Cagliari 1-2 AC Milan: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 21 January 2018

Result

Cagliari 1-2 AC Milan

Serie A · Sunday 21 January 2018, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Cagliari · AC Milan · Serie A predictions

Cagliari 1-2 AC Milan: match report

Cagliari lost to AC Milan 1-2 in Serie A on Sunday 21 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.

Nicolò Barella opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Cagliari's goal came from Nicolò Barella (8'). AC Milan scored through F. Kessie (36', penalty) and F. Kessie (42').

Discipline: Cagliari received 4 yellow cards; AC Milan received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cagliari were 16th on 20 points from 20 and AC Milan 11th on 28 points from 20. Cagliari went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and AC Milan 6th with 64.

Cagliari lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and AC Milan in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Franck Kessié of AC Milan (9.0), ahead of Nikola Kalinić (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cagliari win, 2 draws and 7 for AC Milan.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Nicolò BarellaCagliari · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Nikola KalinicAC Milan
  • 36'Penalty goal · F. KessieAC Milan · 1-1
  • 42'Goal · F. KessieAC Milan · 1-2
  • 45'Yellow card · SusoAC Milan
  • 56'Yellow card · Ricardo RodríguezAC Milan
  • 65'Yellow card · Nicolò BarellaCagliari
  • 72'Yellow card · Alessandro DeiolaCagliari
  • 81'Yellow card · Leonardo PavolettiCagliari
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Onur CinelCagliari

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cagliari 1, draws 2, AC Milan 7.

Team news

Cagliari line-up (3-5-1-1)

Alessio Cragno, Filippo Romagna, Fabio Pisacane, Luca Ceppitelli, Onur Cinel, Paolo Faragò, Nicolò Barella, Simone Padoin, Artur Ioniță, Marco Sau, Leonardo Pavoletti

AC Milan line-up (4-3-3)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Davide Calabria, Alessio Romagnoli, Leonardo Bonucci, Ricardo Rodríguez, Giacomo Bonaventura, Lucas Biglia, Franck Kessié, Nikola Kalinić, Suso, Hakan Çalhanoğlu