Sassuolo will welcome Atalanta to Mapei Stadium for a highly anticipated Serie Matchday 32 tie on Sunday evening with kickoff at 16:00.
Sassuolo are coming off a 2-1 defeat to Lazio at away last Saturday. The defeat was somewhat a blow to their resurgence in Serie A as they were previous on a high flying form having gone unbeaten in six league matches prior to the international break. They claimed four victories and two draws in the run, and among the victories was high profile wins against Inter and Fiorentina.
They currently sit in middle of the table on 43 points from 31 matches, five points above the 11th-placed Torino and are 10 points outside the European places with eight matches still to go. They are eyeing a late European berth, but to achieve that they need to quickly bounce back and keep the momentum for the remaining part of the campaign.
They have recently been involved in high scoring fixtures and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play and we are positive they will find the net in the Sunday’s clash.
Meanwhile Atalanta are coming off a 1-1 draw against Leipzig in their first leg tie of the Europa League quarterfinal in Germany. Atalanta have now failed to win any of their two matches after the international break in all competitions as they had previously fallen to 3-1 home defeat to Napoli last Sunday.
The Orobici have now lost two, won two and drawn one of their last five Serie A matches, and they sit a place and a point outside the European places, although they have played one match less than the sixth-placed Lazio.
Meanwhile, they are now eight points outside the top four places and with the league entering its final straight, Atalanta will need something special to get themselves back in the Champions league places. They will look to bounce back to winnings ways on Sunday as they hope to break into back into European places, also, they will need a confidence boosting performance ahead of their Europa League quarterfinal second leg tie.
Atalanta have not lost to Sassuolo in their last 16 encounters, meaning the last time they lost to their hosts was back in 2014 and they will want to keep the run going and should be confident.
Sassuolo vs Atalanta head to head
Both sides have met in 22 encounters since 2006 with Atalanta dominating the record with 15 victories while Sassuolo have only won two and there have been five draws.
- Atalanta 2-1 Sassuolo 21/09/21
- Sassuolo 1-1 Atalanta 02/05/21
- Atalanta 5-1 Sassuolo 03/01/21
- Atalanta 4-1 Sassuolo 21/06/20
- Sassuolo 1-4 Atalanta 28/09/19
Home
- Lazio 2-1 Sassuolo
- Sassuolo 4-1 Spezia
- Salernitana 2-2 Sassuolo
- Venezia 1-4 Sassuolo
- Sassuolo 2-1 Fiorentina
Away
- Leipzig 1-1 Atalanta
- Atalanta 1-3 Napoli
- Bologna 0-1 Atalanta
- Leverkusen 0-1 Atalanta
- Atalanta 0-0 Genoa
Sassuolo team news
Sassuolo will be without Pedro Obiang who is ill, while Filip Djuricic will miss due to injury and Davide Frattesi is suspended. Domenico Berardi will need assessment ahead of the clash.
Atalanta team news
Atalanta will be without Josip Ilicic, Rafael Toloi, Berat Djimsiti due to injuries, while Marten De Roon is suspended and Joakim Maehle is a doubt.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Both sides to score
- Atalanta win
