Result Sassuolo 2 - 1 Atalanta, Sunday 1 March 2026, Serie A Week 27

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sassuolo, 9th position with 35 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Atalanta, 7th position with 45 points and a positive goal difference of +14

Sassuolo secured a victory in the Serie A Week 27 match on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at the Mapei Stadium. This represents a challenging defeat for Atalanta in their efforts to ascend towards the European qualification zone. Atalanta holds 45 points, positioned 7th in the standings. Sassuolo, on the other hand, rises to 38 points. The upcoming fixtures include Atalanta facing Udinese and Lazio going up against Sassuolo.

Sassuolo achieved their third consecutive win following an exhilarating match. Remarkably, this intense contest saw Sassuolo reduced to ten players from the 16th minute when Pinamonti received a red card. Nevertheless, Sassuolo remained resilient, taking the lead with a goal from Koné and subsequently doubling their advantage in the second half with a strike from Thorstvedt. Atalanta managed to regain some composure in the final moments, scoring through Musah, but ultimately could not avert defeat, marking their first loss in Serie A since 2026.

 

👉 ⚫️🟢 Sassuolo 0 - 0 Atalanta ⚫️🔵

🟥  Red Card: A challenging moment for Sassuolo! In the 16th minute, the referee issues a direct red card to Andrea Pinamonti following a foul on Berat Djimsiti, resulting in Sassuolo being reduced to 10 players.

 

👉 ⚫️🟢 Sassuolo 1 - 0 Atalanta ⚫️🔵

⚽️ Sassuolo takes the lead in the 23rd minute.  Ismaël Koné scores from very close range with a right-footed shot to the center. The assist comes from Armand Laurienté, who delivered a cross after a corner conceded by Berat Djimsiti.



 

 👉 ⚫️🟢 Sassuolo 2 - 0 Atalanta ⚫️🔵

⚽️ Despite being down to 10 players, Sassuolo managed to score again in the 69th minute. Kristian Thorstvedt found the net with a left-footed shot directed to the top left corner. The assist came from Armand Laurienté. The hosts extended their advantage: Laurienté delivered the ball to Thorstvedt, who moved to the edge of the area and successfully beat Carnesecchi with a left-footed shot into the top corner.



 

👉 ⚫️🟢 Sassuolo 2 - 1 Atalanta ⚫️🔵

⚽️ Atalanta reduced the deficit in the 88th minute. The goal was scored by Yunus Musah with a right-footed shot into the top right corner, assisted by Davide Zappacosta.



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Stats BEFORE the match Sassuolo vs Atalanta

Sassuolo has triumphed in three of their last six Serie A encounters with Atalanta (L3), which is one more victory than they achieved in their initial 17 matchups against the Bergamo team in this league. Additionally, following their 3-0 victory on November 9th, the Neroverdi are currently enjoying a winning streak against this rival for the second time in the competition, the first being in the 2013/14 season.

Atalanta has struggled to secure a win in three of their last four Serie A away games against Sassuolo (L1, L2), after previously achieving four straight away victories against them.

Even though Sassuolo managed to keep a clean sheet in two of their last four Serie A games against Atalanta, they have allowed an average of 2.4 goals per game in their last 20 encounters with the Bergamo side in the league, totaling 47 goals conceded.

Atalanta has claimed victory in seven of their last nine Serie A matches, with the other two ending in draws. Only Inter has a longer unbeaten run (14 matches) than Atalanta's current streak of nine in the league.

Sassuolo has not recorded any draws in their last eight league matches, with four losses and four wins, including their two most recent victories against Udinese and Hellas Verona; the Neroverdi have the chance to achieve three consecutive Serie A wins for the first time since March 2023, when they won four in a row at that time.

The Mapei Stadium is set for Sassuolo vs Atalanta

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Atalanta official starting lineup against Sassuolo 

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Sassuolo official starting lineup against Atalanta

 



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2025 – 2026 Italian Serie A Week 27

⚫️🟢 Sassuolo 2 - 0 Atalanta  ⚫️🔵
Sunday 1 March 2026
Mapei Stadium
Sassuolo, Italy

15:00

Referee: MARCHETTI
Assistants: CIPRESSA – POLITI
IV: MUCERA
VAR: NASCA
AVAR: DOVERI

⚽️  Goals:  23' Ismaël Koné (S), 69' Kristian Thorstvedt (S)

🟨  Yellow Cards: 12' Jay Idzes (S), 21' Lorenzo Bernasconi (A), 57' Nemanja Matic (S), 58' Nicola Zalewski (A)

🟥 Red Card:  16' Andrea Pinamonti (S)

✅   Official lineups - Tabellino:

⚫️🟢  Lineup SASSUOLO (4-3-3):   Muric, Coulibaly, Muharemovic, Idzes, Garcia, Thorstvedt, Matic, Koné, Berardi, Pinamonti, Laurienté.

Subs: Satalino, Turati, Zacchi, Doig, Volpato, Nzola, Romagna, Fadera, Moro, Lipani, Vranckx, Iannoni, Bakola, Pedro.

Coach: Fabio Grosso.

 ⚫️🔵   Lineup ATALANTA (3-4-2-1):   Carnesecchi, Scalvini, Djimsiti, Kolašinac, Bellanova, de Roon, Pašalić, Bernasconi, Samardžić, Zalewski, Scamacca.

Subs: Rossi, Sportiello, Kossounou, Hien, Bakker, Musah, Kamaldeen, Vavassori, Zappacosta, Krstović.

Coach: Raffaele Palladino.



Click the video to watch Sassuolo - Atalanta highlights on Sunday 1 March 2026


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