BERGAMO. Atalanta and Sporting CP draw 1-1. G. Scamacca scored the first goal (23′) for Atalanta. M. Edwards equalized (56′). Sporting CP was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%)
The match was played at the Gewiss Stadium stadium in Bergamo on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Michael Oliver with the help of Stuart Burt and Daniel Cook. The 4th official was Andy Madley. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was quite cold at 3.6 degrees Celsius or 38.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.
Match Statistics
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 6 Total 10
- 3 On Target 2
- 3 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 1
- 134 Attack 108
- 37 Dangerous attack 28
- 70 Ball safe 95
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 2
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 17 Total 7
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Sporting CP had a strong ball possession 57% while Atalanta was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Atalanta had a more offensive attitude with 37 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Atalanta to win the match.
Atalanta shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Sporting CP shot 10 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Atalanta received 4 yellow cards (Giorgio Scalvini, Ademola Lookman, Sead Kolasinac and Marten de Roon). On the opposite side, Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards (Matheus Reis, Gonçalo Inácio and Hidemasa Morita).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this match, Atalanta will have 11 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Sporting CP will have 8 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
Atalanta – Formation
Atalanta
87'
42'
23'
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 , Giorgio Scalvini , Berat Djimsiti , Sead Kolasinac , Hans Hateboer , Éderson , Marten de Roon , Matteo Ruggeri , Teun Koopmeiners , Ademola Lookman and Gianluca Scamacca .
The home team had on the bench: Mitchel Bakker , Giovanni Bonfanti, Emil Holm , Mario Pasalic , Luis Muriel , Nadir Zortea, Michel Ndary Adopo, Marco Carnesecchi, Francesco Rossi, Tommaso Del Lungo, Aleksei Miranchuk and Moustapha Cissé.
Atalanta could not rely on the presence of Emil Holm (injured).
Substitutions
Atalanta made 5 changes: Teun Koopmeiners for Aleksei Miranchuk (69′), Gianluca Scamacca for Luis Muriel (64′), Ademola Lookman for Mario Pasalic (64′), Sead Kolasinac for Emil Holm (86′) and Giorgio Scalvini for Mitchel Bakker (87′).
Player of the match: Éderson
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Atalanta was Éderson.
His rating is with 47 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Sporting CP – Formation
Sporting CP
Sporting CP started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim played with: Daniel Bragança , Antonio Adán , Jeremiah St. Juste , Ousmane Diomande , Gonçalo Inácio , Ricardo Esgaio , Morten Hjulmand , Hidemasa Morita , Matheus Reis , Francisco Trincão and Viktor Gyökeres , Pedro Gonçalves .
These were the players on the bench: Sebastián Coates , Marcus Edwards , Nuno Santos , Paulinho, Franco Israel, Luís Neto, Dário Essugo, Geny Catamo , Diogo Pinto, Eduardo Quaresma and Afonso Moreira.
Substitutions
Sporting CP made 4 changes: Francisco Trincão for Marcus Edwards (46′), Ricardo Esgaio for Geny Catamo (46′), Morten Hjulmand for Nuno Santos (78′) and Jeremiah St. Juste for Sebastián Coates (81′).
Player of the match: Hidemasa Morita
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting CP was Hidemasa Morita.
His rating is with 69 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- SC Freiburg – Olympiakos Piraeus – 5-0
- Bačka Topola – West Ham United – 0-1
- AEK Athens – Brighton & Hove Albion – 0-1
- Sparta Praha – Real Betis – 1-0
- Atalanta – Sporting CP – 1-1
- Sturm Graz – Raków Częstochowa – 0-1
- Maccabi Haifa – Rennes – 0-3
- Olympique Marseille – Ajax – 4-3
- Rangers – Aris Limassol – 1-1
- Liverpool – LASK Linz – 4-0
- Toulouse – Union Saint-Gilloise – 0-0
- Villarreal – Panathinaikos – 3-2
- Servette – Roma – 1-1
- Sheriff – Slavia Praha – 2-3
- Molde – Qarabağ – 2-2
- Häcken – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 0-2
