Sassuolo and AC Milan will be back in action this week when the lock horns at Mapei Stadium-Città del Tricolore in the fourth round of the Italian Serie A. Kickoffs on August 30 at 19:30 EAT.
Sassuolo have garnered four points after three games with a win, a draw, and a defeat each so far in the campaign. Alessio Dionisi’s side now return to their home turf where they are currently on a run of one win from their last four league outings, picking up one draw and losing twice while scoring three goals and shipping six.
Sassuolo prepare shared the spoils 2-2 Serie A versus Spezia in their most recent game. In that match, Sassuolo had 58% possession, 21 shots with eight of them on target and goals scored by Davide Frattesi (27′) and Andrea Pinamonti (50′). Spezia got seven shots with two of them on target and goals by Simone Bastoni (30′) and M’Bala Nzola (45′).
AC Milan now has seven points from the opening three rounds and they will be hoping to continue the fine start to the new Serie A campaign on Tuesday evening. Stefano Pioli’s men are now unbeaten in each of their last 19 league outings, picking up an impressive 13 wins and six draws since the defeat at the hands of Spezia back in January.
AC Milan will want another win following 2-0 Serie A success to beat Bologna in their previous encounter. In that match, AC Milan had 48% possession, 19 shots with seven of them on target and goals scored by Rafael Leão (21′) and Olivier Giroud (58′). Bologna got eight shots with none of them on target.
Sassuolo vs. AC Milan head to head
AC Milan boasts the upper in the head to head history of this fixture having won 11 times from the 19 meetings between these two sides since 2014; Sassuolo won three times while two matches ended in draws.
- Sassuolo 0-3 Milan 22/05/22
- Milan 1-3 Sassuolo 28/11/21
- Milan 1-2 Sassuolo 21/04/21
- Sassuolo 1-2 Milan 20/12/20
- Sassuolo 1-2 Milan 21/07/20
Home
- Spezia 2-2 Sassuolo
- Sassuolo 1-0 Lecce
- Juventus 3-0 Sassuolo
- Modena 3-2 Sassuolo
- Sassuolo 4-1 Vis Pesaro
Away
- Milan 2-0 Bologna
- Atalanta 1-1 Milan
- Milan 4-2 Udinese
- Vicenza 1-6 Milan
- Marseille 0-2 Milan
Sassuolo team news
Mert Müldür and Hamed Junior Traorè will miss out this game through injuries for the hosts.
AC Milan team news
Boss Stefano Pioli will take to the pitch without Rade Krunic and Zlatan Ibrahimovic who are recuperating from injuries.
Prediction and odds
AC Milan is clearly in better form and given the fact that they are also the better team on paper, we expect them to win this game.
- AC Milan Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
