Low-Block Fortress
Cagliari
Cagliari handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 7 shots blocked or saved on 35.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 35.0%
- Shots blocked
- 2
- Saves
- 5
- Conceded
- 1
Serie A · Matchday 2Cagliari
0 – 1
FT
HT 0–1
Inter
H. Calhanoglu 9'
Serie A
Matchday 2Cagliari0–1Inter
0.48
Expected goals
3.67
9′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: CAG 0.48, INT 3.67.
Match report
Cagliari 0-1 Inter
Inter edged out Cagliari 1-0 at Unipol Domus in Serie A. Calhanoglu opened the scoring for Inter on 9'.
Expected goals finished Cagliari 0.48, Inter 3.67. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Inter held 65.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Cagliari graded out for low-block fortress — 35.0% possession and 2 shots blocked. Inter graded out for wasteful finishing — 3.67 expected goals and 1 goals.
Alessandro Bastoni came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.0 for Inter from 4 key passes, 2 shots and 4 tackles.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
35%Possession65%
10Shots31
0.48xG3.67
What the numbers say
3 readsWasteful Finishing
Inter
Inter created more than enough to win it and did not take it — 3.67 xG for 1 goal.
- Expected goals
- 3.67
- Goals
- 1
- Shortfall
- −2.67
Box Occupation
Inter
Inter kept getting bodies into the area — 81% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 25 of 31
- Share
- 81%
- xG per shot
- 0.12
Timeline
⚽9'
H. Calhanoglu — assist: N. Barella
🟨14'
Manuel Akanji
Foul
Half-time
Alessandro Deiola
Foul
🟨56'
R. Kofler ↑ H. Winks ↓
🔄57'
A. Fadera ↑ J. Fazzini ↓
🔄57'
Kevin ↑ P. Mendy ↓
🔄57'
🔄65'
P. Zielinski ↑ H. Calhanoglu ↓
🔄65'
C. Jones ↑ P. Sucic ↓
🔄65'
M. Thuram ↑ F. Esposito ↓
🔄68'
J. Stones ↑ M. Akanji ↓
G. Borrelli ↑ D. Maldini ↓
🔄78'
🔄81'
Y. Bisseck ↑ Luis Henrique ↓
R. Ciervo ↑ A. Deiola ↓
🔄83'
Kevin Carlos Omoruyi
Foul
🟨88'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueUnipol Domus, Cagliari
RefereeM. Fabbri
CompetitionSerie A
Season2026
RoundMatchday 2
StatusMatch Finished