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Cagliari vs AC Milan - Predictions, Stats & Odds

Serie A Statistics, AI predictions, (Expected) Lineups and Insights for Gameweek 18

Serie A - Gameweek 18

Friday, 2 Jan 2026 • 20:45

Cagliari

0 : 1

AC Milan

Goals

50'
0 : 1
Rafael Leão
0 : 1
Rafael Leão50'

Lineups

Cagliari

PosPlayer
GK
Elia Caprile
DEF
Sebastiano Luperto
DEF
Gabriele Zappa
DEF
Adam Obert
DEF
Juan Rodríguez
MID
Luca Mazzitelli
MID
Ndary Adopo
MID
Matteo Prati
MID
Marco Palestra
FWD
Sebastiano Esposito
FWD
Semih Kılıçsoy

Substitutes

61'Riyad Idrissi
for Adam Obert
61'Gennaro Borrellifor Matteo Prati
66'Gianluca Gaetanofor Sebastiano Esposito

AC Milan

PosPlayer
GK
Mike Maignan
DEF
Fikayo Tomori
DEF
Pervis Estupiñán
DEF
Koni De Winter
DEF
Davide Bartesaghi
MID
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
MID
Luka Modric
MID
Adrien Rabiot
MID
Youssouf Fofana
FWD
Rafael Leão
FWD
Alexis Saelemaekers

Substitutes

69'Niclas Fullkrugfor Rafael Leão
69'Samuele Riccifor Youssouf Fofana
Difference Maker Star: Top 3 players of their team

League Table after the game

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
2AC Milan1711512813+1538
W
W
D
W
W
14Cagliari184681925-618
W
L
D
W
L

Last Games

Cagliari

@Torino
2 - 1
vsPisa
2 - 2
@Atalanta
1 - 2
vsRoma
1 - 0
@Juventus
1 - 2

AC Milan

vsHellas Verona
3 - 0
vsSassuolo
2 - 2
@Torino
3 - 2
vsLazio
1 - 0
@Inter Milan
1 - 0

Head-to-Head

02 Jan 2026
Cagliari0 - 1AC Milan
02 Jan 2026Cagliari
0 - 1
AC Milan
11 Jan 2025
AC Milan1 - 1Cagliari
11 Jan 2025AC Milan
1 - 1
Cagliari
09 Nov 2024
Cagliari3 - 3AC Milan
09 Nov 2024Cagliari
3 - 3
AC Milan
11 May 2024
AC Milan5 - 1Cagliari
11 May 2024AC Milan
5 - 1
Cagliari
27 Sept 2023
Cagliari1 - 3AC Milan
27 Sept 2023Cagliari
1 - 3
AC Milan

Serie A

Gameweek 18

02 Jan • 20:45
Cagliari
AC Milan
0 - 1
03 Jan • 12:30
Como
Udinese
1 - 0
03 Jan • 15:00
Sassuolo
Parma
1 - 1
03 Jan • 15:00
Genoa
Pisa
1 - 1
03 Jan • 18:00
Juventus
Lecce
1 - 1
03 Jan • 20:45
Atalanta
Roma
1 - 0
04 Jan • 12:30
Lazio
Napoli
0 - 2
04 Jan • 15:00
Fiorentina
Cremonese
1 - 0
04 Jan • 18:00
Hellas Verona
Torino
0 - 3
04 Jan • 20:45
Inter Milan
Bologna
3 - 1

What is GAP?

What is Plus Minus Goals (G±)?

Plus Minus Goals (G±) is the average goal difference per game while the player was on the pitch. A value above 0 indicates that the team rather wins, a value below 0 means his team concedes more goals than they score when the player is on the pitch. As an example, if the player's team is winning 3:1 the goal difference is +2, if the player's team is loosing 0:1, the goal difference is -1. It is a pure metric which is barely adjusted for circumstances to purely show the goal difference.

What is GAP?

GAP (Game Advantage Percentage) shows the percentage gap between a player and the average league player. It answers the question: How much does a player improve or worsen a team's performance? It is based on high level game data with a focus on the impact on the goal difference (G±) from the last 50 games of a player. Besides that, GAP goes further and considers game context by involving data from the player and all other players who are at the same time on the pitch, no matter if teammates or opponents. Football GAP - the individual metric for team players.