Italian Serie A

FT Friday, March 12, 2021
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Atalanta WLWWL 3
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Match Report

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Atalanta down Spezia to maintain top-four hopes

Atalanta's Mario Pasalic bagged a double and Luis Muriel scored a superb goal as the hosts beat lowly Spezia 3-1 on Friday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
17
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
2
52.9
Possession
47.1
7
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
457
Accurate Passes
410
570
Passes
509
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
12
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.4
71
Long Balls
53
28
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
10
20
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
13
Interceptions
12
13
Effective Clearances
12
13
Clearances
12

Head to Head

Lineups

ATA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 57Marco SportielloG
  2. 6José PalominoCD
  3. 19Berat DjimsitiCD-L
  4. 2Rafael TolóiCD-R
  5. 11Remo FreulerCM-L
  6. 15Marten de RoonCM-R
  7. 88Mario PasalicAM
  8. 8Robin GosensLM
  9. 3Joakim MaehleRM
  10. 9Luis MurielCF-L
  11. 72Josip IlicicCF-R

SPE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jeroen ZoetG
  2. 28Martin ErlicCD-L
  3. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  4. 5Riccardo MarchizzaLB
  5. 69Luca VignaliRB
  6. 8Matteo RicciCM
  7. 25Giulio MaggioreLM
  8. 88Leo SenaRM
  9. 18M'Bala NzolaF
  10. 11Emmanuel GyasiLF
  11. 31Daniele VerdeRF

Timeline

  1. 7' Rafael Tolói (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 25' Marten de Roon (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 53' Goal! Atalanta 1, Spezia 0. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josip Ilicic.
  4. 55' Goal! Atalanta 2, Spezia 0. Luis Muriel (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Robin Gosens with a headed pass.
  5. 56' Substitution, Atalanta. Cristian Romero replaces Berat Djimsiti.
  6. 66' Substitution, Atalanta. Ruslan Malinovskiy replaces Josip Ilicic.
  7. 66' Substitution, Atalanta. Duván Zapata replaces Luis Muriel.
  8. 67' Substitution, Spezia. Nahuel Estévez replaces Giulio Maggiore.
  9. 67' Substitution, Spezia. Gennaro Acampora replaces Luca Vignali.
  10. 72' Goal! Atalanta 3, Spezia 0. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Duván Zapata.
  11. 80' Substitution, Spezia. Julian Chabot replaces Ardian Ismajli.
  12. 80' Substitution, Spezia. Diego Farias replaces Daniele Verde.
  13. 80' Substitution, Spezia. Roberto Piccoli replaces M'Bala Nzola.
  14. 81' Goal! Atalanta 3, Spezia 1. Roberto Piccoli (Spezia) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nahuel Estévez.
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, Atalanta. Matteo Ruggeri replaces Robin Gosens.
  16. 90'+2' Substitution, Atalanta. Matteo Pessina replaces Mario Pasalic.

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