SALERNO. Atalanta prevails over Salernitana 1-0 after D. Zapata scored a goal from 75minute. Atalanta took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stadio Arechi stadium in Salerno on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Paolo Valeri with the assistance of Alessandro Giallatini and Pietro Dei Giudici. The 4th official was Francesco Fourneau. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.4 degrees Celsius or 68.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Salernitana started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up. On the other side, Atalanta adopted a 3-4-2-1 formation.
Salernitana – Formation
Salernitana
68'
60'
Fabrizio Castori decided to play with the following team: Vid Belec , Norbert Gyömbér , Stefan Strandberg , Riccardo Gagliolo , Wajdi Kechrida , Mamadou Coulibaly , Lassana Coulibaly , Luca Ranieri , Franck Ribéry , Cedric Gondo and Milan Đurić .
The home team had on the bench: Filippo Delli Carri, Luka Bogdan , Edoardo Vergani, Francesco Di Tacchio, Andrea Schiavone, Paweł Jaroszyński , Vincenzo Fiorillo, Joel Obi , Simy , Federico Bonazzoli , Nadir Zortea and Grigoris Kastanos.
Best player: Mamadou Coulibaly
The player that probably impressed the most for Salernitana was Mamadou Coulibaly.
His rating is with 48 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He hit the woodwork once times.
Atalanta – Formation
Atalanta
75'
On the other side, Gian Piero Castori played with: Juan Musso , Rafael Tolói , Merih Demiral , José Luis Palomino , Joakim Mæhle , Mario Pašalić , Remo Freuler , Robin Gosens , Ruslan Malinovskyi , Aleksei Miranchuk and Duván Zapata .
They had on the bench: Giuseppe Pezzella, Josip Iličić , Marco Sportiello, Francesco Rossi, Teun Koopmeiners , Roberto Piccoli, Davide Zappacosta , Matteo Pessina, Berat Djimsiti and Matteo Lovato.
Best player: Rafael Tolói
The player that probably impressed the most for Atalanta was Rafael Tolói even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 65 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Match report
- 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
- 11 Total 10
- 1 On Target 3
- 10 Off Target 7
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 99 Attack 125
- 46 Dangerous attack 49
- 67 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 20 Total 13
- 4 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 8
Atalanta was in firm control of the ball 58% while Salernitana was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Atalanta was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Atalanta won the encounter.
Salernitana shot 11 times, 1 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Atalanta shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Salernitana received 4 yellow cards (M. Djuric, L. Ranieri, J. Obi and P. Jaroszynski). On the opposite side, Atalanta received 4 yellow cards (J. Maehle, R. Toloi, M. Demiral and R. Malinovsky).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Salernitana will stay with 0 points like Hellas Verona to stay in the 20th place. On the other side, Atalanta will have 7 points like Bologna, Inter and Udinese to move down in the 7th place.
In the next match in the Serie A, Salernitana will host Hellas Verona on the 22nd of September with a 0-0 head to head record. Atalanta will host against Sassuolo on the 21st of September with a 12-2 head to head stats in favor of Atalanta (5 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Genoa – Fiorentina – 1-2
- Inter – Bologna – 6-1
- Salernitana – Atalanta – 0-1
