Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, November 25, 2017
Internazionale DWWDW 3
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Cagliari LWLWW 1
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Match Report

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Icardi strikes twice as Inter Milan see off Cagliari to go top

Inter Milan moved to the top of the Serie A table with a hard-fought 3-1 victory against a resurgent Cagliari on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
1
56.5
Possession
43.5
10
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
435
Accurate Passes
298
538
Passes
400
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
8
14
Crosses
28
0.1
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
81
31
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
6
7
Effective Tackles
12
9
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
32
Effective Clearances
24
32
Clearances
24

Head to Head

INT leads series 3-2

Lineups

CAG · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1RafaelG
  2. 23Luca CeppitelliCD
  3. 3Marco AndreolliCD-L
  4. 13Filippo RomagnaCD-R
  5. 21Artur IonitaCM-L
  6. 18Nicolò BarellaCM-R
  7. 8Luca CigariniAM
  8. 20Simone PadoinLM
  9. 16Paolo FaragòRM
  10. 30Leonardo PavolettiF
  11. 10João PedroRCF

INT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Samir HandanovicG
  2. 25MirandaCD-L
  3. 37Milan SkriniarCD-R
  4. 21Davide SantonLB
  5. 33Danilo D'AmbrosioRB
  6. 20Borja ValeroAM
  7. 5Roberto GagliardiniLM
  8. 11Matías VecinoRM
  9. 9Mauro IcardiF
  10. 44Ivan PerisicAM-L
  11. 87Antonio CandrevaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Miranda (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  2. 29' Goal! Cagliari 0, Inter Milan 1. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
  3. 53' Substitution, Inter Milan. Marcelo Brozovic replaces Matías Vecino.
  4. 55' Goal! Cagliari 0, Inter Milan 2. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Antonio Candreva.
  5. 64' Substitution, Cagliari. Diego Farias replaces Artur Ionita.
  6. 66' Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 71' Goal! Cagliari 1, Inter Milan 2. Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paolo Faragò with a cross.
  8. 81' Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 82' Substitution, Cagliari. Andrea Cossu replaces João Pedro.
  10. 83' Goal! Cagliari 1, Inter Milan 3. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  11. 86' Substitution, Inter Milan. João Cancelo replaces Antonio Candreva.
  12. 87' Substitution, Cagliari. Niccolò Giannetti replaces Leonardo Pavoletti.
  13. 89' Niccolò Giannetti (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+4' Substitution, Inter Milan. Éder replaces Mauro Icardi.

Serie A News

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