Milan tops Cagliari 1-0 with a goal scored by I. Bennacer

CAGLIARI. Milan beats Cagliari 1-0 after I. Bennacer scored just 1 goal (59').

March 20, 2022

CAGLIARI. Milan tops Cagliari 1-0 after I. Bennacer scored just 1 goal (59′). Milan made the most of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Sardegna Arena stadium in Cagliari on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Marco Di Bello assisted by Giorgio Peretti and Stefano Del Giovane. The 4th official was Livio Marinelli. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 12.5 degrees Celsius or 54.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.

Match Statistics

Cagliari

0 - 1

Milan

42 Ball Possession 58

Shots

13 Total 21
1 On Target 6
12 Off Target 15
2 Shots blocked 5

117 Attack 132
40 Dangerous attack 50
105 Ball safe 107

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 5

Fouls

13 Total 14
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Milan was in firm control of the ball 58% while Cagliari was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Milan was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Milan won the match.

Cagliari shot 13 times, 1 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Milan shot 21 times, 6 on target, 15 off target.

Cards

Cagliari received 1 yellow card (R. Bellanova). On the other side, Milan didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

59'

Ismaël Bennacer (goal)O. Giroud

Alessandro Deiola- sub ->C. Lykogiannis

68'

72'

Gabriele Zappa- sub ->H. Dalbert

75'

77'

78'

82'

87'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Cagliari will stay with 25 points to remain in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Milan will have 66 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

Cagliari – Formation

Cagliari

Alessio Cragno 28.Italy

7.1

Edoardo Goldaniga 3.Italy

7.2

Giorgio Altare 15.Italy

7.3

Matteo Lovato 66.Italy

7.4

Charalampos Lykogiannis 22.Greece

6.4

68'

Dalbert 29.Brazil

6.9

75'

Raoul Bellanova 12.Italy

6.8

82'

77'

Alberto Grassi 27.Italy

6.8

82'

Răzvan Marin 8.Romania

6.8

Leonardo Pavoletti 30.Italy

6.4

JP Galvão 10.Italy

6.6

Substitutes

Simone Aresti 1.Italy

Boris Radunović 31.Serbia

Adam Obert 33.Slovakia

Andrea Carboni 44.Italy

L. Ceppitelli 23.Italy

Gabriele Zappa 25.Italy

6.9

75'

Alessandro Deiola 14.Italy

6.2

68'

C. Kourfalidis 39.Greece

Gastón Pereiro 20.Uruguay

6.6

82'

D. Ceter 32.Colombia

Keita Baldé 9.Senegal

6.4

82'

Cagliari started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Walter Mazzarri decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Cagliari made 4 changes: C. Lykogiannis for A. Deiola (68′), H. Dalbert for G. Zappa (75′), R. Bellanova for G. Pereiro (82′) and A. Grassi for K. Balde (82′).

Milan – Formation

Milan

Mike Maignan 16.France

7.4

Davide Calabria 2.Italy

7.2

Fikayo Tomori 23.England

7.3

Theo Hernández 19.France

8.4

Pierre Kalulu 20.France

7.3

Franck Kessié 79.Ivory Coast

6.6

Ismaël Bennacer 4.Algeria

8.4

59'

Rafael Leão 17.Portugal

6.9

72'

Brahim Díaz 10.Spain

6.8

72'

Junior Messias 30.Brazil

7.8

78'

Olivier Giroud 9.France

7.4

87'

Substitutes

Antonio Mirante 83.Italy

Ciprian Tătărușanu 1.Romania

Matteo Gabbia 46.Italy

Alessio Romagnoli 13.Italy

Alessandro Florenzi 25.Italy

Fodé Ballo-Touré 5.Senegal

Tiemoué Bakayoko 41.France

Rade Krunic 33.Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.8

72'

Alexis Saelemaekers 56.Belgium

6.7

78'

Sandro Tonali 8.Italy

Ante Rebic 12.Croatia

6.9

72'

Zlatan Ibrahimović 11.Sweden

87'

Milan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Stefano Pioli played with: .

Substitutions

Milan made 4 changes: B. Diaz for R. Krunic (72′), R. Leao for A. Rebic (72′), J. Messias for A. Saelemaekers (78′) and O. Giroud for Z. Ibrahimovic (87′).