Atalanta 5-1 Sassuolo: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 3 January 2021
Result
Atalanta 5-1 Sassuolo
Serie A · Sunday 3 January 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Atalanta 5-1 Sassuolo: match report
Atalanta won against Sassuolo 5-1 in Serie A on Sunday 3 January 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Duván Zapata opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Atalanta's goals came from Duván Zapata (11'), Matteo Pessina (45'), Duván Zapata (49'), Robin Gosens (57') and Luis Muriel (67'). Sassuolo scored through Vlad Chiriches (75').
Discipline: Atalanta received 3 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Atalanta were 7th on 22 points from 13 and Sassuolo 4th on 26 points from 14. Atalanta went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Sassuolo 8th with 62.
Atalanta lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Sassuolo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Duván Zapata of Atalanta (9.4), ahead of Remo Freuler (8.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Atalanta wins, 3 draws and 0 for Sassuolo.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Duván Zapata
- 24'Yellow card · Hans Hateboer
- 44'Yellow card · Cristian Romero
- 45'Goal · Matteo Pessina
- 49'Goal · Duván Zapata
- 51'Yellow card · Vlad Chiriches
- 57'Goal · Robin Gosens
- 67'Goal · Luis Muriel
- 75'Goal · Vlad Chiriches
- 80'Yellow card · Marten de Roon
Head-to-head
Team news
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Atalanta line-up (3-4-1-2)
Pierluigi Gollini, Berat Djimsiti, Cristian Romero, José Luis Palomino, Hans Hateboer, Remo Freuler, Marten de Roon, Robin Gosens, Matteo Pessina, Josip Ilicic, Duván Zapata
Sassuolo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Andrea Consigli, Mert Müldür, Vlad Chiricheș, Gianmarco Ferrari, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Maxime Lopez, Manuel Locatelli, Domenico Berardi, Hamed Traoré, Jérémie Boga, Francesco Caputo