WOMEN, AC MILAN v SASSUOLO: MATCH PREVIEW

The Rossonere return home this weekend to the PUMA House of Football, where they hit four past Pomigliano and where they will remain as they first face Sassuolo and then Sampdoria. The game with the Neroverdi is matchday 7 in the Women's Serie A and is set to take place on Saturday 11 November at 15:00 CET. A vital fixture that we will set out here in detail.

LATEST FROM THE PUMA HOUSE OF FOOTBALL
The team have had a full week to get ready for the game, following on from their defeat at the hands of Fiorentina last Saturday and they are eager to get back to winning ways in front of the home crowd. The match against the Viola, despite the goal conceded at the end, confirmed some progress in terms of the gameplan: finding the forwards in the first half was a positive, in which Coach Ganz had called for more decisiveness in the final third. The group will be looking to string together a series of positive results (against Sassuolo, Sampdoria and Inter) to end the first half the season in the best possible way. Against Sassuolo, Laurent will be missing, due to flu, as will Jonušaitė, who is not yet back to peak physical condition.

The Rossonere squad list: Babb, Copetti, Giuliani; Árnadóttir, Bergamaschi, Fusetti, Guagni, Piga, Soffia, Swaby, Thrige; Adami, Cernoia, Dubcová, Grimshaw, Mascarello, Vigilucci; Asllani, Dompig, Marinelli, Stašková.

Ganz ahead of the game commented: "We're expecting three tough games coming up, which will be decisive if we want to turn our fortunes around. We can't lose faith; it's important we understand the mistakes made so far and try to turn them into positives."

LATEST FROM SASSUOLO
The Emilian team found their first league success of the season last time out, following four defeats and and draw from their first five games. The team coached by Piovani, in 2023, were excellent under two aspects: wins away from home (five) and clean sheets (seven, on par with the Rossonere). The victory over Napoli last weekend gave serenity and confidence to a team that had often just come up short in finding the three points this season. The winning goal was conjured up by two very young players, Beccari and Sciabica, born in 2004 and 2006, respectively, demonstrating the fact that youhtful enthusiasm and energy can be an important key for a young squad like the Neroverde one.

PRE-MATCH
AC Milan rarely make mistakes in starting games. In fact, together with Roma, they are the only team to have not yet conceded a goal in the opening 30 minutes of play. The total rises to two when taking into consideration the entire first half. Furthermore, the two teams facing each other tomorrow at the PUMA House of Football have collected the most clean sheets in Serie A in 2023 (seven). The Rossonere will have to rely on their strengths, among those that stand out are dead ball situations: AC Milan are both the team that have scored the most goals from set-pieces (five) and, together with Inter, not yet conceded from this situation in this season's Serie A.

WHERE TO WATCH AC MILAN ON TV
In Italy, AC Milan v Sassuolo will be shown live on DAZN on Saturday 11 November at 15:00 CET, on official Rossoneri social media channels and also on the AC Milan Official App.

LATEST FROM WOMEN'S SERIE A
Officiating the game will be Carlo Rinaldi, with Davide Santarossa and Simone Della Mea as assistants. Fourth official is Paolo Zantedeschi.

AC Milan v Sassuolo at 15:00 CET, following Roma v Napoli at 12:30 CET, is part of Saturday's fixture schedule for matchday 7 of the Women's Serie A. Instead, on Sunday, there is Sampdoria v Fiorentina at 12:30 CET, Inter v Pomigliano at 15:00 CET and Como v Juventus at 20:30 CET.

Standings: Roma 18; Juventus 15; Fiorentina and Como Women 13; Inter 10; AC Milan 7; Sampdoria 6; Sassuolo 4; Pomigliano 1; Napoli 0.

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