Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, December 4, 2021
Atalanta WWDWW 3
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Napoli DLLWD 2
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ATA123
NAP112
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Match Report

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Napoli lose five-goal Atalanta thriller and slip from top Serie A spot

Napoli surrendered the lead to lose 3-2 at home to Atalanta on Saturday, dropping from first to third in the Serie A standings.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
4
45.3
Possession
54.7
21
SHOTS
15
7
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
360
Accurate Passes
450
432
Passes
531
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
3
17
Crosses
10
0.4
Cross %
0.3
61
Long Balls
39
30
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
8
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
4
17
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
10
Interceptions
4
10
Effective Clearances
14
10
Clearances
14

Head to Head

ATA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NAP · 3-4-3

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 13Amir RrahmaniCD
  3. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  4. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoCD-R
  5. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM-L
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiCM-R
  7. 6Mário RuiLM
  8. 2Kévin MalcuitRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 7Eljif ElmasCF-L
  11. 11Hirving LozanoCF-R

ATA · 3-4-3

  1. 1Juan MussoG
  2. 28Merih DemiralCD
  3. 6José PalominoCD-L
  4. 2Rafael TolóiCD-R
  5. 11Remo FreulerCM-L
  6. 15Marten de RoonCM-R
  7. 3Joakim MaehleLM
  8. 77Davide ZappacostaRM
  9. 91Duván ZapataF
  10. 32Matteo PessinaCF-L
  11. 18Ruslan MalinovskyiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Napoli 0, Atalanta 1. Ruslan Malinovskyi (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Duván Zapata.
  2. 17' Ruslan Malinovskyi (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 40' Goal! Napoli 1, Atalanta 1. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  4. 45' Substitution, Atalanta. Hans Hateboer replaces Davide Zappacosta.
  5. 47' Goal! Napoli 2, Atalanta 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin Malcuit with a through ball.
  6. 56' Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  7. 56' Substitution, Atalanta. Josip Ilicic replaces Matteo Pessina.
  8. 58' Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 64' Kevin Malcuit (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 66' Goal! Napoli 2, Atalanta 2. Merih Demiral (Atalanta) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafael Tolói with a through ball.
  11. 67' Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Hirving Lozano.
  12. 67' Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces Dries Mertens.
  13. 71' Goal! Napoli 2, Atalanta 3. Remo Freuler (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josip Ilicic.
  14. 73' Substitution, Atalanta. Mario Pasalic replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
  15. 82' Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 82' Substitution, Atalanta. Luis Muriel replaces Duván Zapata.
  17. 83' Substitution, Atalanta. Berat Djimsiti replaces Joakim Maehle.
  18. 85' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Kevin Malcuit.
  19. 87' Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Serie A News

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