Inter 1-2 Cagliari: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 16 October 2016

Result

Inter 1-2 Cagliari

Serie A · Sunday 16 October 2016, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Inter · Cagliari · Serie A predictions

Inter 1-2 Cagliari: match report

Inter were beaten by Cagliari 1-2 in Serie A on Sunday 16 October 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

João Mário opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Inter's goal came from João Mário (55'). Cagliari scored through Federico Melchiorri (71') and an own goal by Samir Handanovic (85').

Discipline: Inter received 1 yellow card; Cagliari received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Inter were 10th on 11 points from 7 and Cagliari 11th on 10 points from 7. Inter went on to finish that season 7th with 62 points, and Cagliari 12th with 47.

Inter lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cagliari in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to João Mário of Inter (8.1), ahead of Federico Melchiorri (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Inter wins, 4 draws and 2 for Cagliari.

Going into the match Inter's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Cagliari's W-W-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Mikael StahreCagliari
  • 26'Missed penalty · Mauro IcardiInter
  • 27'Yellow card · João MárioInter
  • 42'Yellow card · Marco SauCagliari
  • 55'Goal · João MárioInter · 1-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Gianni MunariCagliari
  • 71'Goal · Federico MelchiorriCagliari · 1-1
  • 78'Yellow card · P. TachtsidisCagliari
  • 85'Own goal · Samir HandanovicCagliari · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Nicolò BarellaCagliari

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Inter 4, draws 4, Cagliari 2.

Team news

Inter line-up (4-3-3)

Samir Handanović, Cristian Ansaldi, José Faria, Jeison Murillo, Miranda, João Mário, Gary Medel, Éver Banega, Mauro Icardi, Ivan Perisic, Antonio Candreva

Cagliari line-up (4-3-1-2)

Marco Storari, Bruno Alves, Fabio Pisacane, Luca Ceppitelli, Nicola Murru, Davide Di Gennaro, Gianni Munari, Simone Padoin, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Federico Melchiorri, Marco Sau