WOMEN, SASSUOLO v AC MILAN: MATCH PREVIEW

AC Milan are preparing to face Sassuolo on matchday 17 of the 2024/2025 Women's Serie A. The match will be played on Saturday 1 February at 18:00 CET at the Stadio Enzo Ricci. The Rossonere, led by Coach Bakker, will be looking to consolidate their position in the standings against Rossi's Neroverde. With both teams in good form, this match promises to be gripping and decisive for the rest of the season. Let us approach the kick-off with our Match Preview.

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AC Milan are coming into this match with an important victory against Roma, 3-2, on the previous matchday of the women's Serie A. This result allowed the Rossonere to keep up the pace in the standings, showing our ability to react after the draw against Sampdoria. The resilience after our elimination in the Coppa Italia against Fiorentina will have to be verified, but getting back into the race for the Poule Scudetto may have instilled confidence and conviction in the Rossonere. The two-way race is with Como, and we will need to score at least one more point than them in the last 180 minutes of the regular season. There will be a big absence for the Rossonere as Soffia misses out through suspension. Nadim is also unavailable, but the rest of the squad is ready following Cesarini's return.

"With the same intensity and energy as last week against AS Roma, we want to step onto the pitch", coach Bakker said before the game in Sassuolo. "In the last away match of the regular season, we want to give everything and stay focused on the possibilities that are still there to reach the Poule Scudetto".

LATEST FROM SASSUOLO
Sassuolo come into this match after a convincing 3-0 win against Como on their last outing. This success has given Rossi's team confidence, as they are experiencing a positive moment in the league. In the Coppa Italia, Sassuolo achieved a historic semi-final qualification, beating Inter 2-1 after extra time and proving they can compete at a high level. The Neroverde will try to take advantage of the home factor to get a positive result against AC Milan and continue their undefeated streak.

"They are coming off an important win against Roma, even though they interrupted their Coppa Italia campaign against Fiorentina during the week," said Gian Loris Rossi. "They are a strong team, with six more points than us in the standings, and we want to do well to close the gap ahead of the final matchday of the championship. They have many high-level individuals, they are dangerous between the lines and on the sidelines. We will have to be very careful. Having played extra time in the Coppa Italia could weigh a bit, but it won't be an excuse, the team is doing well both physically and mentally."

PRE-MATCH STATS

• AC Milan are unbeaten in 10 of their last 12 Serie A matches against Sassuolo (6V, 4N) - the exceptions being 0-1 on 10 February 2024 and 0-2 on 25 September 2021. The Rossonere have failed to find a goal on four occasions against the Neroverdi in the top flight, the second record after Juventus (six).
• AC Milan and Sassuolo have picked up the most points in Serie A since the start of 2025 (seven each, two wins and a draw) and the only two yet to lose a game. The Rossonere also boast the best attack, with 11 total goals: they are followed by the Neroverdi and Lazio (7).
• On the one hand, only Juventus (15) have scored more goals from set-pieces than AC Milan in this league (9, alongside Roma); on the other, Sassuolo have conceded the most from set-pieces so far: 13, four of them from corners.
• Giorgia Arrigoni has scored three goals in this Serie A season, the latest in the most recent match against Roma. The 2004-born player could become the first AC Milan player to score more than three goals in the top league for the Rossonere before turning 21 (20 years and 120 days in the coming match): Sara Tamborini had also reached three between 2020 and 2021.
• Evelyn Ijeh scored the winning goal against Sassuolo in the first leg of this championship: 1-0 on 3 November. The Neroverdi could become the first opponent the Swede has scored against in two Serie A appearances in a row; however, only one of the five goals scored by the Rossonera this season came in an away match - on 20 October against Roma.

WHERE TO WATCH SASSUOLO V AC MILAN ON TV
In Italy, the match will be shown live on TV by DAZN at 18:00 CET. Don't miss the coverage on the Rossonere's Instagram account, on acmilan.com and on the AC Milan Official App where, from the following day, the full match will also be available - on demand.

LATEST FROM WOMEN'S SERIE A
Michele Pasculli, from Como, will take charge of Sassuolo v AC Milan. His assistants are Iuliano (Siena) and Petrov (Roma 1), while Oristanio (Perugia) is the game's fourth official.

Three fixtures on Saturday 1 February will open MD17 of the women's Serie A. Before Sassuolo v AC Milan at 18:00 CET, Inter will face Fiorentina at 12:30 and Roma will go against Sampdoria at 15:45. The round will close on Sunday 2, with Juventus v Napoli at 12:30 and Como v Lazio at 15:00.

This is the classification so far: Juventus 41; Inter 34; Roma 31; Fiorentina 27; Como and AC Milan 22; Sassuolo and Lazio 16; Sampdoria 8; Napoli 6.

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