Atalanta vs Sassuolo

Match summary

Atalanta saw off Sassuolo 2-1. Atalanta led 1-0 at half-time.

Giacomo Raspadori put Atalanta ahead in the 6th minute, set up by Gianluca Gaetano, Cas Odenthal equalised with a header in the 55th minute, and Nikola Krstovic won it in the 65th minute.

Sassuolo can feel hard done by, creating 2.70 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Atalanta's 0.92 from 14.

Atalanta secured a narrow 2-1 victory against Sassuolo in their opening Serie A fixture of the season, despite registering an expected goals total of 0.92 compared to their opponents' 2.70. The home side controlled fifty-six percent of the possession and completed 596 passes with a ninety-one percent accuracy, while generating fourteen shots and 90 attacks. Sassuolo recorded twenty-two shots, eight of which were on target, alongside forty-five dangerous attacks and four corners. Both teams maintained disciplined displays, committing nine and ten fouls respectively, while the match saw zero offsides for the hosts and one for the visitors.

The scoring opened in the sixth minute when Giacomo Raspadori converted a left-footed shot to give Atalanta a 1-0 advantage that they held until half-time. Sassuolo equalised in the fifty-fifth minute through a header from Cas Odenthal, which carried an expected goals value of 0.52. Following a triple substitution by the hosts in the sixtieth minute, Nikola Krstović restored Atalanta's lead in the sixty-fifth minute with a right-footed shot to make it 2-1. Several further substitutions followed for both sides as the half progressed, and the score remained unchanged until the final whistle at ninety-five minutes.