Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, August 25, 2019
Atalanta WLDWL 3
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SPAL WLLLW 2
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ATA123
SPA202
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Match Report

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Atalanta beat SPAL in thrilling away win

Atalanta continued where they left off last season with a thrilling win in their opening Serie A match on Sunday over SPAL.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
10
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
11
59
Possession
41
21
SHOTS
9
13
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
377
Accurate Passes
240
475
Passes
333
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
9
Accurate Crosses
2
31
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.1
61
Long Balls
48
25
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
0
12
Effective Tackles
4
17
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.3
14
Interceptions
9
16
Effective Clearances
28
16
Clearances
28

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-2

Lineups

SPA · 3-5-2

  1. 99Etrit BerishaG
  2. 23Francesco VicariCD
  3. 27FelipeCD-L
  4. 4Thiago CionekCD-R
  5. 19Jasmin KurticCM-L
  6. 8Mattia ValotiCM-R
  7. 7Simone MissiroliAM
  8. 3Igor JulioLM
  9. 77Marco D'AlessandroRM
  10. 31Federico Di FrancescoCF-L
  11. 37Andrea PetagnaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Mirko ValdifioriSUB
  2. 24Lorenzo DickmannSUB
  3. 40Nenad TomovicSUB
  4. 25Karlo LeticaSUB
  5. 10Sergio FloccariSUB
  6. 43Alberto PaloschiSUB
  7. 95Marko JankovićSUB
  8. 67Paolo CannistràSUB
  9. 9Gabriele MonciniSUB
  10. 21Gabriel StrefezzaSUB
  11. 11Alessandro MurgiaSUB
  12. 22Demba ThiamSUB

ATA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 95Pierluigi GolliniG
  2. 6José PalominoCD
  3. 5Andrea MasielloCD-L
  4. 19Berat DjimsitiCD-R
  5. 11Remo FreulerCM-L
  6. 15Marten de RoonCM-R
  7. 88Mario PasalicAM
  8. 8Robin GosensLM
  9. 33Hans HateboerRM
  10. 91Duván ZapataCF-L
  11. 10Alejandro GómezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Luis MurielSUB
  2. 64Khadim N'DiayeSUB
  3. 37Martin SkrtelSUB
  4. 41Roger IbañezSUB
  5. 18Ruslan MalinovskyiSUB
  6. 2Rafael TolóiSUB
  7. 99Musa BarrowSUB
  8. 31Francesco RossiSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! SPAL 1, Atalanta 0. Federico Di Francesco (SPAL) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrea Petagna with a through ball.
  2. 26' Goal! SPAL 2, Atalanta 0. Andrea Petagna (SPAL) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Igor Julio.
  3. 34' Goal! SPAL 2, Atalanta 1. Robin Gosens (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Hans Hateboer with a cross.
  4. 43' Marten de Roon (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 54' Substitution, Atalanta. Ruslan Malinovskiy replaces Remo Freuler.
  6. 55' Substitution, Atalanta. Luis Muriel replaces Andrea Masiello.
  7. 61' Mattia Valoti (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 65' Substitution, SPAL. Alessandro Murgia replaces Mattia Valoti.
  9. 70' Goal! SPAL 2, Atalanta 2. Luis Muriel (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alejandro Gómez.
  10. 71' Substitution, SPAL. Nenad Tomovic replaces Marco D'Alessandro.
  11. 76' Goal! SPAL 2, Atalanta 3. Luis Muriel (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  12. 78' Substitution, SPAL. Sergio Floccari replaces Igor Julio.
  13. 81' Substitution, Atalanta. Rafael Tolói replaces Duván Zapata.
  14. 90'+3' Thiago Cionek (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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