Milan enter Sassuolo contest as hot favourites

Milan and Sassuolo face each other this Sunday at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for matchweek 20 of the Serie A. Currently, Stefano Pioli's team are 2nd in the table with 38 points, while Alessio Dionisi's team are 17th with 17 points.

After losing 4x0 in the last match against Lazio (Serie A 2022/23), Milan receive Sassuolo, who drew 1x1 against Monza (Serie A 2022/23). On the other hand, Alessio Dionisi's team is on a sequence of 8 games without a win in the Serie A 2022/23. A look back at the history books shows that Stefano Pioli's team and Sassuolo have faced each other twenty times, with Milan holding the advantage: 11 victories, against 6 victories of Alessio Dionisi's team. Specifically in the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Stefano Pioli's team has the advantage in the duels against Sassuolo: 5 wins in 10 games, while Alessio Dionisi's team has 3 wins.

In the Serie A, nineteen games were played between the two teams, with 10 wins for Milan, 3 draws and 6 wins for Sassuolo.

Considering the Serie A 2022/23, from Milan's most influential players, Pierre Kalulu has entered the field 19 times, and Fikayo Tomori is the one with more minutes played (1585). Rafael Leão is the current best scorer with 8 goals. As for Sassuolo, Jeremy Toljan is the most used player in a total of 19 games (1679 min). Davide Frattesi has scored 4 goals, the most across Sassuolo's squad.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with a draw, 0x0. Milan are given the favouritism to win this match.