ALCOCHETE. Atalanta beat Sporting CP to win 2-1. It was Atalanta to strike first with a goal of Giorgio Scalvini at the 33′. Then Matteo Ruggeri scored again for Atalanta in the 43′ minute. Eventually, Viktor Gyökeres reduced the distance for Sporting CP a penalty (76′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira stadium in Alcochete on Thursday and it started at 5:45 pm local time. The referee was Alejandro José Hernández Hernández who was helped by José Enrique Naranjo Pérez and Diego Sánchez Rojo. The 4th official was Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was hot at 26.19 degrees Celsius or 79.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 15 Total 13
- 3 On Target 5
- 6 Off Target 4
- 6 Shots blocked 4
- 93 Attack 119
- 33 Dangerous attack 65
- 97 Ball safe 83
- 1 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 7
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 7 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Sporting CP was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Atalanta that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Atalanta was more pushing with 65 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Atalanta won the match.
Sporting CP shot 15 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Atalanta shot 13 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards (Daniel Bragança , Pedro Gonçalves and Daniel Bragança ). Talking about the opposition, Atalanta received 4 yellow cards (Gianluca Scamacca, Rafael Tolói, Giorgio Scalvini and Berat Djimsiti).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this contest, Sporting CP stays with 3 points to occupy the 2nd place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Atalanta has 6 points (1st).
Next matches
Sporting CP – Formation
Sporting CP
90'
84'
76'
Sporting CP adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim decided to play with the following team: Antonio Adán , Ousmane Diomande , Gonçalo Inácio , Matheus Reis , Iván Fresneda , Morten Hjulmand , Hidemasa Morita , Nuno Santos , Paulinho , Viktor Gyökeres and Pedro Gonçalves .
The home team had on the bench: Marcus Edwards , Ricardo Esgaio , Sebastián Coates , Franco Israel, Luís Neto, Dário Essugo, Geny Catamo , Daniel Bragança , Diogo Pinto, Eduardo Quaresma, Tiago Ferreira and Rodrigo Ribeiro.
Substitutions
Sporting CP made 5 changes: Paulinho for Geny Catamo (46′), Nuno Santos for Marcus Edwards (46′), Morten Hjulmand for Sebastián Coates (46′), Iván Fresneda for Ricardo Esgaio (67′) and Matheus Reis for Daniel Bragança (90′).
Best player: Marcus Edwards
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting CP was Marcus Edwards.
His rating is with 16 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Atalanta – Formation
Atalanta
Also Atalanta adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Gian Piero Gasperini played with: Juan Musso , Giorgio Scalvini , Berat Djimsiti , Sead Kolašinac , Davide Zappacosta , Marten de Roon , Éderson , Matteo Ruggeri , Teun Koopmeiners , Charles De Ketelaere and Ademola Lookman .
They had on the bench: Rafael Tolói , Emil Holm , José Luis Palomino , Mario Pašalić , Luis Muriel, Gianluca Scamacca , Mitchel Bakker, Michel Ndary Adopo, Marco Carnesecchi, Francesco Rossi, Hans Hateboer and Aleksei Miranchuk.
Substitutions
Atalanta made 5 changes: Charles De Ketelaere for Gianluca Scamacca (54′), Berat Djimsiti for Rafael Tolói (54′), Éderson for Mario Pašalić (66′), Davide Zappacosta for Emil Holm (66′) and Giorgio Scalvini for José Luis Palomino (80′).
Best player: Ademola Lookman
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Atalanta was Ademola Lookman even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 51 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- SC Freiburg – West Ham United – 1-2
- Bačka Topola – Olympiakos Piraeus – 2-2
- Olympique Marseille – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-2
- AEK Athens – Ajax – 1-1
- Real Betis – Sparta Praha – 2-1
- Aris Limassol – Rangers – 2-1
- Sporting CP – Atalanta – 1-2
- Raków Częstochowa – Sturm Graz – 0-1
- Liverpool – Union Saint-Gilloise – 2-0
- Toulouse – LASK Linz – 1-0
- Villarreal – Rennes – 1-0
- Maccabi Haifa – Panathinaikos – 0-0
- Roma – Servette – 4-0
- Slavia Praha – Sheriff – 6-0
- Häcken – Qarabağ – 0-1
- Molde – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-2
