Match Report
3 points and 6 places separated them: Atalanta 5th with 6, Sassuolo 11th with 3. The last five rounds placed Atalanta 1st in the league for form — higher than their 5th in the standings. Per game in the league, Atalanta were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.5, Sassuolo 1.5 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
Across 29 recorded meetings, Atalanta have 18 wins to Sassuolo's 6, with 5 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 62% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 59%.
With 50 matches recorded and 3.0 yellow cards per game, V. Crezzini was the man in the middle. The venue was Gewiss Stadium, with room for 23,439 spectators. On the scoreboard, Atalanta led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Atalanta: Giacomo Raspadori (6'), Nikola Krstović (65') · Sassuolo: Cas Odenthal (55')
Key stats
Possession: Atalanta 56% · Sassuolo 44% · Total shots: 14-22 · On target: 7-8 · Corners: 4-4