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BERGAMO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 09: Nikola Krstovic of Atalanta BC celebrates after scoring his sides first goal during the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and US Cremonese at Gewiss Stadium on February 09, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
Atalanta secured a 2-1 victory with Nikola Krstovic and Davide Zappacosta goals, though Morten Thorsby finally ended Cremonese’s goal drought on his debut.
La Dea were fresh off a 3-0 Coppa Italia quarter-final victory over Juventus, but in Serie A had drawn two of the last three. Marten De Roon and Honest Ahanor sat out bans, but Gianluca Scamacca was not fully fit and Charles De Ketelaere pulled out in the warm-up, replaced by Lazar Samardzic. Cremonese missed Matteo Bianchetti, Warren Bondo, Michele Collocolo and Jari Vandeputte, but had new buys Morten Thorsby and Youssef Maleh. They were without a win since December 7, managing three draws and six defeats.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
Federico Baschirotto charged down an early effort from his former Lecce teammate Nikola Krstovic, while Emil Audero palmed a Giacomo Raspadori strike out from under the bar. On the resulting corner, he fingertipped a Berat Djimsiti header onto the upright.
The early siege paid off when Krstovic hooked a Raspadori cross with his back to goal, turned his marker and immediately smashed the finish in at the near bottom corner.
It was nearly 2-0 when Raspadori sent Nicola Zalewski down the left, his cross found Samardzic on the edge of the area to rattle the crossbar with a ferocious strike.
That did come eventually, as Davide Zappacosta sprinted down the right, cut inside Giuseppe Pezzella and bent the left-foot finish across Audero into the far bottom corner from a tight angle. It was his first goal of the season.
Cremonese saw Tommaso Barbieri and Thorsby attempts go off target, but then lost Federico Ceccherini to a muscular problem.
Zalewski’s daisy-cutter skimmed the base of the upright, while Thorsby couldn’t keep his free header on target from a Baschirotto cross.
Samardzic drilled just wide of the far post on a Zalewski pull-back, then Raspadori fired over from Ederson’s cross after a Lorenzo Bernasconi back-heel flick.
Ederson was a little hesitant when sent clear and allowed Baschirotto to make the last-ditch tackle, while Kamaldeen Sulemana fired straight at Audero after squirming away from two defenders.
Milan Djuric thought he’d ended Cremonese’s goal drought in the final minute with a header at the back post on Alessio Zerbin’s cross, but Marco Carnesecchi clawed it off the line.
In stoppages, there was a mad scramble on a corner until Berat Djimsiti prodded it over the line from six yards, but it was disallowed because Sulemana was offside in one of those attempts.
Instead, Cremonese ended their goal drought after almost a full five games without finding the net. New signing Thorsby controlled a Sebastiano Luperto cross from the left, juggled it off his head, and hit the volley off balance to surprise Carnesecchi.
Atalanta 2-1 Cremonese
Krstovic 13 (A), Zappacosta 25 (A), Thorsby 94 (C)
09-02-2026 17:30
MatchDay 24
Gewiss Stadium (Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia)AtalantaCremonese2 – 1
Player statistic
| Nikola Krstovic(Assist: Giacomo Raspadori) | 13' |
| Davide Zappacosta(Assist: Mario Pasalic) | 25' |
| Sead Kolasinac | 49' |
| Odilon Kossounou | 82' |
| 90+4' | Morten Thorsby(Assist: Sebastiano Luperto) |
Atalanta
Cremonese
Starting lineups
29
Marco Carnesecchi
Goalkeeper
19
Berat Djimsiti
Defender
77
Davide Zappacosta
Defender
59′
42
Giorgio Scalvini
Defender
23
Sead Kolasinac
Defender
59′
13
Éderson
Midfielder
10
Lazar Samardžić
Midfielder
70′
8
Mario Pasalic
Midfielder
59
Nicola Zalewski
Midfielder
70′
18
Giacomo Raspadori
Attacker
78′
90
Nikola Krstovic
Attacker
1
Emil Audero
Goalkeeper
6
Federico Baschirotto
Defender
23
Federico Ceccherini
Defender
40′
3
Giuseppe Pezzella
Defender
5
Sebastiano Luperto
Defender
4
Tommaso Barbieri
Defender
84′
33
Alberto Grassi
Midfielder
63′
2
Morten Thorsby
Midfielder
29
Youssef Maleh
Midfielder
90
Federico Bonazzoli
Attacker
46′
10
Jamie Vardy
Attacker
63′
Substitutes
31
Francesco Rossi
Goalkeeper
57
Marco Sportiello
Goalkeeper
9
Gianluca Scamacca
Attacker
Mitchel Bakker
Defender
17
Charles De Ketelaere
Attacker
4
Isak Hien
Defender
16
Raoul Bellanova
Defender
59′
3
Odilon Kossounou
Defender
59′
47
Lorenzo Bernasconi
Defender
70′
7
Kamaldeen Sulemana
Midfielder
70′
6
Yunus Musah
Midfielder
78′
69
Lapo Nava
Goalkeeper
16
Marco Silvestri
Goalkeeper
14
Faris Moumbagna
Attacker
55
Francesco Folino
Defender
22
Romano Floriani Mussolini
Defender
25
Davide Pavesi
Defender
24
Filippo Terracciano
Midfielder
40′
9
Milan Djuric
Attacker
46′
99
Antonio Sanabria
Attacker
63′
32
Martín Payero
Midfielder
63′
7
Alessio Zerbin
Attacker
84′
