BERGAMO. Napoli managed to reverse the score against Atalanta to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Atalanta to strike first with a penalty of A. Lookman at the 19′. Then it was a goal in the 23′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, E. Elmas gave the win to Napoli in the 35′ minute.
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 Maurizio Mariani with the assistance of Dario Cecconi and Filippo Bercigli. The 4th official was Simone Sozza. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 9.8 degrees Celsius or 49.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Atalanta was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Napoli that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Atalanta was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Napoli was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Atalanta shot 20 times, 4 on target, 16 off target. Talking about the opposition, Napoli shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Atalanta received 5 yellow cards (M. Demiral, R. Hojlund, J. Maehle, R. Toloi and D. Zapata). On the other side, Napoli received 1 yellow card (Kim Min-Jae).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Atalanta will stay with 27 points to remain in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Napoli will have 35 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Atalanta will host Inter on the 13th of November with a 12-6 head to head statistic in favor of Inter (12 draws).
Napoli will host Udinese on the 12th of November with a 18-5 head to head in favor of Napoli (9 draws).
Atalanta – Formation
Atalanta
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86'
19'
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 , Rafael Tolói , Merih Demiral , Giorgio Scalvini , Hans Hateboer , Teun Koopmeiners , Éderson , Joakim Mæhle , Mario Pašalić , Ademola Lookman and Rasmus Winther Højlund .
The home team had on the bench: Berat Djimsiti, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Nadir Zortea, Marco Sportiello, Brandon Soppy, Matteo Ruggeri, Ruslan Malinovskyi , Duván Zapata , Francesco Rossi, Jérémie Boga and Marten de Roon .
Substitutions
Atalanta made 5 changes: M. Pasalic for R. Malinovsky (71′), R. Hojlund for D. Zapata (71′), T. Koopmeiners for M. De Roon (81′), A. Lookman for J. Boga (81′) and H. Hateboer for B. Soppy (86′).
Best player: Ademola Lookman
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Atalanta was Ademola Lookman.
His rating is with 1 goal, 29 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
Napoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Luciano Spalletti played with: Alex Meret , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Min-jae Kim , Juan Jesus , Mathías Olivera , Frank Anguissa , Stanislav Lobotka , Piotr Zieliński , Hirving Lozano , Victor Osimhen and Eljif Elmas .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Alessio Zerbin, Leo Skiri Oestigaard, Alessandro Zanoli, Diego Demme, Giovanni Simeone , Giacomo Raspadori, Gianluca Gaetano, Davide Marfella, Salvatore Sirigu, Karim Zedadka, Matteo Politano , Tanguy Ndombélé and Mário Rui.
Substitutions
Napoli made 5 changes: P. Zielinski for M. Politano (64′), H. Lozano for T. Ndombele (64′), V. Osimhen for G. Simeone (75′), A. Z. Anguissa for G. Gaetano (90′) and E. Elmas for A. Zerbin (90′).
Best player: Victor Osimhen
The most impressive player for Napoli was Victor Osimhen.
His rating is with 1 goal, 18 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 12.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
