REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Sassuolo beats Atalanta 1-0 after A. Laurienté scored just 1 goal (55′).
Also, Atalanta had 2 players sent off: Joakim Maehle (30′ for a red card) and Luis Muriel (90′ for a red card).
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia. In front of 46,595 spectators. The referee was Matteo Marcenaro with the assistance of Filippo Meli and Giorgio Peretti. The 4th official was Niccolò Baroni. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 4.9 degrees Celsius or 40.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Sassuolo was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Atalanta that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Atalanta was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Sassuolo found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Sassuolo shot 19 times, 8 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Atalanta shot 7 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Sassuolo received 5 yellow cards (Rogério, Armand Laurienté, Grégoire Defrel, Nadir Zortea and K. Thorstvedt). On the other side, Atalanta received 1 yellow card (G. Scalvini).
Also, Atalanta didn’t end the match with 11 players after
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sassuolo will have 23 points like Juventus and Lecce to sit in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Atalanta will stay with 38 points like Lazio and Milan to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sassuolo will play away against Lecce on the 25th of February with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Sassuolo (2 draws).
Atalanta will play away agasint Milan on the 26th of February with a 13-10 head to head stats in favor of Milan (8 draws).
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Alessio Dionisi decided to play with the following team: Andrea Consigli , Nadir Zortea , Martin Erlić , Ruan , Rogério , Davide Frattesi , Pedro Obiang , Matheus Henrique , Domenico Berardi , Grégoire Defrel and Armand Laurienté .
The home team had on the bench: Agustín Álvarez , Luca D’Andrea, Gianluca Pegolo, Emil Konradsen Ceide, Riccardo Marchizza , Alessandro Russo, Abdou Harroui, Kristian Thorstvedt, Nedim Bajrami and Gian Marco Ferrari.
Sassuolo could not rely on the presence of Abdou Harroui (injured).
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 5 changes: Rogério for Riccardo Marchizza (46′), Matheus Henrique for Nedim Bajrami (67′), Grégoire Defrel for Agustín Álvarez Martínez (77′), Pedro Obiang for Abdou Harroui (87′) and Armand Laurienté for Kristian Thorstvedt (87′).
Best player: Domenico Berardi
The most impressive player for Sassuolo was Domenico Berardi even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 51 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.
Atalanta – Formation
Atalanta started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Gian Piero Gasperini played with: Juan Musso , Rafael Tolói , Berat Djimsiti , Giorgio Scalvini , Hans Hateboer , Teun Koopmeiners , Éderson , Marten de Roon , Joakim Mæhle , Rasmus Winther Højlund and Ademola Lookman .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mario Pašalić , Jérémie Boga , Duván Zapata , Marco Sportiello, Francesco Rossi, Caleb Okoli, Matteo Ruggeri , Luis Muriel , Merih Demiral and Brandon Soppy.
Substitutions
Atalanta made 5 changes: Éderson for Matteo Ruggeri (33′), Ademola Lookman for Jérémie Boga (46′), Hans Hateboer for Duván Zapata (66′), Hans Hateboer for Mario Pašalić (67′) and M. Ruggeri for Luis Muriel (80′).
Best player: Juan Musso
The player that probably impressed the most for Atalanta was the goalkeeper: Juan Musso. His rating is 8.05. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.