BERGAMO. Atalanta defeated Sassuolo to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Atalanta to strike first with an early goal of R. Gosens at the 3′. Then D. Zappacosta scored again for Atalanta in the 37′ minute with a goal. Eventually, D. Berardi reduced the distance for Sassuolo with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Gewiss Stadium stadium in Bergamo on Tuesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Davide Massa who was helped by Filippo Valeriani and Giuseppe Perrotti. The 4th official was Livio Marinelli. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.7 degrees Celsius or 60.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Atalanta started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2). On the opposite side, Sassuolo adopted a mid-fielder-oriented formation (4-1-4-1).
Atalanta – Formation
Atalanta
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37'
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The manager Gian Piero Gasperini decided to play with the following team: Juan Musso , Rafael Tolói , Merih Demiral , Berat Djimsiti , Davide Zappacosta , Marten de Roon , Teun Koopmeiners , Robin Gosens , Matteo Pessina , Ruslan Malinovskyi and Duván Zapata .
The home team had on the bench: Remo Freuler, Mario Pašalić , José Luis Palomino, Matteo Lovato, Marco Sportiello, Aleksei Miranchuk, Roberto Piccoli , Francesco Rossi, Joakim Mæhle , Josip Iličić , Giuseppe Pezzella and Giorgio Scalvini.
Best player: Davide Zappacosta
The player that probably impressed the most for Atalanta was Davide Zappacosta.
His rating is with 1 goal, 40 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 4 crosses.
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
On the other side, Alessio Dionisi played with: Andrea Consigli , Mert Müldür , Kaan Ayhan , Gian Marco Ferrari , Giorgos Kyriakopoulos , Francesco Magnanelli , Domenico Berardi , Davide Frattesi , Hamed Junior Traorè , Jérémie Boga and Grégoire Defrel .
They had on the bench: Filip Đuričić , Federico Peluso, Vlad Chiricheş, Maxime López , Abdou Harroui , Edoardo Goldaniga, Gianluca Scamacca , Matheus Henrique, Jeremy Toljan, Giacomo Raspadori , Gianluca Pegolo and Rogério.
Best player: Davide Frattesi
The player that probably impressed the most for Sassuolo was Davide Frattesi.
His rating is with 39 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Match Statistics
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Atalanta was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Sassuolo that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Atalanta was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Atalanta won the match.
Atalanta shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Sassuolo shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Atalanta received 2 yellow cards (R. Malinovsky and G. Pezzella). On the other side, Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards (G. M. Ferrari and M. Lopez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Atalanta will have 10 points to stay in the 5th place. On the other side, Sassuolo will stay with 4 points like Genoa, Hellas Verona and Spezia to stay in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Atalanta will play away with Inter on the 25th of September with a 12-6 head to head stats in favor of Inter (10 draws).
Sassuolo will host Salernitana on the 26th of September with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
