BERGAMO. Villarreal conquered Atalanta 3-2 thanks to A. Danjuma who scored in the 3rd and 51st minute. Atalanta was vastly better in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Gewiss Stadium stadium in Bergamo on Thursday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Anthony Taylor assisted by Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn. The 4th official was Darren England. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 0.2 degrees Celsius or 32.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 97%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 20 Total 9
- 6 On Target 6
- 14 Off Target 3
- 5 Shots blocked 2
- 143 Attack 88
- 103 Dangerous attack 27
- 85 Ball safe 121
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 1
- 7 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 8 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Atalanta was in firm control of the ball 64% while Villarreal was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Atalanta was more pushing with 103 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Villarreal was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Atalanta shot 20 times, 6 on target, 14 off target. Talking about the opposition, Villarreal shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Atalanta received 1 yellow card (L. Muriel). On the other side, Villarreal received 2 yellow cards (A. Moreno and D. Parejo).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this encounter, Atalanta will stay with 6 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Villarreal will have 10 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
Atalanta – Formation
Atalanta
46'
80'
89'
Atalanta started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Gian Piero Gasperini decided to play with the following team: Juan Musso , Rafael Tolói , Merih Demiral , José Luis Palomino , Hans Hateboer , Marten de Roon , Remo Freuler , Joakim Mæhle , Matteo Pessina , Josip Iličić and Duván Zapata .
The home team had on the bench: Giuseppe Pezzella, Luis Muriel , Roberto Piccoli, Ruslan Malinovskyi , Francesco Rossi, Davide Zappacosta, Marco Sportiello, Matteo Lovato, Berat Djimsiti , Mario Pašalić, Teun Koopmeiners and Aleksei Miranchuk.
Substitutions
Atalanta made 4 changes: M. Demiral for B. Djimsiti (46′), M. Pessina for R. Malinovsky (46′), M. De Roon for L. Muriel (54′) and J. Maehle for D. Zappacosta (90′).
Best player: Josip Iličić
The most impressive player for Atalanta was Josip Iličić.
His rating is with 54 passes (77% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 15. He performed 7 crosses.
Villarreal – Formation
Villarreal
Villarreal started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Unai Emery Etxegoien played with: Gerónimo Rulli , Juan Foyth , Raúl Albiol , Pau Torres , Pervis Estupiñán , Moi Gómez , Étienne Capoue , Dani Parejo , Alberto Moreno , Gerard Moreno and Arnaut Danjuma .
They had on the bench: Dani Raba, Samuel Chukwueze, Aïssa Mandi, Rubén Peña, Mario Gaspar, Boulaye Dia , Manu Trigueros, Alfonso Pedraza , Filip Jörgensen, Sergio Asenjo, Vicente Iborra and Paco Alcácer.
Substitutions
Villarreal made 5 changes: G. Moreno for V. Iborra (81′), A. Moreno for Alfonso Pedraza (87′), A. Danjuma for B. Dia (87′), D. Parejo for M. Trigueros (90′) and M. Gomez for R. Pena (90′).
Best player: Étienne Capoue
The most impressive player for Villarreal was Étienne Capoue.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
- Atalanta – Villarreal – 2-3
