliari Calcio15%

Actual: FC Internazionale Milano win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.81

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

FC Internazionale Milano or Draw

85%

Draw or Cagliari Calcio

37%

FC Internazionale Milano or Cagliari Calcio

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Internazionale Milano43% Draw44% Cagliari Calcio13%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11%

2 – 0

11%

1 – 0

10.9%

2 – 1

9.5%

0 – 0

7.8%

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

6.1%

0 – 1

4.5%

1 – 2

4.3%

2 – 2

4.2%

4 – 0

3.4%

4 – 1

Asian Handicap — FC Internazionale Milano

Handicap	FC Internazionale Milano covers	Push	Cagliari Calcio covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	19%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	24%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	10%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

FC Internazionale Milano keeps clean sheet

42% ✗

Cagliari Calcio keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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