Serie A: Sassuolo vs Atalanta – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Serie A round 27 match between Sassuolo and Atalanta and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

When Atalanta come to Stadio Mapei – Citta del Tricolore for the Serie A match on Sunday, Sassuolo will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Form: Sassuolo vs Atalanta

Sassuolo Form

Sassuolo look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against Inter, they were left empty-handed in a 0-5 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Udinese in a 1-2 win. They followed that up with a 3-0 win against Verona in their most recent outing. Sassuolo claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Serie A. They also drew one and lost three, scored five goals and conceded ten.

Atalanta Form

Atalanta look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against Borussia Dortmund, they were left empty-handed in a 2-0 defeat, but they bounced back by beating SSC Napoli in a 2-1 win. They followed that up with a 4-1 win against Borussia Dortmund in their most recent outing. Atalanta won three of a possible six away matches in the Serie A, as well as playing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored seven while also conceding four times.

Betting stats for Sassuolo and Atalanta

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Sassuolo and Atalanta played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Sassuolo vs Atalanta

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Nikola Krstovic has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Sunday, it is because Atalanta bank on him to build on these numbers against Sassuolo. The latter relies on Domenico Berardi, who found the target three times in six games.

Betting markets: Sassuolo vs Atalanta

Full-time result

Sassuolo claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing five. Atalanta won four of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost four of the games in this run. Atalanta have hit a nice vein of form with 9 matches now without losing. Atalanta didn’t lose any of their 5 most recent away games.

Both teams to score

Sassuolo scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Atalanta got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Atalanta managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Sassuolo, who scored an average of 1.1 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Atalanta, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.9 times goals per game themselves.