10 FACTS ON SASSUOLO V AC MILAN

Sassuolo are a team to be feared and are well in the hunt for European football. They're a team never ceases to grow and amaze, and have, just this season, beaten Napoli and held Roma to a draw away from home. The battle between Sassuolo and AC Milan is sure to a fierce one, as both sides go looking for three precious points. As we wait for kick-off, set for 15:00 CET at the Mapei Stadium, let's check out ten facts on Serie A matchday 13.

RECORD AT THE MAPEI STADIUM

1- After having won their first three Serie A home games against AC Milan, Sassuolo have lost each of their last four. The Rossoneri could register at least five consecutive away wins against a single team in Serie A for the first time since 2013 against Chievo (six wins in a row).

HEAD-TO-HEAD

2- AC Milan are unbeaten in eight Serie A games against Sassuolo (6W, 2D), after having lost four of their first six (2W). Furthermore, Sassuolo are one of the teams - alongside Bologna - against whom AC Milan haven't lost in the last four Serie A seasons (from 2016/17 to 2019/20).  

3-  AC Milan have kept a clean sheet in four of their last seven Serie A games against Sassuolo, after having conceded in all of their first seven (2.3 goals per game in that period).   

4- The most frequent result of games between AC Milan and Sassuolo is 2-1 to the Rossoneri, which has occurred on three occasions, most recently in the meeting last July.   

GENERAL STATS

5- Until the end of October, only Inter (108) and Atalanta (101) had taken more shots than Sassuolo (99); since the start of November until now, AC Milan are the team that has taken the most shots (130), while Sassuolo are 17th (60). 

6- Each of the last nine goals scored by AC Milan in the league have come from midfielders (four) and defenders (five), the last goal scored by a Rossoneri striker in Serie A was on 22 November (Ibrahimović v Napoli).

PLAYER FOCUS

7- AC Milan have had more goalscorers born after 1/1/1999 than any other team in the league this season, five: Kalulu, Hauge, Díaz, Leão and Saelemaekers.

8- Alessio Romagnoli's next start will be his 200th in all competitions with AC Milan and could be his 100th win with the Rossoneri. 

9- Thanks to his goal against Genoa, Pierre Kalulu became the youngest foreign defender to score for AC Milan in Serie A (20 years and 194 days), beating the record set by Theo Hernández in October 2019 (also against Genoa).

COACH FOCUS

10- Stefano Pioli was the head coach at Sassuolo in the 2009/10 season when the Neroverdi finished fourth in Serie B (though they missed out on promotion, losing in the playoff semi-final to Torino). What's more, Pioli is unbeaten as a coach in his four Serie A games against a side coached by Roberto De Zerbi (2W, 2D).

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