Sassuolo 2-1 Atalanta: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 1 March 2026

Result

Sassuolo 2-1 Atalanta

Serie A · Sunday 1 March 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Sassuolo · Atalanta · Serie A predictions

Sassuolo 2-1 Atalanta: match report

Sassuolo won against Atalanta 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 1 March 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ismaël Koné opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Ismaël Koné (23') and Kristian Thorstvedt (69'). Atalanta scored through Yunus Musah (88').

Discipline: Sassuolo received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Atalanta received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sassuolo were 9th on 35 points from 26 and Atalanta 7th on 45 points from 26. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and Atalanta 7th with 59.

Sassuolo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Atalanta in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Arijanet Murić of Sassuolo (7.9), ahead of Armand Laurienté (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sassuolo wins, 1 draw and 6 for Atalanta.

Going into the match Sassuolo's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Atalanta's W-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Jay IdzesSassuolo
  • 16'Red card · Andrea PinamontiSassuolo
  • 21'Yellow card · Fabio GrossoAtalanta
  • 21'Yellow card · Lorenzo BernasconiAtalanta
  • 23'Goal · Ismaël KonéSassuolo · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Fabio GrossoSassuolo
  • 57'Yellow card · Raffaele PalladinoSassuolo
  • 57'Yellow card · Nemanja MaticSassuolo
  • 58'Yellow card · Nicola ZalewskiAtalanta
  • 69'Goal · Kristian ThorstvedtSassuolo · 2-0
  • 88'Goal · Yunus MusahAtalanta · 2-1
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Raffaele PalladinoAtalanta

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sassuolo 3, draws 1, Atalanta 6.

Team news

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Arijanet Murić, Woyo Coulibaly, Jay Idzes, Tarik Muharemović, Ulisses Garcia, Ismaël Koné, Nemanja Matić, Kristian Thorstvedt, Domenico Berardi, Andrea Pinamonti, Armand Laurienté

Atalanta line-up (3-4-2-1)

Marco Carnesecchi, Giorgio Scalvini, Berat Djimsiti, Sead Kolasinac, Raoul Bellanova, Marten de Roon, Mario Pašalić, Lorenzo Bernasconi, Lazar Samardžić, Nicola Zalewski, Gianluca Scamacca