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Atalanta — Sassuolo 2:1

Serie A · 23 Aug 2026 · season 2026/27

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Score2:1
Home xG0.92Atalanta
Away xG2.70Sassuolo
Expected points0.46 : 2.39

Who deserved it

Atalanta won against the run of chances: Sassuolo created more (2.70 xG against 0.92).

The numbers

TeamGoalsxGGoals − xGExpected points
Atalanta20.92+1.10.46
Sassuolo12.70−1.72.39

How it fits the season

Atalanta: +3.3 for the season (11 in the table). Sassuolo: −0.6 (10). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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