BERGAMO. Fiorentina prevailed over Atalanta to win 2-1. D. Vlahovic was the key to score 2 goals. It was Fiorentina to strike first with of D. Vlahovic at the 33′. Then D. Vlahovic scored again for Fiorentina in the 49′ minute with scoring a double. Eventually, D. Zapata reduced the distance for Atalanta with . However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Gewiss Stadium stadium in Bergamo on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Valerio Marini that was helped by Damiano Di Iorio and Mattia Scarpa. The 4th official was Matteo Marcenaro. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.9 degrees Celsius or 69.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Atalanta started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up. On the other side, Fiorentina adopted for a aggressive formation (4-3-3).
Atalanta – Formation
Atalanta
90'
50'
65'
Gian Piero Gasperini decided to play with the following team: Marco Sportiello , Rafael Tolói , José Luis Palomino , Berat Djimsiti , Davide Zappacosta , Remo Freuler , Mario Pašalić , Joakim Mæhle , Aleksei Miranchuk , Matteo Pessina and Duván Zapata .
The home team had on the bench: Francesco Rossi, Ruslan Malinovskyi , Roberto Piccoli , Teun Koopmeiners , Josip Iličić , Giuseppe Pezzella, Matteo Lovato, Merih Demiral, Robin Gosens and Juan Musso.
Best player: Ruslan Malinovskyi
The player that probably impressed the most for Atalanta was Ruslan Malinovskyi.
His rating is with 0 goals, 21 passes (71% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 7 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 50′.
Fiorentina – Formation
Fiorentina
On the other side, Vincenzo Gasperini played with: Pietro Terracciano , Lorenzo Venuti , Nikola Milenković , Igor Júlio , Cristiano Biraghi , Giacomo Bonaventura , Lucas Torreira , Alfred Duncan , José Callejón , Dušan Vlahović and Riccardo Sottil .
They had on the bench: Nicolás González , Aleksa Terzić, Álvaro Odriozola , Lucas Martínez Quarta, Aleksandr Kokorin, Matija Nastasić, Marco Benassi, Bartłomiej Drągowski, Sofyan Amrabat , Riccardo Saponara , Youssef Maleh and Gaetano Castrovilli .
Fiorentina could not rely on the presence of A. Odriozola (injured).
Best player: Dušan Vlahović
The player that probably impressed the most for Fiorentina was Dušan Vlahović.
His rating is with 2 goals, 22 passes (59% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11.
Match report
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 15 Total 7
- 6 On Target 2
- 9 Off Target 5
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 107 Attack 87
- 71 Dangerous attack 27
- 79 Ball safe 85
- 1 Penalties 2
- 10 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 17
- 4 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 10 Substitutions 9
Atalanta was in firm control of the ball 55% while Fiorentina was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Atalanta was extremely more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Fiorentina managed to find the solution to win this match.
Atalanta shoot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Fiorentina shoot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Atalanta received 5 yellow cards (J. Maehle, D. Zapata, R. Gosens, R. Freuler and J. L. Palomino). On the other side, Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards (G. Bonaventura, Igor, N. Milenkovic and A. Odriozola).
Match Timeline
Standing
After this match, Atalanta will stay with 4 points to occupy the 9th place in the standing. while Fiorentina will have 6 points (2nd).
In the next match in the Serie A, Atalanta will play away Salernitana on the 18th of September with a 0-0 head to head record. Fiorentina will play away Genoa on the 18th of September with a 10-4 head to head in favor of Fiorentina (15 draw).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
