Inter beat Cagliari 1-0 in Serie A, thanks to Hakan Çalhanoğlu's ninth-minute goal from Nicolò Barella's assist. It was a one-sided match in terms of chances and control: Inter had 65% possession, 30 shots to 10, and seven shots on target to none.
Çalhanoğlu's early strike gave Inter the lead and they managed the game from there. Cagliari never registered a shot on target, while Inter were credited with six big chances and missed all six. Cagliari's goalkeeper made five saves to keep the deficit to a single goal.
The expected-goals count underlined the difference: 3.80 for Inter against 0.45 for Cagliari. Manuel Akanji, Alessandro Deiola and Kevin Omoruyi were booked, but no red card changed the pattern of a match Inter controlled throughout.
