Serie A match preview and statistics: Atalanta fight Sassuolo

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 03.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: KKWing Stadium (26393 seats)

Atalanta will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Sassuolo.

Insights:
  • All of Atalanta's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sassuolo have not yet lost a game away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Atalanta form and stats

Atalanta have collected 10 points from their Serie A home games so far after 3-1-2. Atalanta has recorded two wins in a row here at KKWing Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The home team returns to KKWing Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Bologna (placed 13th) on their last time out; the Serie A game ended 2-2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Roma in a game that was won 4-1.

A disappointing finish for Atalanta in their match versus Bologna as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Atalanta, as the Serie A home game vs Parma is only three days away.

Goals decide football matches and Atalanta are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Atalanta defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Sassuolo form and stats

Sassuolo's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sassuolo collect 17 points from their 7 away matches in the Serie A. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).

Sassuolo play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Sampdoria (placed 11th). A 1-2 loss hosting Milan before that.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Genoa in just three days.

The Sassuolo manager R. De Zerbi has got the team scoring on the road, with 16 away goals in 7 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Sassuolo in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - two - zero (Atalanta wins - draws - Sassuolo wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AtalantaL. Muriel Fruto
L. Muriel Fruto
7 goals
SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
7 goals
SassuoloF. Caputo
F. Caputo
6 goals

Atalanta missing players

Sassuolo missing players

Atalanta Sassuolo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 3 7 14
6 3 1 Won W 3 5 7
4 1 1 Drew D 0 2 5
3 2 0 Lost L 0 0 2
28 14 5 Scored S 9 16 26
20 9 2 Conceded C 5 7 17
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 79%
69% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 50%
54% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 43% 36%
38% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 43% 36%
77% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 57%
15% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 43% 36%
15% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.2 17 11 Shots (avg) S ( 18 14 13.9
5.8 6.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 6 5.3
37% 37% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 38% 35%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Atalanta's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Atalanta haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sassuolo have not yet lost a game away.
  • Sassuolo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 14 10 4 0 32 16 7 4 3 0 17 9 7 6 1 0 15 7 16 34
2 Inter 14 10 3 1 34 17 7 5 1 1 17 11 7 5 2 0 17 6 17 33
3 Roma 14 8 3 3 31 23 7 5 2 0 18 7 7 3 1 3 13 16 8 27
4 Sassuolo 14 7 5 2 26 17 7 2 3 2 10 10 7 5 2 0 16 7 9 26
5 Napoli 13 8 1 4 27 12 7 4 1 2 18 8 6 4 0 2 9 4 15 25
6 Juventus 13 6 6 1 25 13 6 3 2 1 9 6 7 3 4 0 16 7 12 24
7 Atalanta 13 6 4 3 28 20 6 3 1 2 14 9 7 3 3 1 14 11 8 22
8 Lazio 14 6 3 5 22 23 7 2 2 3 9 12 7 4 1 2 13 11 -1 21
9 Hellas Verona 14 5 5 4 18 14 8 3 2 3 10 8 6 2 3 1 8 6 4 20
10 Benevento 14 5 3 6 17 23 7 2 2 3 8 12 7 3 1 3 9 11 -6 18
11 Sampdoria 14 5 2 7 23 24 7 2 1 4 13 12 7 3 1 3 10 12 -1 17
12 Udinese 13 4 3 6 14 17 7 2 1 4 5 9 6 2 2 2 9 8 -3 15
13 Bologna 14 4 3 7 21 27 7 3 1 3 14 15 7 1 2 4 7 12 -6 15
14 Fiorentina 14 3 5 6 16 21 7 2 3 2 8 8 7 1 2 4 8 13 -5 14
15 Cagliari 14 3 5 6 21 27 6 2 2 2 10 10 8 1 3 4 11 17 -6 14
16 Parma 14 2 6 6 13 25 7 1 4 2 3 8 7 1 2 4 10 17 -12 12
17 Spezia 14 2 5 7 19 29 7 0 3 4 8 16 7 2 2 3 11 13 -10 11
18 Genoa 14 2 4 8 14 27 7 1 1 5 10 15 7 1 3 3 4 12 -13 10
19 Crotone 14 2 3 9 13 29 7 2 1 4 8 13 7 0 2 5 5 16 -16 9
20 Torino 14 1 5 8 22 32 7 0 3 4 12 17 7 1 2 4 10 15 -10 8

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.