Serie A champion AC Milan hosts Sassuolo in the hope of ceasing its current downward spiral in form.
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Back on home turf. The Rossoneri are set to take to the San Siro pitch as they look to return to winning ways and put a difficult January behind them.
On Sunday, in addition to AC Milan v Sassuolo at 12:30 CET, the following games will be played: Juventus v Monza (15:00 CET), Lazio v Fiorentina (18:00 CET) and Napoli v Roma (20:45 CET). [AC Milan 2-0 Salernitana on 4 December 2021](https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/videos/highlights/2021-12-04/ac-milan-v-salernitana-serie-a-2021-22-the-highlights). This also applies to Rade Krunić, who was named on the bench in Rome and is in contention to start in Bennacer’s place, and [Fodè Ballo-Touré](https://www.acmilan.com/it/news/articoli/media/2023-01-02/comunicato-ufficiale-fode-ballo-toure), who has recovered from his shoulder operation at the start of the month. The man in the middle for the San Siro clash will be Antonio Giua, who is set to take charge of his 37th Serie A match. [January](https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/schedule/2023-01-02/january-back-on-the-pitch) behind them. The Neroverdi finally added to their points tally in the league on Sunday with an away draw against Monza, putting an end to a four-game losing streak.
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And its not worked, defensively the hosts look shambolic. Defrel and Frattesi put the visitors 2-0 up. Sassuolo
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Sassuolo are also in a poor run but Milan have not scored in their previous three games which is very worrying. The stadium is expected to be packed with over 70,000 fans present cheering on the Rossoneri to recover from their poor run of form. The side need a victory otherwise could find themselves outside the top four and tossed into a completely different battle.
AC Milan will face off against Sassuolo in front of over 70000 fans at San Siro this afternoon hoping to end their winless run of five games.
The Italian kept the French striker quiet in the 0-0 earlier this season before he was replaced by Yacine Adli, and will look to repeat that again today. The game will be influenced by a number of key battles, starting with the one between Rafael Leao and Jeremy Toljan. In midfield there will be a fascinating duel between Sandro Tonali and Davide Frattesi.
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We expect to be in control of the game, take the initiative and create lots of attacking situations.” We want to win, that is beyond doubt, and we must play with conviction, energy and technical quality.” “Rafa played a lot in recent games, has perhaps lost a bit of sharpness.