Mon. Sep 29th, 2025

Cagliari vs Inter: Serie A Week 5 Starting Lineups Announced

Inter Milan travel to face Cagliari with Lautaro Martinez returning to the starting lineup alongside Marcus Thuram and Hakan Calhanoglu. The match kicks off at 18:45 GMT at the Unipol Domus stadium.

Inter are looking to bounce back after some recent struggles, having lost consecutive matches against Udinese and Juventus before narrowly beating Sassuolo 2-1. They did secure a 2-0 away win against Ajax in their Champions League opener.

With an upcoming Champions League fixture against Slavia Prague, Inter manager Simone Inzaghi has made some rotations to the squad. Yann Sommer, Denzel Dumfries, Francesco Acerbi and Federico Dimarco have been rested.

Cagliari enter the match on a positive run of form after back-to-back victories against Parma and Lecce. They are still missing some key players to injury, including Zito Luvumbo, Gabriele Zappa, Boris Radunovic and Nicola Pintus.

Confirmed Starting Lineups:

Cagliari:

Caprile; Ze Pedro, Mina, Luperto; Palestra, Adopo, Deiola, Folorunsho, Obert; S Esposito, Belotti

Inter:

J Martinez, Akanji, De Vrij, Bastoni; Luis Henrique, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Carlos Augusto; Lautaro Martinez, Thuram

Veteran striker Andrea Belotti leads the attack for Cagliari, with Colombian defender Yerry Mina anchoring the backline. For Inter, the return of Lautaro Martinez to partner with Thuram up front will be crucial as they look to get back to winning ways in Serie A.

By Vihaan Mehrotra

In the heart of Bangalore lives and works Vihaan Mehrotra, one of modern India's most insightful sports analysts. His childhood passion for cricket and field hockey evolved into a successful career. His daily column in Bangalore's digital media covers all significant world sporting events, from cricket matches to badminton tournaments. As a sports betting expert, he developed his own methodology for analyzing team statistics. His IPL match predictions are renowned for their 75% accuracy rate.

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