US Sassuolo Calcio vs AC Milan, Serie A 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
US Sassuolo Calcio vs AC Milan — Serie A at Stadio Mapei - Citta del Tricolore.
- US Sassuolo Calcio 38 games · 49 pts (2025/26)
- AC Milan 38 games · 70 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Fabio Maresca
- Assistant 1 Giorgio Peretti
- Assistant 2 Filippo Bercigli
18 games this season 🟨 1.9/game ⚽ 7.3 goals/game 🟥 6 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Internazionale Milano 38 87 2 SSC Napoli 38 76 3 AS Roma 38 73 4 Como 1907 38 71 5 AC Milan 38 70 6 Juventus FC 38 69 7 Atalanta BC 38 59 8 Bologna FC 1909 38 56 9 SS Lazio 38 54 10 Udinese Calcio 38 50 11 US Sassuolo Calcio 38 49 12 Torino FC 38 45 13 Parma Calcio 1913 38 45 14 Cagliari Calcio 38 43 15 ACF Fiorentina 38 42 16 Genoa CFC 38 41 17 US Lecce 38 38 18 US Cremonese 38 34 19 Hellas Verona FC 38 21 20 AC Pisa 1909 38 18 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May AC Milan H 2–0 W 26 Apr ACF Fiorentina A 0–0 D 17 Apr Como 1907 H 2–1 W 12 Apr Genoa CFC A 1–2 L 04 Apr Cagliari Calcio H 2–1 W 21 Mar Juventus FC A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May US Sassuolo Calcio A 0–2 L 26 Apr Juventus FC H 0–0 D 19 Apr Hellas Verona FC A 1–0 W 11 Apr Udinese Calcio H 0–3 L 06 Apr SSC Napoli A 0–1 L 21 Mar Torino FC H 3–2 W Season Stats
US Sassuolo Calcio AC Milan #11 Position #5 49 Points 70 38 Played 38 14 / 7 / 17 W / D / L 20 / 10 / 8 46 Scored 53 50 Conceded 35 -4 GD +18 1.29 PPG 1.84 37% Win % 53% Key Stats
56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
US Sassuolo Calcio this season41% Clean Sheets
AC Milan this seasonUS Sassuolo Calcio are 11th (49 pts). AC Milan are 5th (70 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
US Sassuolo Calcio0-151/116-301/331-452/146-604/–61-75–/276+2/3■ Scored ■ ConcededAC Milan0-151/216-30–/231-451/146-601/361-75–/176+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
US Sassuolo CalcioDomenico Berardi 8 G 4 A Andrea Pinamonti 8 G 3 A Armand Lauriente 6 G 10 A Ismael Kone 6 G AC MilanRafael Leao 9 G 3 A Christian Pulisic 8 G 3 A Adrien Rabiot 6 G 4 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Stadio Mapei - Citta del Tricolore will turn into a battlefield for US Sassuolo Calcio and AC Milan.
- 5' US Sassuolo Calcio is taking the lead after the goal scored by Domenico Berardi on 5.
- 9' Fikayo Tomori was booked on 9.
- 14' Supporters expect more eagerness from Strahinja Pavlovic, as he is very good at scoring at Stadio Mapei - Citta del Tricolore with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 19' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. US Sassuolo Calcio needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 24' The referee shows AC Milan player a card on 24.
- 29' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 34' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 38' Nemanja Matic is having his name booked by the referee on 38.
- 43' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with AC Milan winning 0% of all matches.
- 47' What a strike from Armand Lauriente! The score is 2-0.
- 52' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 57' Ulisses Garcia is having his name booked by the referee on 57.
- 62' Adrien Rabiot needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
- 67' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Ardon Jasari suffering a number of foals already.
- 71' It’s a booking for AC Milan player. Samuele Ricci gets a card.
- 76' It’s high time Massimiliano Allegri made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 77' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ruben Loftus-Cheek on 77.
- 82' It looks like no one’s ball. US Sassuolo Calcio is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 87' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 89' A meaty challenge results in booking for Cristian Volpato on 89.
- 90' US Sassuolo Calcio receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for US Sassuolo Calcio players.
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Lineups
US Sassuolo Calcio Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 18
- 45
- 10
- 23
- 6
- 13
- 42
- 21
- 8
- 90
- 80
Bench
- 49
- 19
- 12
- 99
- 25
- 40
- 3
- 24
- 7
- 16
- 20
- 35
- 66
- 44
- 33
Coach Fabio GrossoAC Milan Lineups
3-5-2Starting XI
- 23
- 12
- 18
- 19
- 16
- 10
- 2
- 56
- 31
- 46
- 30
Bench
- 8
- 11
- 9
- 1
- 4
- 5
- 7
- 33
- 24
- 37
Coach Massimiliano Allegri -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Olivier Giroud 4 Domenico Berardi 4 Armand Lauriente 4 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 2 Suso 2 Rafael Leao 2 Hakan Calhanoglu 2 Franck Kessie 2 Head to Head
US Sassuolo Calcio Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.51 US Sassuolo Calcio xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.19 AC Milan xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: US Sassuolo Calcio winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.7Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 75% 25% ± 2.5 50% 50% ± 3.5 29% 71% ± 4.5 14% 86% Double Chance
US Sassuolo Calcio or Draw 74%Draw or AC Milan 52%US Sassuolo Calcio or AC Milan 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: US Sassuolo Calcio win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13%1 – 0 9.2%2 – 1 8.8%0 – 0 8.7%2 – 0 Actual0 – 1 7%1 – 2 6.9%2 – 2 5.3%0 – 2 4.7%3 – 1 4.4%3 – 0 3.7%1 – 3 2.7%Asian Handicap — US Sassuolo Calcio
Handicap US Sassuolo Calcio covers Push AC Milan covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 13% 78% -1.5 22% — 78% -1 22% 21% 57% -0.5 43% — 57% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 16% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
US Sassuolo Calcio keeps clean sheet 31% ✗AC Milan keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.