Serie A preview with statistics: Sassuolo welcomes Milan to MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

We have to say that both sides are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Milan holding a 33 point edge on Sassuolo in the league table. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Milan is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie A

Sassuolo can neither be promoted or relegated from Serie A.

This looks to be an intriguing fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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Sassuolo form and stats

6-6-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Sassuolo so far this season.

Sassuolo are returning here after visiting Bologna and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Berardi and Scamacca (2) scored the goal(s). The forward Scamacca won the honour of being "man of the match" for Sassuolo with the rating of 9.03/10. Scamacca scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).

Before that, Sassuolo drew at home versus Udinese.

A decent goal production from Sassuolo in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 18 league matches. Sassuolo have conceded 27 from these games.

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Milan form and stats

Milan have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 13-4-1 from 18 games. Things are running smoothly for Milan who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Spezia.

The fans enjoyed Milan's previous fixture versus Atalanta (placed 7th), a 2-0 win played at home. Hernández was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.12. The defender Hernández scored one goal and won 11 of 13 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Hellas Verona with the score of 3-1.

The Milan manager Pioli has got the team scoring on the road, with 38 away goals in 18 league matches. Milan have conceded 19 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved played each other earlier on this season: Milan - Sassuolo 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sassuolo two wins, two draws and Milan six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SassuoloG. Scamacca
G. Scamacca
16 goals
SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
15 goals
MilanR. Conceição Leão
R. Conceição Leão
11 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Milan missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sassuolo Milan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
13 6 1 Won W 3 13 25
11 6 2 Drew D 2 4 8
13 6 2 Lost L 1 1 4
64 27 8 Scored S 14 38 66
63 27 9 Conceded C 10 19 31
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 92%
89% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 78% 70%
78% 72% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 46%
49% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 27%
19% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 22% 16%
81% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 83% 67% 51%
8% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 33% 46%
14% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 6% 11%
 
5.3 5.9 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5.1
5.1 5.3 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.7 4.2
2.4 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2
3 2 2 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
15.7 16.1 15 Shots (avg) S ( 15.2 15.6 16.3
5.7 5.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6 5.4
30% 27% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 35% 33%
 
14.8 13 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 12.2 10.8
4.9 4.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.9 3.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • 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 the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Serie A
  • Milan have the most clean sheets (17) in Serie A
  • Milan have the most points (43) away in Serie A
  • Milan have the most scored goals (38) away in Serie A
  • Milan is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie A

  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 37 25 8 4 66 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 18 13 4 1 38 19 35 83
2 Inter 37 24 9 4 81 32 18 13 3 2 45 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 49 81
3 Napoli 37 23 7 7 71 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 18 12 4 2 34 15 40 76
4 Juventus 36 20 9 7 55 33 18 10 4 4 23 12 18 10 5 3 32 21 22 69
5 Lazio 36 18 8 10 72 53 18 10 5 3 39 22 18 8 3 7 33 31 19 62
6 Roma 37 17 9 11 56 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 18 7 3 8 30 27 13 60
7 Atalanta 37 16 11 10 65 47 18 4 8 6 31 28 19 12 3 4 34 19 18 59
8 Fiorentina 36 18 5 13 56 47 18 12 2 4 36 20 18 6 3 9 20 27 9 59
9 Hellas Verona 37 14 10 13 62 56 19 9 3 7 34 25 18 5 7 6 28 31 6 52
10 Torino 37 13 11 13 46 38 18 8 5 5 29 18 19 5 6 8 17 20 8 50
11 Sassuolo 37 13 11 13 64 63 18 6 6 6 27 27 19 7 5 7 37 36 1 50
12 Udinese 37 10 14 13 57 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 18 4 7 7 26 29 -1 44
13 Bologna 37 11 10 16 43 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 18 3 6 9 18 31 -12 43
14 Empoli 37 9 11 17 49 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 18 5 6 7 21 26 -21 38
15 Spezia 37 10 6 21 41 68 18 5 3 10 21 27 19 5 3 11 20 41 -27 36
16 Sampdoria 36 9 6 21 42 59 18 5 3 10 25 31 18 4 3 11 17 28 -17 33
17 Salernitana 37 7 10 20 33 74 18 3 6 9 17 35 19 4 4 11 16 39 -41 31
18 Cagliari 37 6 11 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 18 3 5 10 14 35 -34 29
19 Genoa 37 4 16 17 27 59 18 3 8 7 14 24 19 1 8 10 13 35 -32 28
20 Venezia 37 6 8 23 34 69 18 3 4 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 26

Sassuolo:
Milan:
Table
  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 37 25 8 4 66 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 18 13 4 1 38 19 35 83
2 Inter 37 24 9 4 81 32 18 13 3 2 45 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 49 81
3 Napoli 37 23 7 7 71 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 18 12 4 2 34 15 40 76
4 Juventus 36 20 9 7 55 33 18 10 4 4 23 12 18 10 5 3 32 21 22 69
5 Lazio 36 18 8 10 72 53 18 10 5 3 39 22 18 8 3 7 33 31 19 62
6 Roma 37 17 9 11 56 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 18 7 3 8 30 27 13 60
7 Atalanta 37 16 11 10 65 47 18 4 8 6 31 28 19 12 3 4 34 19 18 59
8 Fiorentina 36 18 5 13 56 47 18 12 2 4 36 20 18 6 3 9 20 27 9 59
9 Hellas Verona 37 14 10 13 62 56 19 9 3 7 34 25 18 5 7 6 28 31 6 52
10 Torino 37 13 11 13 46 38 18 8 5 5 29 18 19 5 6 8 17 20 8 50
11 Sassuolo 37 13 11 13 64 63 18 6 6 6 27 27 19 7 5 7 37 36 1 50
12 Udinese 37 10 14 13 57 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 18 4 7 7 26 29 -1 44
13 Bologna 37 11 10 16 43 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 18 3 6 9 18 31 -12 43
14 Empoli 37 9 11 17 49 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 18 5 6 7 21 26 -21 38
15 Spezia 37 10 6 21 41 68 18 5 3 10 21 27 19 5 3 11 20 41 -27 36
16 Sampdoria 36 9 6 21 42 59 18 5 3 10 25 31 18 4 3 11 17 28 -17 33
17 Salernitana 37 7 10 20 33 74 18 3 6 9 17 35 19 4 4 11 16 39 -41 31
18 Cagliari 37 6 11 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 18 3 5 10 14 35 -34 29
19 Genoa 37 4 16 17 27 59 18 3 8 7 14 24 19 1 8 10 13 35 -32 28
20 Venezia 37 6 8 23 34 69 18 3 4 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 26

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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.