How many goals did we score in our first 3 Serie A matches against Sassuolo?

Zero

Not only had Atalanta not once found their scoring ways in their first 3 Serie A matches against Sassuolo, but none of them culminated in a victory nonetheless; with this initial balance accruing in fact two 2-0 defeats, one of which in a home match, and a meagre 0-0 goalless draw clinched away. After such a bumpy start, the tide started to turn in Atalanta’s favour: as the Orobic team managed to score an impressive tally of 42 goals within the following 16 Serie A matches and came out on top from 11 of them in the meantime.

For how many consecutive matches have both teams found their goal-scoring ways?

9

Ever since Atalanta’s 0-3 win against Sassuolo back in 2018, neither team managed to keep a clean sheet in the following 9 encounters. On the contrary, figures show how this clash has become rather conducive to a goal galore, with the tally of goals scored by both during the course of the aforementioned 9 clashes amounting to an aggregated total of 39 nets and an average of 4,3 goals per game.

Available down below, the highlights of one of the most “goal-littered” match

As for the start of 2023, which player has registered the highest goal contribution so far?

Honours even

As for the start of 2023, Jérémie Boga and Domenico Berardi are tied in the chart for players with the highest impact in terms of general goal contribution, obtained aggregating both nets scored and assists, with 6 goals each and a rather diverse made-up: namely, whereas Boga’s tally comprises one goal and 5 assists, Berardi has instead scored 3 goals and dished out as many assists. Moreover, according to the stats, whereas the two protagonists of our quiz-story are tied with Osimhen (whose contribution comprises 5 goals+1 assist), Ademola Lookman is the current leader of this special standing with 7 “points” and a made-up of 5 goals and 2 assists.

With Lookman approaching the fixture on a scoring streak of three consecutive Serie A matches, who is the last Atalantino to have scored in 4 back-to-back games?

Pašalić

After the goals scored to the detriment of Sampdoria, Juventus and Salernitana, Lookman is one net away from extending his goal-scoring streak to 4 back-to-back games: in doing so, he would follow in the footsteps of Mario Pašalić, the last black-and-blue player to have reached such feat after having scored in four consecutive matches (namely, against Venezia, Torino, Salernitana and Spezia) back in May 2022.

How many previous encounters between Gasperini and Dionisi culminated in a draw?

None

With the draw being the only unprecedented outcome from the three previous Serie A matches opposing Gasperini and Dionisi, the overall balance is slightly in favour of the coach from Grugliasco – flaunting 2 victories over the single one clinched by his colleague. Additionally, on the grounds of the 13 victories seized by the coach from Grugliasco in 19 games, Sassuolo are the runner-up for the title of Gasperini’s “favourite victim”- preceded only by Udinese, with 14 losses suffered against all teams trained by our current coach.