Serie A preview and news: Atalanta - Bologna at Gewiss Stadium

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gewiss Stadium

With the tense opening game finished it’s time for the second Serie A duel of the season. Atalanta eagerly anticipate Bologna in front of their home following.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Atalanta form and stats

In the previous season, Atalanta's league statistics were 23 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses, producing 3rd spot in the Serie A. From these 38 matches they scored 90 goals and let in 47. Appearing as the home team in the former season Atalanta produced 12-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 49 goals and 24 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for Atalanta, who won 2-1 against Torino (placed 16th). Midfield player Mario Pašalić got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, the max score being 10. Pašalić served one assist and hit one key pass. Juan Musso loved the game against Torino. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of G. Gasperini when Roberto Piccoli scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Roberto Piccoli scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time.

Ahead of that match, Atalanta lost 0-2 at home to Milan.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Atalanta home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, zero draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.

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Bologna form and stats

Let's have a look at how Bologna performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 11 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded 65 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 6 and lost 10 with 18/32 goals scored/conceded.

The supporters enjoyed Bologna's previous game versus Salernitana (placed 15th), a Serie A 3-2 win played at home. Lorenzo De Silvestri was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.15. The defender Silvestri scored two goals, hit one key pass and won 2 of 5 duels.

The game before that, in the Coppa Italia, was lost at home, a 4-5 defeat against Ternana.

You'll want to know how Bologna managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in one away win, zero draws and three home wins.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these sides: Atalanta won eight, Bologna were winners in one and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BolognaL. De Silvestri
L. De Silvestri
2 goals
AtalantaL. Muriel Fruto
L. Muriel Fruto
1 goals
AtalantaR. Piccoli
R. Piccoli
1 goals

Atalanta missing players

Bologna missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atalanta Bologna
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 9
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 19
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 43%
Atalanta Last season Bologna
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
23 12   Won W   3 10
9 3   Drew D   6 11
6 4   Lost L   10 17
90 49   Scored S   18 51
47 24   Conceded C   32 65
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
87% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 79%
61% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 53%
50% 58%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 42%
39% 42%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 24%
63% 58%   BTTS BTTS   53% 61%
29% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 13%
13% 16%   Failed to Score F T   42% 29%
 
5.3 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.3
3.2 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.8
1.8 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.2
3 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
16.5 16.8   Shots (avg) S (   13.5 13.1
6 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.7
39% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Lazio 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Roma 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Napoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Bologna 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sassuolo 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
7 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Juventus 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Udinese 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sampdoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hellas Verona 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Salernitana 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
16 Torino 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Empoli 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Fiorentina 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Venezia 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Genoa 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 38 28 7 3 89 35 19 17 1 1 53 18 19 11 6 2 36 17 54 91
2 Milan 38 24 7 7 74 41 19 8 6 5 31 24 19 16 1 2 43 17 33 79
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 90 47 19 12 3 4 49 24 19 11 6 2 41 23 43 78
4 Juventus 38 23 9 6 77 38 19 14 2 3 40 18 19 9 7 3 37 20 39 78
5 Napoli 38 24 5 9 86 41 19 12 4 3 50 20 19 12 1 6 36 21 45 77
6 Lazio 38 21 5 12 61 55 19 13 3 3 36 23 19 8 2 9 25 32 6 68
7 Roma 38 18 8 12 68 58 19 13 4 2 42 18 19 5 4 10 26 40 10 62
8 Sassuolo 38 17 11 10 64 56 19 7 8 4 31 27 19 10 3 6 33 29 8 62
9 Sampdoria 38 15 7 16 52 54 19 9 3 7 32 26 19 6 4 9 20 28 -2 52
10 Hellas Verona 38 11 12 15 46 48 19 6 6 7 23 23 19 5 6 8 23 25 -2 45
11 Genoa 38 10 12 16 47 58 19 5 7 7 29 30 19 5 5 9 18 28 -11 42
12 Bologna 38 10 11 17 51 65 19 7 5 7 33 33 19 3 6 10 18 32 -14 41
13 Fiorentina 38 9 13 16 47 59 19 6 6 7 25 25 19 3 7 9 22 34 -12 40
14 Udinese 38 10 10 18 42 58 19 5 4 10 14 19 19 5 6 8 28 39 -16 40
15 Spezia 38 9 12 17 52 72 19 5 7 7 28 33 19 4 5 10 24 39 -20 39
16 Cagliari 38 9 10 19 43 59 19 5 4 10 22 32 19 4 6 9 21 27 -16 37
17 Torino 38 7 16 15 50 69 19 3 9 7 25 36 19 4 7 8 25 33 -19 37
18 Benevento 38 7 12 19 40 75 19 2 7 10 19 39 19 5 5 9 21 36 -35 33
19 Crotone 38 6 5 27 45 92 19 5 2 12 23 35 19 1 3 15 22 57 -47 23
20 Parma 38 3 11 24 39 83 19 2 5 12 16 39 19 1 6 12 23 44 -44 20

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Lazio 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Roma 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Napoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Bologna 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sassuolo 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
7 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Juventus 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Udinese 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sampdoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hellas Verona 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Salernitana 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
16 Torino 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Empoli 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Fiorentina 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Venezia 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Genoa 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.