Serie A · Fri, 17 Apr 2026 ·
Inter vs Cagliari — 3 - 0
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · Referee: M. Marchetti
Match report
Inter beat Cagliari 3-0
Inter beat Cagliari 3-0 in Serie A matchday 33 on Friday, 17 April 2026 at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. M. Thuram (52'), N. Barella (56') and P. Zielinski (90') scored for Inter. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Inter had 55% of the ball and 18 shots (5 on target) against Cagliari’s 10 (1 on target). Nicolo Barella (Inter) was the top-rated player with 8.9. The result leaves Inter 2nd in the Serie A table on 13 points and Cagliari 4th on 12.
Form, table and head-to-head
Match events
- 23'yellow cardSebastiano EspositoYellow Card
- 25'yellow cardGennaro BorrelliYellow Card
- 52'goalM. ThuramAssist: F. Dimarco
- 56'goalN. BarellaNormal Goal
- 57'substitutionG. BorrelliOff: P. Mendy
- 57'substitutionG. GaetanoOff: A. Deiola
- 76'substitutionH. MkhitaryanOff: P. Zielinski
- 76'substitutionF. DimarcoOff: Luis Henrique
- 76'substitutionM. ThuramOff: A. Bonny
- 76'substitutionI. SulemanaOff: M. Folorunsho
- 76'substitutionA. ObertOff: G. Zappa
- 85'substitutionH. CalhanogluOff: D. Frattesi
- 87'substitutionJ. PedroOff: A. Belotti
- 89'substitutionN. BarellaOff: A. Diouf
- 90'goalP. ZielinskiAssist: D. Dumfries
Lineups
Inter
Formation 3-5-2 · Coach Cristian Chivu
Starting XI
- 13J. MartinezG
- 25M. AkanjiD
- 6S. de VrijD
- 30Carlos AugustoD
- 2D. DumfriesM
- 23N. BarellaM
- 20H. CalhanogluM
- 22H. MkhitaryanM
- 32F. DimarcoM
- 94F. EspositoF
- 9M. ThuramF
Substitutes
- 1Y. SommerG
- 12R. Di GennaroG
- 7P. ZielinskiM
- 36M. DarmianD
- 16D. FrattesiM
- 17A. DioufM
- 48M. MosconiF
- 15F. AcerbiD
- 11Luis HenriqueF
- 14A. BonnyF
- 51C. AlexiouD
Cagliari
Formation 3-5-2 · Coach Fabio Pisacane
Starting XI
- 1E. CaprileG
- 32J. PedroD
- 26Y. MinaD
- 15J. RodriguezD
- 2M. PalestraM
- 8M. AdopoM
- 10G. GaetanoM
- 25I. SulemanaM
- 33A. ObertM
- 94S. EspositoF
- 29G. BorrelliF
Substitutes
- 24G. CiocciG
- 12A. SherriG
- 19A. BelottiF
- 90M. FolorunshoM
- 22A. DossenaD
- 28G. ZappaD
- 27J. LitetaM
- 37Y. TrepyF
- 31P. MendyF
- 14A. DeiolaM
- 9S. KilicsoyF
- 18O. RaterinkD
- 20A. AlbarracinF
Match statistics
- 55%Possession45%
- 2.23Expected goals (xG)0.41
- 18Total shots10
- 5Shots on target1
- 8Shots off target4
- 5Blocked shots5
- 12Shots inside the box4
- 6Shots outside the box6
- 4Corners9
- 1Offsides2
- 17Fouls6
- 0Yellow cards2
- –Red cards–
- 1Goalkeeper saves1
- 524Passes421
- 470Accurate passes352
- 90%Pass accuracy84%
- -1.38Goals prevented-1.38
Player statistics
Inter
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13Josep MartínezG | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 6Stefan de VrijD | 90 | 8.3 | ||
| 25Manuel AkanjiD | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| 30Carlos AugustoD | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| 2Denzel DumfriesM | 90 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| 20Hakan CalhanogluM | 85 | 7.5 | ||
| 22Henrikh MkhitaryanM | 76 | 6.9 | ||
| 23Nicolo BarellaMTop rated | 89 | 8.9 | 1 | |
| 32Federico DimarcoM | 76 | 7.6 | 1 | |
| 9Marcus ThuramF | 76 | 6.9 | 1 | |
| 94Francesco Pio EspositoF | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 1Yann SommerG | – | – | ||
| 12Raffaele Di GennaroG | – | – | ||
| 15Francesco AcerbiD | – | – | ||
| 36Matteo DarmianD | – | – | ||
| 51Christos AlexiouD | – | – | ||
| 7Piotr ZielinskiM | 14 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| 16Davide FrattesiM | 10 | 6.9 | ||
| 17Andy DioufM | 1 | – | ||
| 11Luís HenriqueF | 14 | 7.2 | ||
| 14Ange-Yoan BonnyF | 14 | 6.9 | ||
| 48Mattia MosconiF | – | – |
Cagliari
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elia CaprileG | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 15Juan RodríguezD | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 26Yerry MinaD | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 32Zé PedroD | 87 | 6.0 | ||
| 2Marco PalestraM | 90 | 7.0 | ||
| 8Michel AdopoM | 90 | 7.5 | ||
| 10Gianluca GaetanoM | 57 | 6.9 | ||
| 25SulemanaM | 76 | 6.3 | ||
| 33Adam ObertM | 76 | 7.3 | ||
| 29Gennaro BorrelliF | 57 | 6.5 | ||
| 94Sebastiano EspositoF | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| 12Alen SherriG | – | – | ||
| 24Giuseppe CiocciG | – | – | ||
| 18Othniël RaterinkD | – | – | ||
| 22Alberto DossenaD | – | – | ||
| 28Gabriele ZappaD | 14 | 6.3 | ||
| 14Alessandro DeiolaM | 33 | 6.5 | ||
| 27Joseph LitetaM | – | – | ||
| 90Michael FolorunshoM | 14 | 6.7 | ||
| 9Semih KılıçsoyF | – | – | ||
| 19Andrea BelottiF | 8 | 6.3 | ||
| 20Agustín AlbarracínF | – | – | ||
| 31Paul MendyF | 33 | 6.3 | ||
| 37Yael TrepyF | – | – |