Soccer match preview: Atalanta confident before travelling to Sassuolo

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 02.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

Sassuolo will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Atalanta.

Insights:
  • Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atalanta have the most scored goals (73) in Serie A

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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Sassuolo form and stats

6 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Sassuolo have to build on here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore in the Serie A. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Sassuolo are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. Sassuolo has recorded two wins in a row here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A nice win for Sassuolo last time playing, versus Sampdoria. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Domenico Berardi scoring for the victors. In the game before, an away victory match versus Milan with a 2-1 scoreline.

A decent goal production from Sassuolo in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 16 league matches. 23 goals have been conceded.

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Atalanta form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (73) in Serie A, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 5 draws and only 2 losses in the Serie A.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Roma.

Atalanta are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 31 times in 16 away games so far. As opposed to that, Atalanta have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Atalanta - Sassuolo 5-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Sassuolo victories, one draw and nine Atalanta wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AtalantaL. Muriel Fruto
L. Muriel Fruto
18 goals
SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
14 goals
AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
13 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Atalanta missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sassuolo Atalanta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 3 Played P 5 16 33
14 6 0 Won W 2 9 20
10 7 1 Drew D 3 5 8
9 3 2 Lost L 0 2 5
55 27 4 Scored S 8 31 75
50 23 8 Conceded C 4 17 39
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
85% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 85%
61% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 50% 61%
36% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 38% 48%
27% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 31% 36%
73% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 64%
21% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 30%
12% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
14.1 14.5 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 19 16.7 16.8
4.8 5.1 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6.1 6
34% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 32% 38%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atalanta have the most scored goals (73) in Serie A
  • Atalanta is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Inter 33 24 7 2 72 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 17 10 6 1 32 14 43 79
2 Juventus 33 19 9 5 65 30 17 13 2 2 37 13 16 6 7 3 28 17 35 66
3 Milan 32 20 6 6 60 38 17 7 5 5 29 24 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 66
4 Atalanta 32 19 8 5 73 39 16 10 3 3 42 22 16 9 5 2 31 17 34 65
5 Napoli 32 20 3 9 71 37 16 11 2 3 43 17 16 9 1 6 28 20 34 63
6 Lazio 31 18 4 9 53 46 15 10 2 3 28 20 16 8 2 6 25 26 7 58
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 33 14 10 9 55 50 16 6 7 3 27 23 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 52
9 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
10 Hellas Verona 33 11 8 14 40 41 16 6 3 7 19 19 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 41
11 Udinese 33 10 9 14 38 44 16 5 3 8 12 15 17 5 6 6 26 29 -6 39
12 Bologna 32 10 8 14 44 48 16 7 4 5 29 24 16 3 4 9 15 24 -4 38
13 Genoa 33 8 12 13 37 48 17 5 7 5 25 24 16 3 5 8 12 24 -11 36
14 Fiorentina 33 8 10 15 42 54 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 34
15 Spezia 33 8 9 16 42 62 16 4 6 6 21 26 17 4 3 10 21 36 -20 33
16 Torino 31 6 13 12 46 54 15 2 8 5 23 26 16 4 5 7 23 28 -8 31
17 Cagliari 33 8 7 18 39 56 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 3 4 9 17 25 -17 31
18 Benevento 33 7 10 16 37 66 17 2 6 9 17 35 16 5 4 7 20 31 -29 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 33 5 3 25 42 83 16 4 1 11 21 32 17 1 2 14 21 51 -41 18

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 33 24 7 2 72 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 17 10 6 1 32 14 43 79
2 Juventus 33 19 9 5 65 30 17 13 2 2 37 13 16 6 7 3 28 17 35 66
3 Milan 32 20 6 6 60 38 17 7 5 5 29 24 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 66
4 Atalanta 32 19 8 5 73 39 16 10 3 3 42 22 16 9 5 2 31 17 34 65
5 Napoli 32 20 3 9 71 37 16 11 2 3 43 17 16 9 1 6 28 20 34 63
6 Lazio 31 18 4 9 53 46 15 10 2 3 28 20 16 8 2 6 25 26 7 58
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 33 14 10 9 55 50 16 6 7 3 27 23 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 52
9 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
10 Hellas Verona 33 11 8 14 40 41 16 6 3 7 19 19 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 41
11 Udinese 33 10 9 14 38 44 16 5 3 8 12 15 17 5 6 6 26 29 -6 39
12 Bologna 32 10 8 14 44 48 16 7 4 5 29 24 16 3 4 9 15 24 -4 38
13 Genoa 33 8 12 13 37 48 17 5 7 5 25 24 16 3 5 8 12 24 -11 36
14 Fiorentina 33 8 10 15 42 54 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 34
15 Spezia 33 8 9 16 42 62 16 4 6 6 21 26 17 4 3 10 21 36 -20 33
16 Torino 31 6 13 12 46 54 15 2 8 5 23 26 16 4 5 7 23 28 -8 31
17 Cagliari 33 8 7 18 39 56 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 3 4 9 17 25 -17 31
18 Benevento 33 7 10 16 37 66 17 2 6 9 17 35 16 5 4 7 20 31 -29 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 33 5 3 25 42 83 16 4 1 11 21 32 17 1 2 14 21 51 -41 18

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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.