10 STATISTICS AHEAD OF AC MILAN V SASSUOLO

This is Sassuolo's seventh consectutive season in Serie A, meaning AC Milan v Sassuolo is set to be played for the seventh time at San Siro. At 15:00 CET today, the Rossoneri will host the Neroverdi on matchday 16 in the Italian top flight, with Coach Pioli's men looking to build on the positive results they picked up against Parma and Bologna. The party to celebrate the Club's 120th birthday will provide the team with extra motivation as they look to pick up an important win in their final home fixture of 2019. Here are some facts and figures that you need to know with the match on the horizon. 

PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS

1- AC Milan have kept a clean sheet in three of their past five Serie A fixtures against Sassuolo.

2- The last time the Rossoneri came from two goals behind to win a match in the Italian top flight was against Sassuolo in October 2016.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS AT SAN SIRO

3- The Rossoneri have emerged victorious in four of the six fixtures they've played against the Neroverdi on home soil in Serie A. 

4- AC Milan v Sassuolo at San Siro is typically a high-scoring affair: both teams have netted in five of these matches. 

GENERAL STATISTICS

5- No other side has conceded fewer goals than the Rossoneri in the first 30 minutes of play this season (just three).

6- So far this campaign, AC Milan have allowed the opposition to shoot just 173 times: no other team has done better in this regard.

PLAYER FOCUS

7- The first brace that AC Milan striker Krzysztof Piątek scored in Serie A came against Sassuolo in September 2018 while he was on Genoa's books.

8- Theo Hernández has been involved in a third of the goals that AC Milan have scored this Serie A campaign (five out of 15, four goals and one assist).

9- Suso has scored three goals against Sassuolo in Serie A. He's only done better against Frosinone in the Italian top flight (four goals).

COACH FOCUS

10- Stefano Pioli and Roberto De Zerbi have come up against each other twice in Serie A: the current AC Milan Coach is unbeaten against his Sassuolo counterpart following a win and a draw.

Remember that tickets are on sale for the home matches against Sassuolo, Sampdoria and Udinese. Buy your ticket now! See you at San Siro!