Serie A: Atalanta expected to win home against Sassuolo

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 18.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: KKWing Stadium (26393 seats)

Atalanta have performed better than Sassuolo so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

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Atalanta form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Atalanta, who have the most scored goals (70) in Serie A, at their home stadium (KKWing Stadium) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

A strong away win for Atalanta against Lecce the last match, as Josip Iličić, Duván Zapata (3), Luis Muriel and Ruslan Malinovskyi were on target. Ahead of that match, Atalanta won a home game hosting Valencia (4-1).

As mentioned above, Atalanta "killed" Lecce in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Duván Zapata was absolutely essential when Atalanta beat Lecce 7-2, scoring three goals.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Atalanta home games with this odds we find eleven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in nine wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, seven matches were won by at least two goals.

Atalanta are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (33 goals in 12 games). Atalanta have conceded 19 from these games.

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Sassuolo form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for Sassuolo in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Parma, 0-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against SPAL with the score of 2-1.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Sassuolo played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, three were draws and the home team won as expected zero times.

Sassuolo have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Sassuolo have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sassuolo - Atalanta 1-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - three - 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

AtalantaJ. Iličić
J. Iličić
15 goals
AtalantaL. Muriel Fruto
L. Muriel Fruto
13 goals
AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
11 goals

Atalanta missing players

Sassuolo missing players

Atalanta Sassuolo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 5 Played P 2 12 24
14 6 3 Won W 0 3 8
6 2 1 Drew D 1 4 5
5 4 1 Lost L 1 5 11
70 33 15 Scored S 4 13 38
34 19 6 Conceded C 6 17 39
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
96% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 79%
84% 92% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 58% 75%
60% 75% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 38%
40% 42% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 8% 21%
72% 75% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 67%
24% 17% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 21%
8% 8% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 21%
 
7 8.1 8.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.9 5.5
3.1 2.8 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 5.8 6.1
2.2 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3 2.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
496 252 97 Total Shots T S 22 167 345
203 105 35 Shots on Target S O 7 53 118
34% 31% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 25% 32%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Atalanta's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Atalanta has the most points from losing position (19)
  • Atalanta has the most scored goals (70)
  • Atalanta has the most scored goals in the second half (41)
  • Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atalanta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Atalanta have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sassuolo have scored away.
  • Atalanta have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Atalanta haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lazio 26 19 5 2 60 23 14 11 3 0 39 10 12 8 2 2 21 13 37 62
2 Juventus 25 19 3 3 48 24 12 11 1 0 29 10 13 8 2 3 19 14 24 60
3 Inter 24 16 6 2 49 22 12 7 4 1 23 10 12 9 2 1 26 12 27 54
4 Atalanta 25 14 6 5 70 34 12 6 2 4 33 19 13 8 4 1 37 15 36 48
5 Roma 26 13 6 7 51 35 13 6 3 4 26 19 13 7 3 3 25 16 16 45
6 Napoli 26 11 6 9 41 36 13 5 2 6 17 18 13 6 4 3 24 18 5 39
7 Milan 25 10 6 9 27 32 12 4 5 3 12 13 13 6 1 6 15 19 -5 36
8 Hellas Verona 24 9 8 7 28 24 12 6 3 3 17 12 12 3 5 4 11 12 4 35
9 Parma 24 10 5 9 32 30 12 6 1 5 17 11 12 4 4 4 15 19 2 35
10 Bologna 26 9 7 10 38 42 13 4 5 4 18 20 13 5 2 6 20 22 -4 34
11 Cagliari 25 8 8 9 41 40 13 5 2 6 25 23 12 3 6 3 16 17 1 32
12 Sassuolo 24 8 5 11 38 39 12 5 1 6 25 22 12 3 4 5 13 17 -1 29
13 Fiorentina 25 7 8 10 32 36 13 3 5 5 13 17 12 4 3 5 19 19 -4 29
14 Udinese 25 7 6 12 21 37 12 5 3 4 10 12 13 2 3 8 11 25 -16 27
15 Torino 25 8 3 14 28 45 12 4 2 6 11 22 13 4 1 8 17 23 -17 27
16 Lecce 26 6 7 13 34 56 13 2 5 6 19 26 13 4 2 7 15 30 -22 25
17 Sampdoria 24 6 5 13 26 43 13 3 4 6 14 21 11 3 1 7 12 22 -17 23
18 Genoa 25 5 7 13 29 46 12 4 1 7 14 18 13 1 6 6 15 28 -17 22
19 Brescia 25 4 4 17 22 46 13 1 3 9 13 25 12 3 1 8 9 21 -24 16
20 SPAL 25 4 3 18 19 44 12 2 2 8 11 20 13 2 1 10 8 24 -25 15

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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.