Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, February 25, 2017
Atalanta WDWWW 2
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Napoli DWWLW 0
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ATA112
NAP000
Diego Armando Maradona · 45,800 att.

Match Report

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Atalanta dream season continues with win away to Napoli

Atalanta are dreaming of a place in the Champions League after a 2-0 win at Napoli on Saturday moved them within three points of the top three.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
10
Corner Kicks
7
8
Saves
3
34.3
Possession
65.7
8
SHOTS
20
5
ON GOAL
8
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
243
Accurate Passes
554
340
Passes
655
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
6
21
Crosses
33
0.2
Cross %
0.2
83
Long Balls
64
31
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
12
16
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
34
Effective Clearances
15
34
Clearances
15

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-L
  3. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 2Elseid HysajRB
  6. 42Amadou DiawaraCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 20Piotr ZielinskiRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

ATA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Etrit BerishaG
  2. 13Mattia CaldaraCD
  3. 5Andrea MasielloCD-L
  4. 3Rafael TolóiCD-R
  5. 11Remo FreulerCM-L
  6. 19Franck KessiéCM-R
  7. 27Jasmin KurticAM
  8. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLM
  9. 24Andrea ContiRM
  10. 10Alejandro GómezCF-L
  11. 29Andrea PetagnaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 28' Goal! Napoli 0, Atalanta 1. Mattia Caldara (Atalanta) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrea Conti following a corner.
  2. 40' Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Marek Hamsik.
  4. 64' Franck Kessié (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 67' Second yellow card to Franck Kessié (Atalanta) for a bad foul.
  6. 70' Goal! Napoli 0, Atalanta 2. Mattia Caldara (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leonardo Spinazzola with a cross.
  7. 77' Etrit Berisha (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 79' Substitution, Napoli. Leonardo Pavoletti replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  9. 79' Substitution, Napoli. Christian Maggio replaces Elseid Hysaj.
  10. 83' Substitution, Atalanta. Alberto Grassi replaces Alejandro Gomez.
  11. 86' Substitution, Atalanta. Bryan Cristante replaces Jasmin Kurtic.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Atalanta. Ervin Zukanovic replaces Andrea Petagna.

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