GENOVA. Atalanta had a comfortable win over Genoa. Atalanta scored with Charles De Ketelaere (22′), Teun Koopmeiners (55′), Davide Zappacosta (90′) and El Bilal Touré (90′). On the other side, Ruslan Malinovskyi (51′) scored for Genoa.
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrea Colombo with the assistance of Alessio Berti and Luigi Rossi. The 4th official was Alessandro Prontera. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 10.81 degrees Celsius or 51.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Genoa was in firm control of the ball 55% while Atalanta was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Genoa was more pushing with 60 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Atalanta was able to find the solution to win this match.
Genoa shot 15 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Atalanta shot 14 times, 9 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Genoa received 3 yellow cards (Aarón Martín, Mattia Bani and Kevin Strootman). On the other side, Atalanta received 4 yellow cards (Aleksei Miranchuk, Charles De Ketelaere, Marten de Roon and Sead Kolasinac).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Genoa stays with 29 points to sit in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Atalanta will has 42 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Genoa will play away with Napoli on the 18th of February with a 17-7 head to head statistic in favor of Napoli (9 draws).
Atalanta will play away against Inter on the 21st of January with a 16-6 head to head statistic in favor of Inter (12 draws).
Genoa – Formation
Genoa started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Alberto Gilardino decided to play with the following team: Josep Martínez
, Alessandro Vogliacco , Mattia Bani , Johan Vásquez , Stefano Sabelli , Ruslan Malinovskyi , Milan Badelj , Kevin Strootman , Morten Frendrup , Mateo Retegui and Albert Guðmundsson .The home team had on the bench: Djed Spence, Morten Thorsby, Aarón Martín
, Emil Bohinen , Vitinha , Junior Messias , Nicola Leali, Caleb Ekuban , Giorgio Cittadini, David Akpan Ankeye and Daniele Sommariva.Substitutions
Genoa made 4 changes: Milan Badelj for Caleb Ekuban (63′), Kevin Strootman for Aarón Martín (63′), Stefano Sabelli for Junior Messias (83′) and Alessandro Vogliacco for Vitinha (90′).
Player of the match: Milan Badelj
The most impressive player for Genoa was Milan Badelj.
His rating is
with 45 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.Atalanta – Formation
Atalanta started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Gian Piero Gasperini played with: Marco Carnesecchi
, Giorgio Scalvini , Berat Djimsiti , Sead Kolasinac , Emil Holm , Marten de Roon , Mario Pasalic , Matteo Ruggeri , Teun Koopmeiners , Charles De Ketelaere and Gianluca Scamacca .They had on the bench: Aleksei Miranchuk
, Juan Musso, Rafael Tolói , El Bilal Touré , Mitchel Bakker, Michel Ndary Adopo, Francesco Rossi, Hans Hateboer , Giovanni Bonfanti, Leonardo Mendicino, Davide Zappacosta and Siren Balde.Atalanta could not rely on the presence of Rafael Tolói (injured).
Substitutions
Atalanta made 5 changes: Gianluca Scamacca for Aleksei Miranchuk (57′), Charles De Ketelaere for El Bilal Touré (57′), Emil Holm for Davide Zappacosta (57′), Giorgio Scalvini for Rafael Tolói (88′) and Matteo Ruggeri for Hans Hateboer (90′).
Player of the match: Marco Carnesecchi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Atalanta was the goalkeeper: Marco Carnesecchi. His rating is 8.16. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Monza – Hellas Verona – 0-0
- Milan – Napoli – 1-0
- Genoa – Atalanta – 1-4
- Fiorentina – Frosinone – 5-1
- Bologna – Lecce – 4-0