Ninety
Atalanta
Serie A
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2 - 1
Full time
Sassuolo
Atalanta vs Sassuolo: match report
Atalanta hosted Sassuolo at New Balance Arena on Sunday 23 August 2026, in the Serie A (round 1). Atalanta have no reported absences; Sassuolo are missing 1 (Andrea Pinamonti). Valerio Crezzini is the referee, averaging 4.2 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.7.
Result and scorers
Atalanta 2-1 Sassuolo. Goals: Giacomo Raspadori 6' for Atalanta; Cas Odenthal 55' for Sassuolo; Nikola Krstovic 65' for Atalanta.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 6' Goal: Giacomo Raspadori (Atalanta) 1-0
- 55' Goal: Cas Odenthal (Sassuolo) 1-1
- 65' Goal: Nikola Krstovic (Atalanta) 2-1
Match stats (contains the result)
| 55.8% | Possession | 44.2% |
| 14 | Shots | 22 |
| 7 | Shots on target | 8 |
| 4 | Corners | 4 |
| 9 | Fouls | 10 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 7 | Saves | 5 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Atalanta 4-3-3
Coach: Maurizio Sarri
- 29 Marco Carnesecchi GK
- 77 Davide Zappacosta MID
- 3 Odilon Kossounou DEF
- 42 Giorgio Scalvini DEF
- 47 Lorenzo Bernasconi MID
- 8 Mario Pasalic MID
- 70 Gianluca Gaetano MID
- 13 Éderson MID
- 59 Nicola Zalewski MID
- 9 Gianluca Scamacca FWD
- 18 Giacomo Raspadori FWD
Bench
- 17 Charles De Ketelaere MID
- 10 Lazar Samardzic MID
- 90 Nikola Krstovic FWD
- 23 Sead Kolasinac DEF
- 99 Eljif Elmas MID
- 57 Marco Sportiello GK
- 95 Paolo Vismara GK
- 40 Relja Obric DEF
- 49 Federico Cassa MID
- 6 Ibrahim Sulemana MID
- 15 Marten de Roon MID
- 16 Raoul Bellanova MID
Sassuolo 4-3-3
Coach: Alberto Aquilani
- 49 Arijanet Muric GK
- 46 Simone Cinquegrano DEF
- 26 Cas Odenthal DEF
- 31 Tommaso Macchioni DEF
- 3 Josh Doig DEF
- 17 Vasilije Adzic MID
- 18 Nemanja Matic MID
- 50 Darryl Bakola MID
- 7 Cristian Volpato FWD
- 9 Kieron Bowie FWD
- 45 Armand Laurienté FWD
Bench
- 42 Kristian Thorstvedt MID
- 16 Fedde Leysen DEF
- 25 Benja Domínguez FWD
- 20 Riccardo Ciervo MID
- 14 Gabriel Kulla FWD
- 80 Stefano Turati GK
- 23 Alessandro Di Bitonto DEF
- 21 Jay Idzes DEF
- 8 Andrea Ghion MID
- 44 Edoardo Iannoni MID
- 2 Filippo Missori MID
- 35 Luca Lipani MID
- 30 Patrick Nuamah MID
- 33 Rafael Obrador MID
- 77 Nicholas Pierini FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Atalanta
No reported absences.
Sassuolo
- Andrea Pinamonti injury, back A few days
Previous meetings
- Sunday 1 March 2026: Sassuolo 2-1 Atalanta
- Sunday 9 November 2025: Atalanta 0-3 Sassuolo
- Saturday 17 February 2024: Atalanta 3-0 Sassuolo
- Wednesday 3 January 2024: Atalanta 3-1 Sassuolo
- Sunday 20 August 2023: Sassuolo 0-2 Atalanta