Serie A match prediction and preview for Sassuolo vs Milan clash

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Sassuolo - Milan!

Insights:
  • Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Milan has the most points (16) away in Serie A

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sassuolo form and stats

Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Sassuolo are 2-3-1 (wins-draw-losses).

Sassuolo drew their last game, 1-1 away at Fiorentina (placed 17th). Ahead of that match, Sassuolo won a home game hosting Benevento (1-0).

There will be little rest for Sassuolo after this match as they are travelling to Sampdoria for a Serie A game in only three days.

Sassuolo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore with 9 goals in 6 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Milan form and stats

Milan, who have the most points (16) away in Serie A, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 16 points collected from 6 Serie A games. 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Genoa (placed 18th) in their previous outing. The Serie A match ended in a draw 2-2. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Parma.

After this away game Milan return home for a Serie A game against Lazio. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The Milan manager S. Pioli has got the team scoring on the road, with 13 away goals in 6 league matches. As opposed to that, Milan have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sassuolo won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Milan has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

MilanZ. Ibrahimović
Z. Ibrahimović
10 goals
SassuoloF. Caputo
F. Caputo
5 goals
SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
5 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Milan missing players

Sassuolo Milan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 2 6 12
6 2 0 Won W 2 5 8
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 4
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
22 9 0 Scored S 5 13 27
13 8 3 Conceded C 2 6 13
83% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
42% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 75%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 42%
33% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 67%
42% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 33%
25% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.6 13.3 14 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 13.7 16.8
5.1 4.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.7 5.2
36% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 46% 43%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Milan's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Milan has the most points (16) away in Serie A
  • Milan have not yet lost a game.
  • Milan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Milan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Milan have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Milan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 12 8 4 0 27 13 6 3 3 0 14 7 6 5 1 0 13 6 14 28
2 Inter 12 8 3 1 30 15 6 4 1 1 15 10 6 4 2 0 15 5 15 27
3 Juventus 12 6 6 0 24 10 6 4 2 0 12 3 6 2 4 0 12 7 14 24
4 Napoli 12 8 0 4 26 12 6 4 0 2 17 7 6 4 0 2 9 5 14 23
5 Sassuolo 12 6 5 1 22 13 6 2 3 1 9 8 6 4 2 0 13 5 9 23
6 Roma 11 6 3 2 24 16 5 3 2 0 12 4 6 3 1 2 12 12 8 21
7 Hellas Verona 12 5 4 3 16 11 7 3 2 2 9 6 5 2 2 1 7 5 5 19
8 Atalanta 11 5 3 3 22 17 5 2 1 2 10 8 6 3 2 1 12 9 5 18
9 Lazio 12 5 3 4 18 20 6 1 2 3 7 12 6 4 1 1 11 8 -2 18
10 Udinese 11 4 2 5 13 14 6 2 1 3 5 7 5 2 1 2 8 7 -1 14
11 Sampdoria 12 4 2 6 18 20 5 1 1 3 8 8 7 3 1 3 10 12 -2 14
12 Cagliari 12 3 4 5 18 23 5 2 1 2 9 9 7 1 3 3 9 14 -5 13
13 Bologna 12 4 1 7 18 24 6 3 0 3 12 13 6 1 1 4 6 11 -6 13
14 Parma 12 2 6 4 12 19 6 1 4 1 3 4 6 1 2 3 9 15 -7 12
15 Benevento 12 3 3 6 13 23 6 1 2 3 6 12 6 2 1 3 7 11 -10 12
16 Spezia 12 2 5 5 17 25 6 0 3 3 7 14 6 2 2 2 10 11 -8 11
17 Fiorentina 12 2 4 6 12 20 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 0 2 4 5 13 -8 10
18 Genoa 12 1 4 7 12 24 7 1 1 5 10 15 5 0 3 2 2 9 -12 7
19 Torino 11 1 3 7 19 27 6 0 2 4 11 16 5 1 1 3 8 11 -8 6
20 Crotone 12 1 3 8 10 25 6 1 1 4 6 12 6 0 2 4 4 13 -15 6

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.