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 · Atalanta · Serie A predictions

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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Timothy CastagneAtalanta
  • 19'Goal · Duván ZapataAtalanta · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · Papu GómezAtalanta · 0-2
  • 51'Goal · Alfred DuncanSassuolo · 1-2
  • 54'Goal · Gianluca ManciniAtalanta · 1-3
  • 57'Goal · Alfred DuncanSassuolo · 2-3
  • 70'Yellow card · Stefano SensiSassuolo
  • 74'Goal · Josip IlicicAtalanta · 2-4
  • 81'Yellow card · Duván ZapataAtalanta
  • 86'Goal · Josip IlicicAtalanta · 2-5
  • 90+2'Goal · Josip IlicicAtalanta · 2-6

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sassuolo 2, draws 5, Atalanta 3.

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