Atalanta secured a 2-1 victory with Nikola Krstovic and Davide Zappacosta targets, although Morten Thorsby lastly ended Cremonese’s aim drought on his debut.
La Dea have been contemporary off , however in Serie A had drawn two of the final three. Marten De Roon and Sincere Ahanor , however Gianluca Scamacca was not absolutely match and Charles De Ketelaere pulled out within the warm-up, changed by Lazar Samardzic. Cremonese missed Matteo Bianchetti, Warren Bondo, Michele Collocolo and Jari Vandeputte, however had new buys Morten Thorsby and Youssef Maleh. They have been with no win since December 7, managing three attracts and 6 defeats.
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BERGAMO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 09: Davide Nicola, Head Coach of US Cremonese in the course of the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and US Cremonese at Gewiss Stadium on February 09, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
Federico Baschirotto charged down an early effort from his former Lecce teammate Nikola Krstovic, whereas Emil Audero palmed a Giacomo Raspadori strike out from underneath the bar. On the ensuing nook, he fingertipped a Berat Djimsiti header onto the upright.
The early siege paid off when Krstovic hooked a Raspadori cross together with his again to aim, turned his marker and instantly smashed the end in on the close to backside nook.
BERGAMO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 09: Nikola Krstovic of Atalanta BC celebrates together with his crew after scoring his sides first aim in the course of the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and US Cremonese at Gewiss Stadium on February 09, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
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It was almost 2-0 when Raspadori despatched Nicola Zalewski down the left, his cross discovered Samardzic on the sting of the world to rattle the crossbar with a ferocious strike.
That did come ultimately, as Davide Zappacosta sprinted down the fitting, reduce inside Giuseppe Pezzella and bent the left-foot end throughout Audero into the far backside nook from a decent angle. It was his first aim of the season.
BERGAMO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 09: Davide Zappacosta of Atalanta celebrates after scoring his groups second aim in the course of the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and US Cremonese at Gewiss Stadium on February 09, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
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Cremonese noticed Tommaso Barbieri and Thorsby makes an attempt go off track, however then misplaced Federico Ceccherini to a muscular drawback.
Zalewski’s daisy-cutter skimmed the bottom of the upright, whereas Thorsby couldn’t maintain his free header on the right track from a Baschirotto cross.
Samardzic drilled simply vast of the far submit on a Zalewski pull-back, then Raspadori fired over from Ederson’s cross after a Lorenzo Bernasconi back-heel flick.
BERGAMO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 09: Karnaldeen Sulemana of Atalanta in the course of the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and US Cremonese at Gewiss Stadium on February 09, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
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Ederson was just a little hesitant when despatched clear and allowed Baschirotto to make the last-ditch sort out, whereas Kamaldeen Sulemana fired straight at Audero after squirming away from two defenders.
Milan Djuric thought he’d ended Cremonese’s aim drought within the remaining minute with a header on the again submit on Alessio Zerbin’s cross, however Marco Carnesecchi clawed it off the road.
In stoppages, there was a mad scramble on a nook till Berat Djimsiti prodded it over the road from six yards, however it was disallowed as a result of Sulemana was offside in a type of makes an attempt.
As an alternative, Cremonese ended their aim drought after virtually a full 5 video games with out discovering the online. New signing Thorsby managed a Sebastiano Luperto cross from the left, juggled it off his head, and hit the volley off stability to shock Carnesecchi.
Atalanta 2-1 Cremonese
Krstovic 13 (A), Zappacosta 25 (A), Thorsby 94 (C)