Cagliari 0-2 Inter: Lautaro & Esposito score to seal 3 points for Nerazzurri

Inter secured their first away win of the season in Serie A as they beat Cagliari 2-0 at Unipol Domus.

Match Report

Lautaro Martinez and Francesco Pio Esposito scored either side of half-time to clinch all three points for Cristian Chivu's side, who have temporarily moved up to fifth in the table with their third win of the campaign.

It took just nine minutes for Inter to make the breakthrough, with captain Martinez rising highest to head past Elia Caprile from Alessandro Bastoni's lofted cross into the six-yard box.

Although Inter restricted the hosts from having any shots on their own in the first half, they had to wait until after half-time for their next big chance as Hakan Calhanoglu struck the inside of the post with a side-footed attempt from the edge of the box.

Cagliari then hit the upright themselves later on through Sebastiano Esposito, one of just six shots they attempted, and were made to rue their missed chance eight minutes from time.

Francesco Pio Esposito extended their lead with a simple finish from Federico Dimarco's cross following good build-up play from Martinez and Calhanoglu, leaving Cagliari with no chance of making a comeback.

Data Debrief: Martinez climbs the Inter rankings

It was a much-deserved win for Inter, who produced 2.74 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Cagliari's 0.19.

Martinez's header saw him score his 117th Serie A goal for Inter, making him the 5th top scorer in the club's history in the competition, behind Giuseppe Meazza (197), Benito Lorenzi (138), Stefano Nyers (133) and Alessandro Altobelli (128).

Francesco Pio Esposito, meanwhile, is the 4th youngest Italian player to score for Inter in Serie A in the 2000s (20 years, 91 days), after his brother Sebastiano (17 years, 172 days), Mario Balotelli (17 years, 238 days), and Davide Faraoni (20 years, 74 days).

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82' GOAL! Cagliari 0-2 Inter (Pio Esposito)

Line-ups

Cagliari XI: Belotti, Mina, Deiola, Luperto, Zé Pedro, Michael Folorunsho, Michel Adopo, Elia Caprile, Esposito, Adam Obert, Marco Palestra

Subs: Pavoletti, Rog, Mazzitelli, Gaetano, Alessandro Di Pardo, Mattia Felici, Gennaro Borrelli, Giuseppe Ciocci, Nicolò Cavuoti, Semih Kılıçsoy, Matteo Prati, Riyad Idrissi, Joseph Liteta, Juan Rodríguez, Vincenzo Sarno

Inter XI: Mkhitaryan, De Vrij, Calhanoglu, Barella, Akanji, Thuram, Lautaro, Bastoni, Josep Martínez, Carlos Augusto, Luis Henrique

Subs: Sommer, Darmian, Acerbi, Zielinski, Di Gennaro, Dimarco, Dumfries, Frattesi, Yann Bisseck, Andy Diouf, Petar Sučić, Ange-Yoan Bonny, Pio Esposito, Tomás Palacios