BERGAMO. Atalanta topped Milan. Milan lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Gewiss Stadium stadium in Bergamo on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Federico La Penna assisted by Davide Imperiale and Valerio Vecchi. The 4th official was Juan Luca Sacchi. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 5.85 degrees Celsius or 42.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Timeline

Ademola Lookman(goal)Teun Koopmeiners
38'
45'
Olivier Giroud(goal)A. Florenzi
Ademola Lookman(goal)Charles De Ketelaere
55'
59'
Ismaël Bennacer - sub ->S. Chukwueze
71'
Tijjani Reijnders- Yellow
Éderson- Yellow
72'
72'
Luka Jović- sub ->R. Loftus-Cheek
80'
Luka Jović(goal)C. Pulišić
81'
Davide Calabria - Yellow
Aleksey Miranchuk- sub ->Ademola Lookman
82'
82'
Michel Adopo- sub ->Mario Pasalic
87'
88'
Yacine Adli- sub ->T. Reijnders
88'
Luka Jović- Yellow
90'
Ismaël Bennacer - Yellow
90'
Davide Calabria (yellowredcard)
90'
Emil Holm- sub ->Matteo Ruggeri
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Inter
93
37
Milan
74
37
Bologna
67
36
Juventus
67
36
Atalanta
66
36
Roma
63
37
Lazio
60
37
Fiorentina
54
36
Torino
53
37
Napoli
52
37
Genoa
46
37
Monza
45
37
Lecce
37
37
Cagliari
36
37
Frosinone
35
37
Hellas Verona
34
36
Udinese
34
37
Empoli
33
37
Sassuolo
29
37
Salernitana
16
36

After this encounter, Atalanta has 23 points like Fiorentina to remain in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Milan will stays with 29 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Atalanta will host Salernitana on the 17th of December with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Atalanta (1 draw).

Milan will host Monza on the 17th of December with a 4-0 head to head in favor of Milan (0 draws).

Atalanta – Formation

Atalanta
G
Juan Musso 1.Argentina
6.4
D
Berat Djimsiti 19.Albania
7.0
D
Marten de Roon 15.Netherlands
6.7
D
Sead Kolasinac 23.Bosnia and Herzegovina
D
Giorgio Scalvini 42.Italy
7.3
M
Davide Zappacosta 77.Italy
6.7
M
Teun Koopmeiners 7.Netherlands
8.1
M
Mario Pasalic 8.Croatia
6.8
87'
M
Éderson 13.Brazil
7.9
72'
M
Matteo Ruggeri 22.Italy
7.0
90'
M
Hans Hateboer 33.Netherlands
F
Ademola Lookman 11.Nigeria
8.5
82' 38', 55'
F
Charles De Ketelaere 17.Belgium
7.1
82'
Substitutes
G
Marco Carnesecchi 29.Italy
G
Francesco Rossi 31.Italy
D
Emil Holm 3.Sweden
90'
D
Nadir Zortea 21.Italy
D
Giovanni Bonfanti 43.Italy
D
T. Del Lungo 46.Italy
M
Michel Adopo 25.France
6.8
87'
M
L. Mendicino 44.Italy
M
M. Colombo 47.Italy
M
Aleksey Miranchuk 59.Russia
7.3
82'
F
Luis Muriel 9.Colombia
7.5
82' 90'
F
M. Cissé 99.Guinea

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 (6.4), Marten de Roon (6.7), Berat Djimsiti  (7.0), Sead Kolasinac, Giorgio Scalvini (7.3), Hans Hateboer, Davide Zappacosta (6.7), Éderson (7.9), Mario Pasalic (6.8), Matteo Ruggeri (7.0), Teun Koopmeiners (8.1), Charles De Ketelaere (7.1) and Ademola Lookman (8.5).

The home team had on the bench: Emil Holm, Luis Muriel (7.5), Nadir Zortea, Michel Ndary Adopo (6.8), Marco Carnesecchi, Francesco Rossi, Giovanni Bonfanti, Leonardo Mendicino, Tommaso Del Lungo, Matteo Colombo, Alberto Manzoni, Aleksei Miranchuk (7.3) and Moustapha Cissé.

Substitutions

Atalanta made 4 changes: Ademola Lookman for Aleksei Miranchuk (82′), Charles De Ketelaere for Luis Muriel (82′), Mario Pasalic for Michel Ndary Adopo (87′) and Matteo Ruggeri for Emil Holm (90′).

Player of the match: Ademola Lookman​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Atalanta was Ademola Lookman.

His rating is 8.5 with 2 goals, 29 passes (97% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

Milan – Formation

Milan
G
Mike Maignan 16.France
7.1
D
Davide Calabria 2.Italy
6.7
81'
D
Theo Hernández 19.France
7.0
D
Fikayo Tomori 23.England
7.3
D
Alessandro Florenzi 42.Italy
6.7
M
Ruben Loftus-Cheek 8.England
7.0
72'
M
Tijjani Reijnders 14.Netherlands
7.3
88' 71'
M
Yunus Musah 80.England
6.7
F
Olivier Giroud 9.France
7.5
45'
F
Christian Pulisic 11.United States
7.3
F
Samuel Chukwueze 21.Nigeria
6.3
59'
Substitutes
G
Lapo Nava 69.Italy
G
Antonio Mirante 83.Italy
D
J. Šimić 82.Serbia
M
Ismaël Bennacer 4.Algeria
6.3
59' 90'
M
Yacine Adli 7.France
6.3
88'
M
Luka Romero 18.Argentina
M
Tommaso Pobega 32.Italy
M
Rade Krunic 33.Bosnia and Herzegovina
F
Luka Jović 15.Serbia
7.1
72' 88' 80'
F
Chaka Traorè 70.Ivory Coast

Milan started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Stefano Pioli played with: M. Maignan (7.1), D. Calabria (6.7), F. Tomori (7.3), T. Hernández (7.0), A. Florenzi (6.7), R. Loftus-Cheek (7.0), T. Reijnders (7.3), Y. Musah (6.7), S. Chukwueze (6.3), O. Giroud (7.5), C. Pulišić (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: I. Bennacer (6.3), Y. Adli (6.3), L. Jović (7.1), L. Romero, T. Pobega, R. Krunić, L. Nava, C. Traorè, J. Šimić, A. Mirante and D. Bartesaghi.

Substitutions

Milan made 3 changes: S. Chukwueze for I. Bennacer (59′), R. Loftus-Cheek for L. Jović (72′) and T. Reijnders for Y. Adli (88′).

Player of the match: O. Giroud​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was O. Giroud.

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 28 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​