Fighting it out for a place in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals, Atalanta BC and Sassuolo will meet at the Gewiss Stadium on Wednesday.
The hosts have only one Coppa win to their name, having lost to Juventus in the 2021 final, while their visitors' cup pedigree is even less distinguished.
Spared participation in the earlier rounds thanks to their top-eight finish in Serie A last season, La Dea now embark on a planned route to May's final in Rome.
The Nerazzurri's only previous Coppa triumph came back in 1963, and despite recent success in the league and in Europe, long-serving coach Gian Piero Gasperini has yet to get his hands on some silverware - coming closest a couple of years ago, when his side were pipped by Juventus in the final.
That decider took place at Sassuolo's Mapei Stadium, and Atalanta must navigate their way past the Neroverdi on this occasion, in order to set up a quarter-final clash with either Cagliari or Lombardy rivals AC Milan.
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