Following their controversial 3-3 draw in Firenze on Sunday, Luciano Spalletti and his boys will be looking to bounce back from the set back as they travel to Cagliari this Friday. Inter are unbeaten in 5 of their last six meetings with the Rossoblu. This fixture is previewed using WhoScored.com stats.

Attack:

Inter scored 3 goals in a league game for the first time since November 2018 (vs Frosinone). Inter’s 6 goals this year has been scored by 6 different scorers. Lautaro Martinez opened his serie A account against the Sardinians and is expected to continue in Icardi’s absence. Inter have scored in each of their last six encounters against Cagliari.

Cagliari have scored in just two of the 7 matches in 2019, both were home games. Rolando Maran’s men have the second lowest goal ratio with just 21 goals.
Defence: 
Last weekend Inter conceded over 2 goals for only the second time this season. Since Spalletti took over June 2017 Inter have conceded 3 and above just 4 times. Marcelo Brozovic have recorded 75 tackles (29 more than his closest mate) and 34 interceptions (9 more than any of his teammates)
Cagliari have conceded 36 goals and haven’t kept a clean sheet since their goalless draw against Torino in November 2018.
Moving the ball:
Inter records an average possession of 56%, a little drop last week’s 56.2% (therefore second now behind Atalanta 56.2%). However, Marcelo Brozovic still holds the first position in average passes per game (80.4) and long balls per game (7.3).
Cagliari average 49.4% ball possession and 79.9% pass accuracy.
WhoScored rating leaders:

Brozovic (7.21), Skriniar (7.01) and Perisic (6.95) are the ones making the ranking for Nerazzurri.

While Pavoletti (7.27), Cragno (6.97) and Barella (6.73) are Cagliari stand out players.

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