REGGIO EMILIA. Sassuolo and Milan played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3. Milan was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (68%)
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio Emilia on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Davide Massa who had the assistance of Luca Mondin and Valerio Vecchi. The 4th official was Alessandro Prontera. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 26.55 degrees Celsius or 79.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Milan was in firm control of the ball 68% while Sassuolo was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Milan was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Milan to win the match.
Sassuolo shot 10 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Milan shot 23 times, 7 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards (Ruan Tressoldi, Malick Thiaw and Gian Marco Ferrari ). Talking about the opposition, Milan received 1 yellow card (Andrea Pinamonti).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sassuolo has 26 points to hold in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Milan will has 69 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sassuolo will host Lecce on the 21st of April with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Sassuolo (3 draws).
Milan will host Inter on the 21st of April with a 25-10 head to head in favor of Inter (9 draws).
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
19'
9'
10', 53'
Sassuolo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Davide Ballardini decided to play with the following team: Andrea Consigli , Jeremy Toljan , Martin Erlić , Gian Marco Ferrari , Mattia Viti , Daniel Boloca , Pedro Obiang , Cristian Volpato , Kristian Thorstvedt , Armand Laurienté and Andrea Pinamonti .
The home team had on the bench: Uroš Račić , Matheus Henrique , Josh Doig, Grégoire Defrel , Filippo Missori, Samuele Mulattieri, Nedim Bajrami, Emil Konradsen Ceide , Marash Kumbulla, Gianluca Pegolo, Alessio Cragno, Luca Lipani and Ruan Tressoldi .
Sassuolo could not rely on the presence of Ruan Tressoldi (injured).
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 5 changes: Kristian Thorstvedt for Matheus Henrique (62′), Armand Laurienté for Emil Konradsen Ceide (77′), Daniel Boloca for Uroš Račić (77′), Jeremy Toljan for Ruan Tressoldi (9′) and Cristian Volpato for Grégoire Defrel (46′).
Player of the match: Armand Laurienté
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sassuolo was Armand Laurienté.
His rating is with 2 goals, 18 passes (67% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.
Milan – Formation
Milan
Also Milan adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Stefano Pioli played with: Mike Maignan, Marco Sportiello , Alessandro Florenzi , Simon Kjaer , Malick Thiaw , Theo Hernández , Yacine Adli , Yunus Musah , Samuel Chukwueze , Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Rafael Leão , Luka Jović .
These were the players on the bench: Tijjani Reijnders , Noah Okafor , Fikayo Tomori, Filippo Terracciano, Davide Calabria , Ismaël Bennacer , Olivier Giroud , Christian Pulisic , Matteo Gabbia , Lapo Nava, K. Zeroli and N. Raveyre.
Substitutions
Milan made 5 changes: Samuel Chukwueze for Christian Pulisic (65′), Yacine Adli for Noah Okafor (82′), Ruben Loftus-Cheek for Tijjani Reijnders (55′), Simon Kjaer for Matteo Gabbia (55′) and Yunus Musah for Olivier Giroud (55′).
Player of the match: Rafael Leão
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Rafael Leão.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 10 duels out of 18. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
