Sassuolo 2-6 Atalanta: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 29 December 2018
Result
Sassuolo 2-6 Atalanta
Serie A · Saturday 29 December 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Sassuolo 2-6 Atalanta: match report
Sassuolo were beaten by Atalanta 2-6 in Serie A on Saturday 29 December 2018. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Duván Zapata opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Alfred Duncan (51') and Alfred Duncan (57'). Atalanta scored through Duván Zapata (19'), Papu Gómez (42'), Gianluca Mancini (54'), Josip Ilicic (74'), Josip Ilicic (86') and Josip Ilicic (90+2').
Discipline: Sassuolo received 1 yellow card; Atalanta received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sassuolo were 11th on 25 points from 18 and Atalanta 9th on 25 points from 18. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 11th with 43 points, and Atalanta 3rd with 69.
Sassuolo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Atalanta in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Papu Gómez of Atalanta (10.0), ahead of Josip Ilicic (9.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sassuolo wins, 5 draws and 3 for Atalanta.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Timothy Castagne
- 19'Goal · Duván Zapata
- 42'Goal · Papu Gómez
- 51'Goal · Alfred Duncan
- 54'Goal · Gianluca Mancini
- 57'Goal · Alfred Duncan
- 70'Yellow card · Stefano Sensi
- 74'Goal · Josip Ilicic
- 81'Yellow card · Duván Zapata
- 86'Goal · Josip Ilicic
- 90+2'Goal · Josip Ilicic
Head-to-head
Team news
Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)
Andrea Consigli, Pol Lirola, Giangiacomo Magnani, Marlon, Rogério, Alfred Duncan, Stefano Sensi, Manuel Locatelli, Domenico Berardi, Alessandro Matri, Federico Di Francesco
Atalanta line-up (3-4-1-2)
Etrit Berisha, Rafael Tolói, José Luis Palomino, Gianluca Mancini, Hans Hateboer, Remo Freuler, Mario Pašalić, Timothy Castagne, Papu Gómez, Musa Barrow, Duván Zapata