Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, January 9, 2021
Atalanta DWDWW 4
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Benevento DWWLW 1
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BEN011
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Match Report

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Ilicic inspires Atalanta to big win at Benevento

Atalanta's Josip Ilicic put on a masterclass to inspire his side to a 4-1 win at Benevento in Serie A on Saturday.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
11
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
8
58.7
Possession
41.3
27
SHOTS
5
12
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
442
Accurate Passes
269
518
Passes
370
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
3
21
Crosses
6
0.2
Cross %
0.5
39
Long Balls
64
21
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
8
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
5
18
Tackles
8
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
9
7
Effective Clearances
21
7
Clearances
21

Head to Head

ATA leads series 2-0

Lineups

BEN · 4-5-1

  1. 1Lorenzo MontipòG
  2. 93Federico BarbaCD-L
  3. 15Kamil GlikCD-R
  4. 18Daam FoulonLB
  5. 11Christian MaggioRB
  6. 29Artur IonitaCM-L
  7. 14Bryan DaboCM-R
  8. 28Pasquale SchiattarellaAM
  9. 25Marco SauLM
  10. 16Riccardo ImprotaRM
  11. 9Gianluca LapadulaF

Substitutes

  1. 20Giuseppe Di SerioSUB
  2. 12Niccolò ManfrediniSUB
  3. 6Abdallah BasitSUB
  4. 56Perparim HetemajSUB
  5. 22Igor LucatelliSUB
  6. 58Christian PastinaSUB
  7. 19Roberto InsigneSUB
  8. 30Davide MasellaSUB
  9. 4Lorenzo Del PintoSUB

ATA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 95Pierluigi GolliniG
  2. 17Cristian RomeroCD
  3. 6José PalominoCD-L
  4. 2Rafael TolóiCD-R
  5. 11Remo FreulerCM-L
  6. 15Marten de RoonCM-R
  7. 32Matteo PessinaAM
  8. 8Robin GosensLM
  9. 33Hans HateboerRM
  10. 91Duván ZapataCF-L
  11. 72Josip IlicicCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 59Alexey MiranchukSUB
  2. 13Mattia CaldaraSUB
  3. 19Berat DjimsitiSUB
  4. 9Luis MurielSUB
  5. 27Fabio DepaoliSUB
  6. 40Matteo RuggeriSUB
  7. 57Marco SportielloSUB
  8. 18Ruslan MalinovskyiSUB
  9. 4Bosko SutaloSUB
  10. 31Francesco RossiSUB
  11. 3Joakim MaehleSUB
  12. 7Sam LammersSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Marten de Roon (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Daam Foulon (Benevento) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 26' José Luis Palomino (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 30' Goal! Benevento 0, Atalanta 1. Josip Ilicic (Atalanta) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Benevento. Christian Pastina replaces Daam Foulon.
  6. 50' Goal! Benevento 1, Atalanta 1. Marco Sau (Benevento) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Pastina with a cross.
  7. 53' Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 56' Bryan Dabo (Benevento) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 58' Substitution, Benevento. Perparim Hetemaj replaces Bryan Dabo.
  10. 58' Substitution, Benevento. Giuseppe Di Serio replaces Marco Sau.
  11. 58' Substitution, Benevento. Roberto Insigne replaces Gianluca Lapadula.
  12. 64' Substitution, Atalanta. Ruslan Malinovskiy replaces Matteo Pessina.
  13. 69' Goal! Benevento 1, Atalanta 2. Rafael Tolói (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  14. 71' Goal! Benevento 1, Atalanta 3. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josip Ilicic with a cross following a fast break.
  15. 73' Substitution, Atalanta. Joakim Maehle replaces Robin Gosens.
  16. 73' Substitution, Atalanta. Luis Muriel replaces Duván Zapata.
  17. 80' Substitution, Benevento. Lorenzo Del Pinto replaces Artur Ionita.
  18. 86' Goal! Benevento 1, Atalanta 4. Luis Muriel (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskiy.
  19. 87' Substitution, Atalanta. Aleksey Miranchuk replaces Josip Ilicic.
  20. 87' Substitution, Atalanta. Fabio Depaoli replaces Remo Freuler.

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