BERGAMO. Milan overcome Atalanta. Atalanta lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Gewiss Stadium stadium in Bergamo on Sunday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Marco Di Bello who was helped by Giovanni Baccini and Dario Cecconi. The 4th official was Daniele Doveri. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.1 degrees Celsius or 62.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.
Match Statistics
Atalanta was in firm control of the ball 56% while Milan was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Atalanta was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Milan found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Atalanta shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Milan shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Atalanta received 1 yellow card (M. De Roon). On the opposite side, Milan received 5 yellow cards (B. Diaz, F. Tomori, J. Messias, R. Leao and S. Pioli).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Atalanta will stay with 11 points like Bologna, Juventus and Lazio to move up in the 8th place. On the other side, Milan will have 19 points to stay in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Atalanta will play away against Empoli on the 17th of October with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Atalanta (5 draws).
Milan will host Hellas Verona on the 16th of October with a 6-3 head to head stats in favor of Milan (4 draws).
Atalanta – Formation
Atalanta
46'
40'
86'
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 , Berat Djimsiti , Merih Demiral , José Luis Palomino , Davide Zappacosta , Marten de Roon , Remo Freuler , Joakim Mæhle , Matteo Pessina , Ruslan Malinovskyi and Duván Zapata .
The home team had on the bench: Josip Iličić , Giorgio Scalvini, Francesco Rossi, Giuseppe Pezzella , Marco Sportiello, Aleksei Miranchuk, Matteo Lovato, Teun Koopmeiners , Luis Muriel , Roberto Piccoli and Mario Pašalić .
Atalanta could not rely on the presence of G. Pezzella (injured).
Substitutions
Atalanta made 5 changes: M. Pessina for G. Pezzella (24′), M. Demiral for T. Koopmeiners (46′), R. Malinovsky for J. Ilicic (56′), J. Maehle for L. Muriel (56′) and R. Freuler for M. Pasalic (87′).
Best player: Marten de Roon
The player that probably impressed the most for Atalanta was Marten de Roon.
His rating is with 40 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7.
Milan – Formation
Milan
Milan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Stefano Pioli played with: Mike Maignan , Davide Calabria , Fikayo Tomori , Simon Kjær , Theo Hernández , Sandro Tonali , Franck Kessié , Alexis Saelemaekers , Brahim Díaz , Rafael Leão and Ante Rebić .
They had on the bench: Daniel Maldini, Matteo Gabbia, Andreas Jungdal, Andrea Conti, Pietro Pellegri, Samu Castillejo, Alessio Romagnoli, Junior Messias , Pierre Kalulu, Fodé Ballo-Touré , Ismaël Bennacer and Ciprian Tătărușanu.
Substitutions
Milan made 4 changes: B. Diaz for J. Messias (74′), S. Tonali for I. Bennacer (80′), T. Hernandez for F. Ballo Toure (80′) and R. Leao for P. Pellegri (90′).
Best player: Sandro Tonali
The player that probably impressed the most for Milan was Sandro Tonali.
His rating is with 1 goal, 36 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Atalanta – Milan – 2-3
- Bologna – Lazio – 3-0
- Fiorentina – Napoli – 1-2
- Hellas Verona – Spezia – 4-0
- Roma – Empoli – 2-0
- Sampdoria – Udinese – 3-3
