Serie A

AC Milan 4-1 Cagliari

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

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 before 29 Aug 2021: 6 W / 2 D / 0 L for AC Milan. Home form: W W D W W; Away form: D W L D D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match preview 2 facts

Form before this match (29 Aug 2021): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form W W D W W Matches: 5 · 13 pts, goals 13-0, 2.60 scored/match, 0.00 conceded/match

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

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 4–1 MIL 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

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

Head-to-head Meetings: 12

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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Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 7 after this match (29 Aug 2021). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

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

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (29 Aug 2021). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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01 Nov 2026