VENEZIA. Atalanta tops Venezia 3-1. Atalanta was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with M. Pasalic (44′), D. Zapata (47′) and L. Muriel (63′). Venezia reduced the distance with a goal (80′) by D. Crnigoj, but there was not much to do for them. Atalanta capitalized on its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo stadium in Venezia on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Fourneau with the assistance of Salvatore Longo and Filippo Bercigli. The 4th official was Matteo Marchetti. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.6 degrees Celsius or 61.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Venezia

1 - 3

Atalanta

  • 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
  • 9 Total 19
  • 3 On Target 4
  • 6 Off Target 15
  • 0 Shots blocked 3
  • 112 Attack 121
  • 43 Dangerous attack 59
  • 86 Ball safe 95
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 0 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 12 Total 13
  • 0 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Atalanta was in firm control of the ball 60% while Venezia was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Atalanta was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Atalanta won the encounter.​

Venezia shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Atalanta shot 19 times, 4 on target, 15 off target.

Cards

Venezia didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Atalanta received 4 yellow cards (G. Scalvini, D. Zapata, B. Djimsiti and G. Gasperini).

Match Timeline

5'
44'
Mario Pasalic(goal)
47'
49'
Giorgio Scalvini- Yellow
57'
62'
62'
63'
64'
Teun Koopmeiners- sub ->R. Freuler
64'
71'
Berat Djimsiti - Yellow
75'
75'
76'
77'
80'
Issa Bah- sub ->M. Aramu
81'
88'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Milan
86
38
Inter
84
38
Napoli
79
38
Juventus
70
38
Lazio
64
38
Roma
63
38
Fiorentina
62
38
Atalanta
59
38
Hellas Verona
53
38
Torino
50
38
Sassuolo
50
38
Udinese
47
38
Bologna
46
38
Empoli
41
38
Sampdoria
36
38
Spezia
36
38
Salernitana
31
38
Cagliari
30
38
Genoa
28
38
Venezia
27
38

After this match, Venezia will stay with 22 points to remain in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Atalanta will have 54 points to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Venezia will play away against Juventus on the 1st of May with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Atalanta will host Salernitana on the 2nd of May with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Atalanta (0 draws).

Venezia – Formation

Venezia
G
Niki Mäenpää 1.Finland
6.0
D
Ales Mateju 37.Czech Republic
6.8
D
Pietro Ceccaroni 32.Italy
7.4
D
Maximilian Ullmann 19.Austria
6.0
D
Michael Svoboda 30.Austria
6.2
M
Michaël Cuisance 21.France
6.4
75'
M
Ethan Ampadu 44.Wales
8.1
M
G. Busio 27.United States
6.8
62'
F
David Okereke 77.Nigeria
6.6
62'
F
M. Aramu 10.Italy
7.1
81'
F
Thomas Henry 14.France
7.0
75'
Substitutes
G
Bruno Bertinato 34.Brazil
G
R. Lazar 41.Moldova
D
Mattia Caldara 31.Italy
M
A. Sigurðsson 11.Iceland
M
Dor Peretz 42.Israel
7.0
75'
M
L. Fiordilino 16.Italy
M
Domen Crnigoj 33.Slovenia
7.4
62' 80'
M
T. Tessmann 8.United States
F
Issa Bah 57.Luxembourg
6.2
81'
F
Dennis Johnsen 17.Norway
6.2
62'
F
Jean-Pierre Nsame 9.Cameroon
7.4
75'

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

The manager Paolo Zanetti decided to play with the following team: .

Venezia could not rely on the presence of D. Peretz (injured).

Substitutions

Venezia made 5 changes: D. Okereke for D. Johnsen (62′), G. Busio for D. Crnigoj (62′), M. Cuisance for D. Peretz (75′), T. Henry for J. Nsame (75′) and M. Aramu for I. Bah (81′).

Atalanta – Formation

Atalanta
G
Juan Musso 1.Argentina
6.7
D
José Luis Palomino 6.Argentina
6.8
D
Berat Djimsiti 19.Albania
6.9
71'
D
Giorgio Scalvini 42.Italy
7.5
64' 49'
M
Davide Zappacosta 77.Italy
7.4
M
Hans Hateboer 33.Netherlands
6.9
M
Marten de Roon 15.Netherlands
7.1
M
Remo Freuler 11.Switzerland
7.6
64'
F
Mario Pasalic 88.Croatia
7.1
76' 44'
F
Duván Zapata 91.Colombia
7.7
77' 57' 47'
F
Luis Muriel 9.Colombia
9.2
88' 63'
Substitutes
G
Marco Sportiello 57.Italy
G
J. Sassi 53.Italy
D
Merih Demiral 28.Turkey
6.2
64'
D
Giorgio Cittadini 46.Italy
M
Matteo Pessina 32.Italy
6.5
77'
M
A. Oliveri 44.Italy
M
Aleksey Miranchuk 59.Russia
M
Teun Koopmeiners 7.Netherlands
6.5
64'
F
Jérémie Boga 10.Ivory Coast
5.0
76'
F
V. Mihăilă 20.Romania
F
M. Cissé 99.Guinea
88'

Atalanta started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Gian Piero Gasperini played with: .

Substitutions

Atalanta made 5 changes: R. Freuler for T. Koopmeiners (64′), G. Scalvini for M. Demiral (64′), M. Pasalic for J. Boga (76′), D. Zapata for M. Pessina (77′) and L. Muriel for M. Cisse (88′).

Results of the day

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