AC Milan 2-5 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 29 January 2023

Result

AC Milan 2-5 Sassuolo

Serie A · Sunday 29 January 2023, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-3

AC Milan · Sassuolo · Serie A predictions

AC Milan 2-5 Sassuolo: match report

AC Milan were beaten by Sassuolo 2-5 in Serie A on Sunday 29 January 2023. It was 1-3 at half-time.

Grégoire Defrel opened the scoring in the 19th minute. AC Milan's goals came from Olivier Giroud (24') and Divock Origi (81'). Sassuolo scored through Grégoire Defrel (19'), Davide Frattesi (21'), Domenico Berardi (30'), Armand Laurienté (47', penalty) and Matheus Henrique (79').

Discipline: AC Milan received 7 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game AC Milan were 5th on 38 points from 19 and Sassuolo 17th on 17 points from 19. AC Milan went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Sassuolo 13th with 45.

AC Milan lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sassuolo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Domenico Berardi of Sassuolo (8.9), ahead of Divock Origi (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 AC Milan wins, 3 draws and 2 for Sassuolo.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Grégoire DefrelSassuolo · 0-1
  • 21'Goal · Davide FrattesiSassuolo · 0-2
  • 24'Goal · Olivier GiroudAC Milan · 1-2
  • 30'Goal · Domenico BerardiSassuolo · 1-3
  • 37'Yellow card · Sandro TonaliAC Milan
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Ante RebicAC Milan
  • 46'Yellow card · Davide CalabriaAC Milan
  • 47'Penalty goal · Armand LaurientéSassuolo · 1-4
  • 53'Yellow card · Pedro ObiangSassuolo
  • 61'Yellow card · Georgios KyriakopoulosSassuolo
  • 61'Yellow card · Rade KrunicAC Milan
  • 73'Yellow card · Davide FrattesiSassuolo
  • 79'Goal · Matheus HenriqueSassuolo · 1-5
  • 81'Goal · Divock OrigiAC Milan · 2-5
  • 87'Yellow card · Matteo GabbiaAC Milan
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Olivier GiroudAC Milan
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ruan TressoldiSassuolo
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Tommaso PobegaAC Milan

Head-to-head

10 meetings: AC Milan 5, draws 3, Sassuolo 2.

Team news

AC Milan line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ciprian Tătărușanu, Davide Calabria, Pierre Kalulu, Matteo Gabbia, Theo Hernández, Rade Krunic, Sandro Tonali, Alexis Saelemaekers, Charles De Ketelaere, Ante Rebić, Olivier Giroud

Sassuolo line-up (4-2-3-1)

Andrea Consigli, Rogério, Martin Erlić, Ruan, Riccardo Marchizza, Davide Frattesi, Pedro Obiang, Domenico Berardi, Hamed Traoré, Armand Laurienté, Grégoire Defrel