Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, December 29, 2018
Atalanta LWWLD 6
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Sassuolo WDWDL 2
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SAS022
Mapei Stadium · 12,233 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Atalanta rout Sassuolo with sub Josip Ilicic netting hat trick

Atalanta forward Josip Ilicic came off the bench to score a hat trick in the last 20 minutes in a 6-2 victory over Sassuolo.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
1
6
Saves
3
57.4
Possession
42.6
17
SHOTS
15
9
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
449
Accurate Passes
310
528
Passes
400
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
0
19
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.0
50
Long Balls
55
30
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
14
19
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
18
18
Effective Clearances
14
18
Clearances
14

Head to Head

ATA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 2MarlonCD-L
  3. 23Giangiacomo MagnaniCD-R
  4. 6RogérioLB
  5. 21Pol LirolaRB
  6. 12Stefano SensiCM
  7. 73Manuel LocatelliLM
  8. 32Alfred DuncanRM
  9. 10Alessandro MatriF
  10. 34Federico Di FrancescoLF
  11. 25Domenico BerardiRF

ATA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Etrit BerishaG
  2. 6José PalominoCD
  3. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-L
  4. 2Rafael TolóiCD-R
  5. 88Mario PasalicCM-L
  6. 11Remo FreulerCM-R
  7. 10Alejandro GómezAM
  8. 21Timothy CastagneLM
  9. 33Hans HateboerRM
  10. 91Duván ZapataCF-L
  11. 99Musa BarrowCF-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Timothy Castagne (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 19' Goal! Sassuolo 0, Atalanta 1. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Gómez with a cross following a set piece situation.
  3. 25' Substitution, Sassuolo. Federico Peluso replaces Marlon Santos because of an injury.
  4. 42' Goal! Sassuolo 0, Atalanta 2. Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Musa Barrow.
  5. 51' Goal! Sassuolo 1, Atalanta 2. Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giangiacomo Magnani.
  6. 54' Goal! Sassuolo 1, Atalanta 3. Gianluca Mancini (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Luis Palomino with a headed pass following a corner.
  7. 56' Substitution, Sassuolo. Kevin-Prince Boateng replaces Alessandro Matri.
  8. 57' Goal! Sassuolo 2, Atalanta 3. Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin-Prince Boateng.
  9. 62' Substitution, Atalanta. Josip Ilicic replaces Musa Barrow.
  10. 70' Stefano Sensi (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 73' Substitution, Sassuolo. Mehdi Bourabia replaces Manuel Locatelli.
  12. 74' Goal! Sassuolo 2, Atalanta 4. Josip Ilicic (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafael Tolói with a through ball.
  13. 75' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field stands.
  14. 81' Duván Zapata (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 82' Substitution, Atalanta. Berat Djimsiti replaces Gianluca Mancini.
  16. 86' Goal! Sassuolo 2, Atalanta 5. Josip Ilicic (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Gómez with a through ball.
  17. 90' Substitution, Atalanta. Matteo Pessina replaces Alejandro Gómez.
  18. 90'+2' Goal! Sassuolo 2, Atalanta 6. Josip Ilicic (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mario Pasalic following a fast break.

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