CAGLIARI. Atalanta defeated Cagliari to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Atalanta to strike first with an early goal of M. Pasalic at the 6′. Then it was a goal in the 27′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, D. Zapata gave the win to Atalanta in the 43′ minute with a goal. Atalanta was surely better in terms of ball possession (63%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Sardegna Arena stadium in Cagliari on Saturday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Marco Piccinini who had the assistance of Luigi Rossi and Vito Mastrodonato. The 4th official was Alberto Santoro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.7 degrees Celsius or 56.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Atalanta had a strong ball possession 63% while Cagliari was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Atalanta was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Atalanta won the match.
Cagliari shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Atalanta shot 19 times, 8 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Cagliari received 1 yellow card (D. Godin). On the other side, Atalanta received 1 yellow card (T. Koopmeiners).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cagliari will stay with 6 points to hold in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Atalanta will have 22 points to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Cagliari will host Salernitana on the 26th of November with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Cagliari (0 draws).
Atalanta will play away agasint Napoli on the 4th of December with a 12-12 head to head record.
Cagliari – Formation
Cagliari started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Walter Mazzarri decided to play with the following team: Alessio Cragno
, Gabriele Zappa , Diego Godín , Andrea Carboni , Charalampos Lykogiannis , Raoul Bellanova , Răzvan Marin , Alessandro Deiola , Kevin Strootman , Nahitan Nández and João Pedro .The home team had on the bench: Alberto Grassi
, Giorgio Altare, Boris Radunović, Leonardo Pavoletti , Diego Farias, Gastón Pereiro , Christian Oliva, Adam Obert and Simone Aresti.Substitutions
Cagliari made 4 changes: A. Deiola for A. Grassi (46′), K. Strootman for L. Pavoletti (61′), R. Bellanova for G. Pereiro (83′) and G. Zappa for D. Farias (90′).
Best player: Nahitan Nández
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was Nahitan Nández.
His rating is
with 28 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 17 duels out of 24.Atalanta – Formation
Atalanta started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
On the other side, Gian Piero Gasperini played with: Juan Musso
, Marten de Roon , Merih Demiral , José Luis Palomino , Davide Zappacosta , Teun Koopmeiners , Remo Freuler , Joakim Mæhle , Ruslan Malinovskyi , Mario Pašalić and Duván Zapata .The following players were sitting on the bench: Luis Muriel, Roberto Piccoli, Giuseppe Pezzella, Berat Djimsiti, Josip Iličić
, Francesco Rossi, Matteo Pessina, Aleksei Miranchuk, Giorgio Scalvini, Marco Sportiello and Matteo Lovato .Substitutions
Atalanta made 4 changes: T. Koopmeiners for M. Lovato (63′), R. Malinovsky for J. Ilicic (63′), R. Freuler for M. Pessina (90′) and M. Pasalic for G. Pezzella (90′).
Best player: Mario Pašalić
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Atalanta was Mario Pašalić.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 65 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.