This afternoon Zdenek Zeman brings his Cagliari side over from Sardinia to play Inter at the San Siro. Zemans offensive 433 tactics have struggled so far this season with his side still looking for their first 3 points of the season after 1 draw and 3 defeats. @InterStats give you all the numbers that matter ahead of this Serie A fixture.
Cagliari
- Founded in 1920.
- Play their home games at the Stadio Sant’Elia
- Cagliari won Serie A in the 1969/1970 season, their only trophy.
- Average age of 23,7 according to transfermarkt.it
- Total market value €54 million
- Victor Ibarbo is the most valuable player €8,50 million according to transfermarkt.it
- Marco Sau is valued at €7 million according to transfermarkt.it
- Inter owned Lorenzo Cristeig and Samuele Longo currently play for Cagliari on loan.
- Lorenzo Cristeig has played 183 minutes in Serie A this season according to transfermakt.it
- Samuele Longo has played 54 minutes for Cagliari this season according to transfermarkt.it
- So far this season Zemans side have drawn 1 and lost 3.
- 53.9% of aerial duels won so far this season. 4th best in the league according to whoscored.com
Inter
- Rodrigo Palacio (3) Mauro Icardi (1) and Andrea Ronocchia (2) are the only Inter players to have scored against Cagliari in their career.
- Mateo Kovacic is in line to make his 50th Serie A appearance for Inter.
- Rodrigo Palacio is 1 goal away from his 30th Serie A goal for Inter.
- 17.5 shots per game according to whoscored.com 4th best in Serie A.
- Inter have conceded one goal so far this season after 4 rounds. The same as last season. (Opta)
- Inter have the joint best attack this season with 10 goals. (Opta)
Head to Head
- Two sides have met on 70 occasions in Serie A. Inter have W 32 D 27 L 11.
- In those 70 meetings Inter have scored 112 and conceded 66.
- Inter have played Cagliari 35 times at home, W 21 D 9 L 5. Scoring 68 conceding 32.
- The two sides first met on the 25th of October 1964.
- The first meeting ended 0-2 to Inter goals from Mazzola and Jair.
- Inter’s biggest win over Cagliari was on the 24th of January 1999. (5-1) Baggio (2) Simeone (2) Simic.
- Inter’s biggest defeat to Cagliari came in 1970 and 1982 (3-1)
- Inter have not beat Cagliari since 2011. Goals from Motta and Coutinho have in a 2-1 win at the San Siro.
- Since that last win Inter have drawn 4 and lost 1.
- Last season both meetings ended 1-1.
- Inter have not lost to Cagliari at home since 2000. (1-2) Zamarano was on the scoresheet that day.
- Since that loss Inter have W 8 D 3 L 0
- Ex Cagliari player and Inter fan Pinilla enjoyed playing against Inter scoring 4 in the last 5 meetings
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