Inter stats: Cagliari vs. Inter

MILAN – Serie A matchday 11 sees the Nerazzurri take on Cagliari this Sunday at 12:30 CET. Di Francesco’s side go into this fixture after two draws - against Spezia and Verona - with twelve points in the league. Inter head to Sardinia in second place with 21 points taken in their first ten games.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

The will be game number 81 between Inter and Cagliari. The first 80 meetings between the two sides have yielded 38 wins for the Nerazzurri, 14 for the Sardinian outfit and 28 draws. Inter have scored 134 goals to Cagliari’s 81. The Nerazzurri have won six of their last nine Serie A games against the Sardinian side (1D, 1L) and, in that time, they have score 21 goals (2.3 per game). Cagliari have conceded more goals (134) in Serie A to Inter than they have to any other side and are one of the teams, against whom they have drawn the most (28, only less than against Samp - 30).

CURRENT FORM

Inter have scored ten goals and taken a full stock of points in their last three league games (against Torino, Sassuolo and Bologna) and go into this game against the Rossoblù in second position in the league. Conte’s side have scored 26 goals and conceded 14 in their six wins, three draws and one defeat in Serie A.

Di Francesco’s side await the Nerazzurri in Sardinia. Cagliari head into this one against Inter with twelve points from their first ten ten games (3W, 3D, 4L). They have scored 17 goals so far in the current campaign - only once have they scored more in Serie A after ten matchdays (23 in 1968/69, when they finished second). On the other hand, they have conceded 20.

GENERAL STATS

Cagliari are Lautaro Martinez’s favourite opposition in Serie A, the Argentine has scored four goals in four games against the Sardinian outfit (one in each of these), all of which were headers.

Among the players that have played in more than three away fixtures in Serie A, Romelu Lukaku has the highest average of goals per away game: 18 in 23 (0.78 per game).

Nicolò Barella is a former Cagliari player. He made 100 appearances in Serie A with the Rossoblù - scoring seven goals - before joining Inter.

Leonardo Pavoletti has scored three goals in four Serie A home games against Inter and has scored in each of his last two games at home against the Nerazzurri (March 2019 and November 2017, both with Cagliari).

REFEREE

Fabrizio Pasqua will be the referee for Cagliari vs. Inter. Pasqua will be assisted by Bindoni and Raspollini for Sunday’s 12:30 CET kick-off, while Marinelli will be the fourth official. Doveri and Giallatini will oversee VAR.

SUSPENDED AND THOSE WALKING THE TIGHTROPE

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