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 (2026/27)
- AC Milan 38 games · 70 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Fabio Maresca
- Assistant 1 Giorgio Peretti
- Assistant 2 Filippo Bercigli
6 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 3.7 goals/gameStandings
# 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 Parma Calcio 1913 38 45 13 Torino FC 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 historyUS Sassuolo Calcio are 11th (49 pts). AC Milan are 5th (70 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. US Sassuolo Calcio is hosting AC Milan for another epic battle.
- 5' Domenico Berardi puts US Sassuolo Calcio on the lead.
- 9' That looks like a foul for a card for Fikayo Tomori.
- 14' It’s high time Massimiliano Allegri made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 19' Christopher Nkunku has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 24 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 24' The referee calls foul for Fikayo Tomori. He receives a card.
- 29' The travelling AC Milan supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 34' US Sassuolo Calcio seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 38' Nemanja Matic was booked on 38.
- 43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AC Milan that had 515 games and scored 600 goals.
- 47' GOAL! Armand Lauriente scores on 47. Assisted by Kristian Thorstvedt
- 52' AC Milan started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 52.
- 57' The referee calls foul for Ulisses Garcia. He receives a card.
- 62' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 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 Strahinja Pavlovic suffering a number of foals already.
- 71' AC Milan receives a card for a hard tackle on 71.
- 76' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 77' AC Milan receives a card for a hard tackle on 77.
- 82' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 87' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 89' It’s gonna be a card for Cristian Volpato.
- 90' The referee calls foul for Alieu Fadera. He receives a card.
- Another three points for US Sassuolo Calcio.
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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.