Serie A · Sun, 23 Aug 2026 ·
Atalanta vs Sassuolo — 2 - 1
New Balance Arena · Referee: Valerio Crezzini, Italy
Match report
Atalanta beat Sassuolo 2-1
Atalanta beat Sassuolo 2-1 in Serie A matchday 1 on Sunday, 23 August 2026 at New Balance Arena. G. Raspadori (6') and N. Krstovic (65') scored for Atalanta, while C. Odenthal (55') found the net for Sassuolo. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Atalanta had 56% of the ball and 14 shots (7 on target) against Sassuolo’s 22 (8 on target). Giacomo Raspadori (Atalanta) was the top-rated player with 8.3. The result leaves Atalanta 11th in the Serie A table on 6 points and Sassuolo 10th on 7.
Form, table and head-to-head
Match events
- 6'goalG. RaspadoriAssist: G. Gaetano
- 55'goalC. OdenthalNormal Goal
- 60'substitutionM. PasalicOff: L. Samardzic
- 60'substitutionN. ZalewskiOff: C. De Ketelaere
- 60'substitutionG. ScamaccaOff: N. Krstovic
- 64'substitutionV. AdzicOff: K. Thorstvedt
- 65'goalN. KrstovicNormal Goal
- 71'substitutionL. BernasconiOff: S. Kolasinac
- 74'substitutionT. MacchioniOff: F. Leysen
- 74'substitutionN. MaticOff: B. Dominguez
- 82'substitutionG. RaspadoriOff: E. Elmas
- 88'substitutionC. VolpatoOff: R. Ciervo
- 88'substitutionK. BowieOff: G. Kulla
Lineups
Atalanta
Formation 4-3-3 · Coach Maurizio Sarri
Starting XI
- 29M. CarnesecchiG
- 77D. ZappacostaD
- 3O. KossounouD
- 42G. ScalviniD
- 47L. BernasconiD
- 8M. PasalicM
- 70G. GaetanoM
- 13EdersonM
- 59N. ZalewskiF
- 9G. ScamaccaF
- 18G. RaspadoriF
Substitutes
- 57M. SportielloG
- 95P. VismaraG
- 23S. KolasinacD
- 40R. ObricD
- 16R. BellanovaD
- 99E. ElmasM
- 6I. SulemanaM
- 15M. De RoonM
- 10L. SamardzicM
- 17C. De KetelaereF
- 49F. CassaM
- 90N. KrstovicF
Sassuolo
Formation 4-3-3 · Coach Alberto Aquilani
Starting XI
- 49A. MuricG
- 46S. CinquegranoD
- 26C. OdenthalD
- 31T. MacchioniD
- 3J. DoigD
- 17V. AdzicM
- 18N. MaticM
- 50D. BakolaM
- 7C. VolpatoF
- 9K. BowieF
- 45A. LaurienteF
Substitutes
- 80S. TuratiG
- 21J. IdzesD
- 16F. LeysenD
- 2F. MissoriD
- 23A. Di BitontoD
- 33R. ObradorD
- 8A. GhionM
- 35L. LipaniM
- 42K. ThorstvedtM
- 44E. IannoniM
- 77N. PieriniF
- 25B. DominguezF
- 20R. CiervoF
- 30P. NuamahF
- 14G. KullaF
Match statistics
- 56%Possession44%
- 0.88Expected goals (xG)2.70
- 14Total shots22
- 7Shots on target8
- 4Shots off target9
- 3Blocked shots5
- 8Shots inside the box12
- 6Shots outside the box10
- 4Corners4
- 0Offsides1
- 9Fouls10
- –Yellow cards–
- –Red cards–
- 7Goalkeeper saves5
- 596Passes466
- 544Accurate passes422
- 91%Pass accuracy91%
- -0.77Goals prevented-0.77
Player statistics
Atalanta
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marco CarnesecchiG | 90 | 7.6 | ||
| 3Odilon KossounouD | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 42Giorgio ScalviniD | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 47Lorenzo BernasconiD | 71 | 6.3 | ||
| 77Davide ZappacostaD | 90 | 7.0 | ||
| 8Mario PašalićM | 60 | 6.3 | ||
| 13ÉdersonM | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 70Gianluca GaetanoM | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| 9Gianluca ScamaccaF | 60 | 7.2 | ||
| 18Giacomo RaspadoriFTop rated | 82 | 8.3 | 1 | |
| 59Nicola ZalewskiF | 60 | 7.9 | ||
| 57Marco SportielloG | – | – | ||
| 95Paolo VismaraG | – | – | ||
| 16Raoul BellanovaD | – | – | ||
| 23Sead KolašinacD | 19 | 6.9 | ||
| 40Relja ObrićD | – | – | ||
| 6Ibrahim SulemanaM | – | – | ||
| 10Lazar SamardžićM | 30 | 6.9 | ||
| 15Marten de RoonM | – | – | ||
| 49Federico CassaM | – | – | ||
| 99Eljif ElmasM | 8 | 6.3 | ||
| 17Charles De KetelaereF | 30 | 6.9 | ||
| 90Nikola KrstovićF | 30 | 7.3 | 1 |
Sassuolo
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49Arijanet MurićG | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 3Josh DoigD | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| 26Cas OdenthalD | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| 31Tommaso MacchioniD | 74 | 5.9 | ||
| 46Simone CinquegranoD | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| 17Vasilije AdžićM | 64 | 6.3 | ||
| 18Nemanja MatićM | 74 | 7.2 | ||
| 50Darryl BakolaM | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| 7Cristian VolpatoF | 88 | 7.2 | ||
| 9Kieron BowieF | 88 | 6.5 | ||
| 45Armand LaurientéF | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| 80Stefano TuratiG | – | – | ||
| 2Filippo MissoriD | – | – | ||
| 16Fedde LeysenD | 16 | 7.0 | ||
| 21Jay IdzesD | – | – | ||
| 23Alessandro Di BitontoD | – | – | ||
| 33Rafael ObradorD | – | – | ||
| 8Andrea GhionM | – | – | ||
| 35Luca LipaniM | – | – | ||
| 42Kristian ThorstvedtM | 26 | 6.9 | ||
| 44Edoardo IannoniM | – | – | ||
| 14Gabriel KullaF | 2 | – | ||
| 20Riccardo CiervoF | 2 | – | ||
| 25Benjamín DomínguezF | 16 | 6.5 | ||
| 30Patrick Amiamo NuamahF | – | – | ||
| 77Nicholas PieriniF | – | – |
