Inter vs Cagliari

With Simone Inzaghi as a coach (since 2021/22) Inter have recorded 54 home wins in Serie A, in the period only Manchester City (56) and Liverpool (55) have won more home games in the Big-5 European leagues (Real Madrid also won 54).

Lautaro Martínez (11) became the first foreign player to score more than 10 goals against Cagliari in Serie A; overall, only Francesco Totti (14) and Ciro Immobile (13) have scored more goals against the rossoblù in the top flight.

Lautaro Martínez became the first player to be involved in at least 15 goals in each of the last six Serie A seasons (12 goals and three assists in 2024/25).

Inter are unbeaten in 13 (W11 D2) of their last 14 matches against Cagliari in Serie A (the exception being the 1-2 defeat at Unipol Domus on 1 March 2019). Simone Inzaghi has not lost any of his five meetings (W4 D1) against the Sardinians as a Nerazzurri coach in the tournament: among coaches who have never lost against the Rossoblu in the top-flight with Inter, only Roberto Mancini has more matches (nine, W6 D3).

Inter are the team against which Cagliari have conceded the most goals in Serie A (152 in 87 games), for an average of 1.7 per match. Furthermore, the Nerazzurri have scored in 25 home games in a row against the Rossoblu: this is the longest open streak of consecutive home games in which they have scored against a single opponent.

Cagliari faces Inter with a negative gap of at least 38 points in the standings at the start of the championship matchday for only the fifth time in Serie A, but all in the 2000s: the last one dates to 14 April 2024, on matchday 32 (-52), with the match ending in a draw (2-2).

Inter have scored in 37 consecutive home games in Serie A – their last goalless game at the Meazza was on 15 April 2023 against Monza – and only Lille have a longer open streak (39) in the big five European leagues. Furthermore, only once have the Nerazzurri recorded a longer streak of consecutive home games with goals scored in the topflight – 60 between August 2005 and October 2008.

Cagliari have kept a clean sheet in their last two league games (W1 D1) – as many times as in the Sardinians' previous 28 matches in the tournament – ​​and could make it three consecutive clean sheets in Serie A for the first time since October 2012 (with Ivo Pulga as coach).