MILAN — Sampdoria continued its winning start to the season as it beat Atalanta 1-0 Sunday to remain unbeaten after six games in Serie A. Alessandro Matri scored deep into stoppage time to give Genoa a 2-1 win at Parma, Udinese was held 1-1 at home to Cesena after the visitors also scored in added time and Lazio beat Sassuolo 3-2 after both teams had a player sent off. Sampdoria's transformation under former Yugoslavia international Sinisa Mihajlovic continued when Manolo Gabbiadini ran on to Pedro Obiang's ball over the top of the Atalanta defense and coolly beat Marco Sportiello in the 35th minute. Sampdoria finished 12th last season, having been next-to-bottom when Mihajlovic took over in November, and Sunday's win ensured it will finish the weekend in third place with 14 points. Alessandro Matri atoned for three glaring first-half misses when he finished off a counter attack to give Genoa only its second win of the season, despite having Sebastian Roncaglia sent off in the 55th minute. Udinese, fourth with 13 points, went ahead just after the hour with solo goal by Bruno Fernandes but Emmanuel Cascione leveled for the Sea Horses in the second minute of injury time from what seemed a harsh penalty. Lazio raced to a 3-1 halftime lead against Sassuolo with goals from Stefano Mauri, Filip Djordjevic and Antonio Candreva, while Domenico Berardi replied for the visitors. Lazio had Lorik Cana sent off four minutes into the second half as he conceded a penalty, which Berardi converted for his second goal, while the visitors had Federico Peluso sent off just after the hour for a second bookable offence for winless Sassuolo. Earlier, in a battle between newly promoted sides, Empoli cruised past Palermo 3-0 for its first win of the season. Massimo Maccarone gave Empoli the perfect start when he backheeled Marco Rui's cross into the net in the fourth minute. Palermo goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino pulled off several saves but could do nothing about Lorenzo Tonelli's looping header which doubled Empoli's lead. The visiting side, which was also without a win, could have grabbed one back on the stroke of halftime, but Franco Vazquez's effort was ruled out for offside. Manuel Pucciarelli sealed the result shortly after the hour mark, firing into the far corner after a superb ball over the defence from Mirko Valdifiori. On Saturday, Keisuke Honda scored his fourth goal in six matches as AC Milan ended a three-game winless streak in Serie A with a 2-0 victory over visiting Chievo Verona. Hellas also beat Cagliari 1-0 with a late goal from Panagiotis Tachtsidis. — Agencies
