Inter 4-1 Monza result, stats and report

Hakan Çalhanoğlu's ninth-minute goal was enough for Inter to claim all three points at Cagliari, with the visitors dominating every meaningful statistic in a one-sided Serie A contest.

Inter dismantled Monza at San Siro with a performance that was as structured as it was decisive, scoring four times to open their Serie A season at the top of the table. The patterns Inter built throughout told the real story.

Real Madrid head into Tuesday's Champions League clash with Inter carrying two consecutive defeats and a defence that has conceded six goals in their last two Champions League outings. Something has to change.

AS Roma host Inter at the Olimpico on Saturday evening carrying the best defensive record in Serie A, but the visitors arrive with a pattern of scoring freely and a 5-2 head-to-head result from April still fresh in the memory.

Monza and Sassuolo meet on Friday evening carrying the weight of opening-day defeats and defensive vulnerabilities that coaching staff will need to address quickly. This is a fixture where structure and preparation may matter more than individual quality.

Inter carry the cleaner home record and the heavier attacking output, but Udinese arrive at the San Siro with a quietly impressive away sequence that deserves more attention than it is getting.

Lecce arrive at the Stadio Via del Mare with three points on the board but a performance profile that raises serious questions. Monza, hammered four-one in their Serie A return, come to Puglia with very little to lose and everything to prove.

Inter Milan are closing in on a £30m (€35m) deal for Curtis Jones after Liverpool's failure to secure a contract extension eroded a valuation that stood at €40m just days earlier. The sale echoes Inter's identical tactic in landing Djed Spence from Tottenham and comes amid a wider Anfield rebuild under new head coach Andoni Iraola.