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Sassuolo v AC Milan

22%Sassuolo
26%Draw
52%AC Milan

AC Milan ahead.

Tested

AC Milan win about 52 times in 100. The other 48: a draw (26) or a Sassuolo win (22).

Forecast by Vesta, published Wednesday 30 September 2026, 13:26 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals53%
Both teams score55%
Expected goals1.1 v 1.7
Most likely score1-112% chance

Likely line-ups

Our estimate from recent matches; the confirmed ones replace it about an hour before kickoff
Sassuolo4-3-1-25-2-2-1AC Milan

Players to watch

Model estimate

Each player's chance to score and to assist, from Vesta's expected goals for his team, his expected goals and goals per 90 minutes, and the minutes he is likely to play (the likely line-ups above).

Numbers to expect

Forecast by Vesta

What each side should make in this match, forecast by Vesta from both teams' recent numbers and the match forecast.

Shots11.913.5
Shots on target4.04.6
Corners4.04.7
Fouls10.810.8
Yellow cards1.92.0

What's at stake

Model estimate

The chance of each team finishing first, in the top four or in the bottom three: today, and in the simulated seasons where this match ends in each result.

What Sassuolo v AC Milan changes for both teams
Team and chanceNowSassuolo winDrawAC Milan win
Sassuolo
Top 4<1%1%<1%<1%
Bottom 34%3%4%5%
AC Milan
Title1%<1%1%2%
Top 437%30%34%43%

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals94%
2 or more goals77%
3 or more goals53%
4 or more goals32%
5 or more goals15%

Exactly

0 goals6%
1 goal16%
2 goals24%
3 goals21%
4 goals16%
5 goals9%
6 or more goals7%

Goals by team

Tested
Sassuolo: 1 or more66%
Sassuolo: 2 or more29%
Sassuolo: 3 or more9%
AC Milan: 1 or more83%
AC Milan: 2 or more52%
AC Milan: 3 or more25%
Both teams score55%
At least one team does not score45%

Winning margin

Tested
Sassuolo by 3 or more2%
Sassuolo by 26%
Sassuolo by 114%
Draw26%
AC Milan by 123%
AC Milan by 216%
AC Milan by 3 or more13%

Result combinations

Tested
Sassuolo win or draw49%
Either team wins (no draw)74%
AC Milan win or draw78%

Clean sheets

Tested
Sassuolo keep a clean sheet17%
AC Milan keep a clean sheet34%
Sassuolo win without conceding11%
AC Milan win without conceding27%
No goals at all6%

The first goal

Model estimate
Sassuolo score first36%
AC Milan score first57%
No goals6%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1532%
Minutes 16-3022%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-757%
Minutes 76-90+5%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Sassuolo goals down, AC Milan goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
06.410.18.75.12.30.8
16.312.49.45.52.40.9
23.25.76.03.01.30.5
31.22.11.81.30.50.2
40.30.60.50.30.1·
50.10.10.10.1··

Halves

Tested
A goal in the first half71%
A goal in the second half79%
Sassuolo ahead at half-time21%
Level at half-time42%
AC Milan ahead at half-time38%
Sassuolo win the second half21%
Second half level35%
AC Milan win the second half43%
More goals in the first half30%
More goals in the second half44%
Same goals in both halves25%

Half-time and full-time

Tested
Sassuolo ahead at half-time, Sassuolo win12%
Level at half-time, Sassuolo win8%
AC Milan ahead at half-time, Sassuolo win1%
Sassuolo ahead at half-time, draw6%
Level at half-time, draw16%
AC Milan ahead at half-time, draw5%
Sassuolo ahead at half-time, AC Milan win3%
Level at half-time, AC Milan win18%
AC Milan ahead at half-time, AC Milan win31%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
SassuoloAC Milan

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works

Every player's chances

Model estimate

Everyone likely to play, by chance to score. Minutes: what we expect him to play; shots: how many he should take.

Sassuolo
Sassuolo: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Kieron Bowie5916%1%3%18%1.2
Armand Lauriente9015%1%16%28%1.9
Vasilije Adzic4512%<1%6%17%0.9
Domenico Berardi bench4310%<1%5%15%0.7
Cristian Volpato bench387%<1%6%13%0.6
Kristian Thorstvedt437%<1%3%10%0.6
Darryl Bakola605%<1%8%13%0.7
Sebastiano Esposito bench295%<1%4%9%0.5
Simone Cinquegrano904%<1%3%7%0.7
Josh Doig833%<1%3%6%0.4
Nemanja Matic812%<1%4%6%0.4
Fedde Leysen752%<1%4%6%0.3
Cas Odenthal bench182%<1%<1%3%0.1
Luca Lipani bench292%<1%2%4%0.3
Benjamín Domínguez bench161%<1%2%3%0.2
Tommaso Macchioni bench151%<1%<1%2%0.1
Duje Caleta-Car bench201%<1%<1%1%0.1
Sulemana bench5<1%<1%<1%<1%0.1
Jay Idzes52<1%<1%<1%1%0.1
Rafael Obrador bench7<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Arijanet Muric90<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
AC Milan
AC Milan: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Gonçalo Ramos8941%10%12%47%3.6
Adrien Rabiot6112%<1%10%21%1.1
Samuel Chukwueze7712%<1%19%29%1.4
Strahinja Pavlovic9012%<1%4%15%0.8
Ruben Loftus-Cheek bench4311%<1%6%17%1.0
Alphadjo Cissè4711%<1%6%16%1.0
Christian Pulisic bench2210%<1%7%16%0.7
Yunus Musah659%<1%6%15%0.8
Koni de Winter906%<1%4%10%0.5
Mario Gila875%<1%3%8%0.4
Alexis Saelemaekers bench375%<1%7%11%0.6
Diego Moreira bench254%<1%7%11%0.4
Luka Modric644%<1%9%13%0.5
Estupiñán564%<1%6%10%0.6
Ardon Jashari bench152%<1%2%4%0.2
Davide Bartesaghi bench262%<1%3%5%0.2
Mike Maignan90<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0