AC Milan vs Sassuolo

29 January 2023 · Serie A · 2022/23 · Referee Antonio Giua

Full time 2 – 5

Half-time: 1–3

  • Olivier Giroud 24’
  • Divock Origi 81’
  • Gregoire Defrel 19’
  • Davide Frattesi 22’
  • Domenico Berardi 30’
  • Armand Lauriente 47’ (pen)
  • Matheus Henrique 79’

Match summary

Sassuolo won comfortably, 5-2 away at AC Milan. Sassuolo led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Gregoire Defrel put Sassuolo ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Domenico Berardi, Davide Frattesi made it 0-2 in the 22nd minute, set up by Domenico Berardi, Olivier Giroud pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 24th minute, set up by Davide Calabria, and Domenico Berardi made it 1-3 with a header in the 30th minute, set up by Hamed Junior Traore. In the second half, Armand Lauriente made it 1-4 from the penalty spot in the 47th minute, Matheus Henrique made it 1-5 in the 79th minute, set up by Domenico Berardi, and Divock Origi made it 2-5 in the 81st minute, set up by Junior Messias.

The chances backed that up: Sassuolo created 2.07 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to AC Milan's 0.50 from 10.

Match stats

AC Milan Sassuolo
10 Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 7
2 Corners 3
7 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0.50 xG 2.07
0.50 Non-penalty xG 1.31
7 Deep Completions 4

Key events

AC Milan Sassuolo
Kick-off
19’
Gregoire Defrel
Assist: Domenico Berardi0-1 (Sassuolo)
22’
Davide Frattesi
Assist: Domenico Berardi0-2 (Sassuolo)
Olivier Giroud
Assist: Davide Calabria1-2 (AC Milan)
24’
30’
Domenico Berardi
Assist: Hamed Junior Traore1-3 (Sassuolo)
Half-time1-3
47’
Armand Lauriente
Penalty1-4 (Sassuolo)
79’
Matheus Henrique
Assist: Domenico Berardi1-5 (Sassuolo)
Divock Origi
Assist: Junior Messias2-5 (AC Milan)
81’
Full-time2-5

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

AC Milan
  • Davide Calabria
  • Matteo Gabbia
  • Rade Krunic
  • Sandro Tonali
  • Ante Rebic
  • Olivier Giroud
  • Tommaso Pobega
Sassuolo
  • Ruan
  • Davide Frattesi
  • Pedro Obiang
  • Domenico Berardi
  • Georgios Kyriakopoulos

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.50 2.07 19’ Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo), 0-1 19’ 22’ Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), 0-2 22’ 24’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), 1-2 24’ 30’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), 1-3 30’ 47’ Armand Lauriente (Sassuolo), 1-4 47’ 79’ Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo), 1-5 79’ 81’ Divock Origi (AC Milan), 2-5 81’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.50 2.07 19’ Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo), 0-1 Defrel 19’ 22’ Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), 0-2 Frattesi 22’ 24’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), 1-2 Giroud 24’ 30’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), 1-3 Berardi 30’ 47’ Armand Lauriente (Sassuolo), 1-4 Lauriente 47’ 79’ Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo), 1-5 Henrique 79’ 81’ Divock Origi (AC Milan), 2-5 Origi 81’
AC Milan 0.50 xGSassuolo 2.07 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sassuolo attacking AC Milan attacking 
19’ Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo), open play, 0.87 xG, goal 47’ Armand Lauriente (Sassuolo), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 79’ Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 22’ Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 60’ Ante Rebic (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 24’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 33’ Ante Rebic (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 35’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 30’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 1’ Armand Lauriente (Sassuolo), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 18’ Armand Lauriente (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 39’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Ante Rebic (AC Milan), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 81’ Divock Origi (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 62’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 75’ Divock Origi (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 57’ Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 66’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 86’ Junior Messias (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 19’ Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo), open play, 0.87 xG, goal 47’ Armand Lauriente (Sassuolo), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 79’ Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 22’ Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 60’ Ante Rebic (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 35’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 24’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 33’ Ante Rebic (AC Milan), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 30’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 1’ Armand Lauriente (Sassuolo), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 18’ Armand Lauriente (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 39’ Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Ante Rebic (AC Milan), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 81’ Divock Origi (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 75’ Divock Origi (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 57’ Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 62’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 66’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 86’ Junior Messias (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ciprian Tatarusanu GK900 0.000.000
Davide Calabria DEF9010 0.000.122
Pierre Kalulu Kyatengwa DEF900 0.000.000
Matteo Gabbia DEF900 0.000.000
Theo Hernández DEF900 0.000.132
Sandro Tonali MID900 0.000.000
Rade Krunic MID760 0.000.000
Alexis Saelemaekers MID751 0.020.081
Charles De Ketelaere MID510 0.000.000
Ante Rebic MID763 0.220.021
Olivier Giroud FWD9013 0.210.000
Rafael Leão Sub390 0.000.101
Junior Messias Sub1511 0.010.031
Divock Origi Sub1412 0.050.011
Tommaso Pobega Sub140 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

AC Milan win 66% Avg odds 1.46
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.70
Sassuolo win 14% Avg odds 6.70

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

AC Milan WWDDL
Sassuolo LLLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Sassuolo 0-0 AC Milan, 30 Aug 22 Next meeting: AC Milan 1-0 Sassuolo, 30 Dec 23  All AC Milan vs Sassuolo meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.