Atalanta and Sassuolo will meet at Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia on Sunday for their encounter of the last 38th round in Serie A. The hosts climbed up to 3rd in the table after the last round and a victory will see them finish on the podium for the first time in their history. Sassuolo are in the comfort zone, on 10th place and have little to play for, as they are safe from relegation.
Atalanta vs Sassuolo Head to Head
Head to Head | Last game | Last games | Last games home/away |
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Atalanta | Win | 10 W/ 4 D/ 2 L | 6 W/ 1 D/ 1 L |
Sassuolo | Loss | 2 W/ 4 D/ 10 L | 1 W/ 1 D/ 6 L |
Last game between the teams: 29.12.2018 Sassuolo – Atalanta 2:6; Alfred Duncan 51’, 58’; Duvan Zapata 19’, Alejandro Gomez 42’, Gianluca Mancini 54’, Josip Ilicic 74’, 87’, 90′
Last game at this venue: 20.12.2017 Atalanta – Sassuolo 2:1; Andreas Cornelius 16’, Rafael Toloi 33’; Rafael Toloi 74’(own goal); Jasmin Kurtic from the home side was sent off with straight red card in the 89’
Worth mentioning: Atalanta are unbeaten in the last ten meetings with Sassuolo and are currently on a four game winning streak against this opponent. Usually there are plenty of goals on show, as seven of the previous nine H2H matches featured over 2,5 goals and the same number of games witnessed goals at both ends. The highlight of those was the most recent encounter when Atalanta won resoundingly by 6:2.
Atalanta vs Sassuolo Stats
As of 23.05 | Last game | Last 10 games | Last 5 games home/away |
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Atalanta | Draw | 6 W/ 3 D/ 1 L | 3 W/ 1 D/ 1 L |
Sassuolo | Draw | 2 W/ 5 D/ 3 L | 1 W/ 2 D/ 2 L |
Last game Atalanta: 19.05.2019 Juventus – Atalanta 1:1; Mario Mandzukic 80’; Josip Ilicic 33’; Federico Bernardeschi from the home side was sent off with straight red card in the 90’
Last game Sassuolo: 18.05.2019 Sassuolo – Roma 0:0
Top performers Atalanta: Duvan Zapata 22 goals 7 assists, Josip Ilicic 12 goals 7 assists, Alejandro Gomez 6 goals 10 assists.
Top performers Sassuolo: Domenico Berardi 7 goals 4 assists, Khouma Babacar 7 goals 2 assists, Alfred Duncan 4 goals 3 assists.
Last 10 games | GF : GA | Over 2,5 goals | BTTS | Clean sheets |
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Atalanta | 16:8 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Sassuolo | 17:15 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Worth mentioning: Atalanta managed to react to their Coppa Italia final defeat by earning a draw away to champions Juventus in the previous round and are unbeaten since late February in the league. Two of their last five outings featured over 2,5 goals, while three saw both involved sides scoring.
Sassuolo lost just one of their last eight matches, but did not win many more either, as they registered a whopping 5 draws in the process. Just like Atalanta three of their last five meetings witnessed goals at both ends and two produced over 2,5 goals.
Atalanta vs Sassuolo News
Missing players Atalanta: Hans Hateboer.
Missing players Sassuolo: Stefano Sensi, Federico Peluso.
Atalanta vs Sassuolo Predictions
Atalanta to win