Serie A

AC Milan 4-1 Cagliari

AC Milan vs Cagliari finished 4-1 in Serie A. Key event: 1' Olivier Giroud (assist Alexis Saelemaekers · xG 0.45 · Open Play · location 93.6%, 52.2%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 6-2-0. Home form: W W D W W; Away form: D L D D W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

MIL 4 - 1 Finished

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Competition Serie A Season 2021/2022 Country Italy Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 29 Aug 2021, 18:45 Venue time 29 Aug 2021, 20:45 CEST

Match preview 2 facts

Home form W W D W W 13 pts, goals 13-0, 2.60 scored/match, 0.00 conceded/match

Away form D L D D W 6 pts, goals 5-4, 1.00 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Shot map 25 shots · 5 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

AC Milan 18 shots · 2.67 xG · 4 goals

Cagliari 7 shots · 0.41 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 47 events

1' shot Olivier Giroud MIL assist Alexis Saelemaekers · xG 0.45 · Open Play · location 93.6%, 52.2%

5' Yellow Dalbert CAG Yellow card

8' shot Rafael Leão MIL assist Olivier Giroud · xG 0.45 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91%, 55.9%

11' shot Sandro Tonali MIL xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 80.7%, 74.7%

12' Goal Sandro Tonali 1–0 MIL Goal

14' shot Alessandro Deiola CAG assist João Pedro · xG 0.04 · Open Play · location 91.4%, 55.3%

15' Goal Alessandro Deiola 1–1 CAG assist João Pedro Galvão

16' shot Rafael Leão MIL assist Theo Hernández · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.2%, 66.6%

17' Goal Rafael Leão 2–1 MIL assist Theo Hernández

19' shot Davide Calabria MIL assist Brahim Diaz · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 69.4%, 33.1%

23' shot Olivier Giroud MIL assist Brahim Diaz · xG 0.35 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.2%, 38.8%

24' Goal Olivier Giroud 3–1 MIL assist Brahim Díaz

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27' shot Simon Kjaer MIL assist Theo Hernández · xG 0.09 · Set Piece · location 92.5%, 42.1%

27' shot Fikayo Tomori MIL xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 92%, 55.7%

29' shot Alexis Saelemaekers MIL assist Olivier Giroud · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.2%, 35.5%

35' shot Leonardo Pavoletti CAG assist Razvan Marin · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 85.1%, 50.7%

38' Yellow Alessandro Deiola CAG Yellow card

39' shot Brahim Diaz MIL assist Rafael Leão · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.4%, 40.3%

40' Yellow Kevin Strootman CAG Yellow card

42' shot Olivier Giroud MIL xG 0.76 · Left Foot · location 88.5%, 50%

42' VAR Brahim Díaz MIL Penalty not awarded

43' Goal Olivier Giroud 4–1MIL Penalty

50' shot Diego Godín CAG assist Razvan Marin · xG 0.03 · From Corner · location 91.7%, 54.6%

51' shot Alexis Saelemaekers MIL xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 91.4%, 30.7%

54' shot Leonardo Pavoletti CAG assist Razvan Marin · xG 0.08 · Open Play · location 92.8%, 54%

57' shot Olivier Giroud MIL assist Davide Calabria · xG 0.06 · Open Play · location 92.1%, 50.7%

58' shot Alexis Saelemaekers MIL xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 74.8%, 49.3%

60' shot Alexis Saelemaekers MIL assist Olivier Giroud · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.1%, 27%

62' Yellow Diego Godín CAG Yellow card

64' Sub Gabriele Zappa CAG on for Luca Ceppitelli · Injury substitution

68' Sub Ismaël Bennacer MIL on for Sandro Tonali

68' Sub Alessandro Florenzi MIL on for Alexis Saelemaekers

68' Sub Ante Rebić MIL on for Rafael Leão

73' Yellow Brahim Díaz MIL Yellow card

75' Sub Diego Farias CAG on for Kevin Strootman

75' Sub Charalampos Lykogiannis CAG on for Dalbert

76' shot Ante Rebic MIL xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 90.1%, 68.1%

78' shot Charalampos Lykogiannis CAG xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 87.4%, 14.6%

78' shot Leonardo Pavoletti CAG xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.8%, 43.3%

79' shot Charalampos Lykogiannis CAG assist Razvan Marin · xG 0.12 · From Corner · location 93%, 47.9%

84' Yellow Nahitan Nández CAG Yellow card

85' Sub Gastón Pereiro CAG on for Alessandro Deiola

85' Sub Damir Céter CAG on for Leonardo Pavoletti

85' Sub Daniel Maldini MIL on for Brahim Díaz

86' shot Ante Rebic MIL assist Olivier Giroud · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81%, 48.7%

88' shot Alessandro Florenzi MIL assist Ante Rebic · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.6%, 71.1%

90+2' Sub Samu Castillejo MIL on for Olivier Giroud

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 8-1-3

AC Milan leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 8 wins, 1 loss, 3 draws. Latest meeting: 24 May 2026 · AC Milan vs Cagliari · 1 - 2.

