BERGAMO. Atalanta bested Torino 3-1 thanks to T. Koopmeiners who scored in the 45th, 47th and 84th minute. Atalanta got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from T. Koopmeiners (45′) and T. Koopmeiners (47′). Torino tried to recover with a goal from N. Vlasic (77′). Nonetheless, the match was closed by a penalty (84′ + 0′) scored by T. Koopmeiners for Atalanta. Torino lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Gewiss Stadium stadium in Bergamo on Thursday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Marco Di Bello with the collaboration of Giuseppe Perrotti and Damiano Di Iorio. The 4th official was Juan Luca Sacchi. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.8 degrees Celsius or 69.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Torino was in firm control of the ball 59% while Atalanta was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Torino had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Atalanta was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Atalanta shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Torino shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Atalanta received 1 yellow card (D. Zappacosta). On the opposite side, Torino received 3 yellow cards (O. Aina, A. Buongiorno and N. Vlasic).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Atalanta will have 10 points like Roma to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Torino will stay with 7 points like Udinese to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Atalanta will play away with Monza on the 5th of September with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
Torino will host Lecce on the 5th of September with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Lecce (3 draws).
Atalanta – Formation
Atalanta
80'
41'
45', 47', 84'
Atalanta adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Gian Piero Gasperini decided to play with the following team: Juan Musso , Rafael Tolói , Merih Demiral , Caleb Okoli , Brandon Soppy , Teun Koopmeiners , Marten de Roon , Davide Zappacosta , Mario Pašalić , Éderson and Duván Zapata .
The home team had on the bench: Nadir Zortea , Joakim Mæhle, Rasmus Winther Højlund , Matteo Ruggeri , Marco Sportiello, Ademola Lookman , Hans Hateboer, Giorgio Scalvini, Francesco Rossi, Luis Muriel and Ruslan Malinovskyi .
Atalanta could not rely on the presence of R. Hojlund (injured).
Substitutions
Atalanta made 5 changes: D. Zapata for R. Hojlund (37′), D. Zappacosta for N. Zortea (46′), Ederson for A. Lookman (58′), R. Toloi for M. Ruggeri (80′) and M. Pasalic for R. Malinovsky (80′).
Best player: Merih Demiral
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Atalanta was Merih Demiral even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 33 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 14. He hit the woodwork once times.
Torino – Formation
Torino
Also Torino adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Ivan Juric played with: Vanja Milinković-Savić , Koffi Djidji , Alessandro Buongiorno , Ricardo Rodríguez , Valentino Lazaro , Saša Lukić , Samuele Ricci, Karol Linetty , Ola Aina , Demba Seck and Nikola Vlašić , Antonio Sanabria .
These were the players on the bench: Brian Bayeye, Mergim Vojvoda , Nemanja Radonjić , Pietro Pellegri , Luca Gemello, Perr Schuurs, Emirhan İlkhan, Michel Ndary Adopo, David Zima, Matthew Garbett and Matteo Fiorenza.
Substitutions
Torino made 3 changes: O. Aina for M. Vojvoda (46′), A. Sanabria for P. Pellegri (67′) and D. Seck for N. Radonjic (76′).
Best player: Nikola Vlašić
The player that probably impressed the most for Torino was Nikola Vlašić.
His rating is with 1 goal, 34 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
