Battling Sassuolo are desperate to pull off a small shock when they welcome top team Atalanta in the upcoming league game. It’s 16th vs 4th and the home crowd will have not-so-high expectations.
- Atalanta have scored in all their away matches so far.
The visiting Atalanta played their last game only four days ago, a Coppa Italia match. That game, against Inter, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Atalanta.
Sassuolo form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Sassuolo have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games. Sassuolo are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore, having lost their two previous games here.
It's back home for Sassuolo, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Milan away with the result 5-2. Berardi, Frattesi, Henrique, Defrel and Laurienté found the net in that victory. A huge relief, as that was the first league win after going winless in eight games in a row. A goal frenzy last time out for Sassuolo, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Milan. Fun stuff to watch! Midfielder Berardi was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.75 (out of ten) in that game. Berardi scored one goal, signed up for three assists and hit three key passes.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Monza the opponent.Sassuolo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. 11 goals have been conceded.
Atalanta form and stats
Atalanta's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Atalanta collect 21 points from their 10 away matches in the Serie A. 6 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Two away matches in a row for Atalanta, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Inter in the Coppa Italia. Midfielder Mæhle was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.32. Mæhle hit two key passes and had 46 successful passes (of 57 total).
Before that, Atalanta secured a home win against Sampdoria with the score 2-0.Observe that 9 of this club's 12 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
The travelling fans enjoy Atalanta's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 10 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved encountered each other previously this match year: Atalanta - Sassuolo 2-1. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Sassuolo won one, Atalanta triumphed in eight and we saw one draw. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters. One of the profiles has been Zapata with 7 goals scored against Sassuolo in these 10 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lookman 12 goals |  T. Koopmeiners 6 goals |   D. Frattesi 5 goals |
Sassuolo missing players
Atalanta missing players
| Sassuolo | Atalanta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 39 |
| 31 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 90% | 89% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 85% |
| 60% | 56% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 30% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 25% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| 35% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 12.2 | 13.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 27% | 38% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 41% | 40% |
| 12.2 | 11.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13.1 | 12.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4 |
- Atalanta have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Atalanta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 33 | 53 |
| 2 | Inter | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 40 |
| 3 | Lazio | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 38 |
| 5 | Milan | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Roma | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Udinese | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Torino | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Bologna | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -4 | 26 |
| 10 | Empoli | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 11 | Monza | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Fiorentina | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Juventus | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 14 | Salernitana | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | -13 | 21 |
| 15 | Lecce | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 16 | Sassuolo | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 20 |
| 17 | Spezia | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 18 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 13 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -26 | 9 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 20 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -20 | 8 |