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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

24 May 2026

AC Milan 1 - 2 Cagliari

02 Jan 2026

Cagliari 0 - 1 AC Milan

11 Jan 2025

AC Milan 1 - 1 Cagliari

09 Nov 2024

Cagliari 3 - 3 AC Milan

11 May 2024

AC Milan 5 - 1 Cagliari

27 Sep 2023

Cagliari 1 - 3 AC Milan

19 Mar 2022

Cagliari 0 - 1 AC Milan

16 May 2021

AC Milan 0 - 0 Cagliari

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18 Jan 2021

Cagliari 0 - 2 AC Milan

01 Aug 2020

AC Milan 3 - 0 Cagliari

11 Jan 2020

Cagliari 0 - 2 AC Milan

10 Feb 2019

AC Milan 3 - 0 Cagliari

Team statistics 17 metrics

57% Ball Possession 43%

57% 43%

2.67 Expected Goals 0.41

86% 13%

18 Total Shots 7

72% 28%

5 Shots on Goal 2

71% 28%

8 Corner Kicks 3

72% 27%

13 Fouls 11

54% 45%

1 Yellow Cards 5

16% 83%

1 Goalkeeper Saves 1

50% 50%

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8 Blocked shots 2

1 Offsides 0

10 Free kicks 12

5 Shots off target 3

15 Throw-ins 13

6 Goal kicks 11

1 Total saves 1

0 Hit woodwork 0

10 Shots inside box 6

Lineups

31 Boris Radunović GK 23 Luca Ceppitelli DEF 2 Diego Godín DEF 44 Andrea Carboni DEF 18 Nahitan Nández MID 8 Răzvan Marin MID 16 Kevin Strootman MID 14 Alessandro Deiola MID 29 Dalbert MID 10 João Pedro Galvão FWD 30 Leonardo Pavoletti FWD 16 Mike Maignan GK 2 Davide Calabria DEF 24 Simon Kjær DEF 23 Fikayo Tomori DEF 19 Theo Hernández DEF 8 Sandro Tonali MID 33 Rade Krunić MID 56 Alexis Saelemaekers MID 10 Brahim Díaz MID 17 Rafael Leão MID 9 Olivier Giroud FWD

Cagliari

3-5-2 · Manager Leonardo Semplici

31 B Boris Radunović GK

23 L Luca Ceppitelli DEF

2 D Diego Godín DEF

44 A Andrea Carboni DEF

18 N Nahitan Nández MID

8 R Răzvan Marin MID

16 K Kevin Strootman MID

14 A Alessandro Deiola MID

29 D Dalbert MID

10 J João Pedro Galvão · Captain FWD

30 L Leonardo Pavoletti FWD

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25 G Gabriele Zappa DEF

22 C Charalampos Lykogiannis DEF

17 D Diego Farias FWD

20 G Gastón Pereiro MID

32 D Damir Céter FWD

34 E Eugenio Fusco GK

1 S Simone Aresti GK

40 S Sebastian Walukiewicz DEF

15 G Giorgio Altare DEF

27 A Alberto Grassi MID

21 C Christian Oliva MID

AC Milan

4-2-3-1 · Manager Stefano Pioli

16 M Mike Maignan GK

2 D Davide Calabria · Captain DEF

24 S Simon Kjær DEF

23 F Fikayo Tomori DEF

19 T Theo Hernández DEF

8 S Sandro Tonali MID

33 R Rade Krunić MID

56 A Alexis Saelemaekers MID

10 B Brahim Díaz MID

17 R Rafael Leão MID

9 O Olivier Giroud FWD

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25 A Alessandro Florenzi DEF

12 A Ante Rebić FWD

4 I Ismaël Bennacer MID

27 D Daniel Maldini FWD

7 S Samu Castillejo MID

1 C Ciprian Tătărușanu GK

77 A Alessandro Plizzari GK

5 F Fodé Ballo-Touré DEF

20 P Pierre Kalulu DEF

13 A Alessio Romagnoli DEF

46 M Matteo Gabbia DEF