Roma fights Atalanta in Serie A battle

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Thu 22.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Roma will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Atalanta.

Insights:
  • Roma have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Serie A
  • Atalanta have the most scored goals (72) in Serie A

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Roma form and stats

Roma, who have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Serie A, are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Stadio Olimpico. 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 16 games.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ajax that ended 1-1.

Roma's goalkeeper Antonio Mirante was extremely busy against Torino, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.

Roma are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Cagliari awaits in three days.

The Roma manager P. Rodrigues Fonseca has got the team scoring with 34 from 16 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Roma have conceded 17 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Atalanta form and stats

Atalanta's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Atalanta, who have the most scored goals (72) in Serie A, collect 31 points from their 15 away matches in the Serie A. 9 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Atalanta have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Atalanta are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Fiorentina with the score of 3-2.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager G. Gasperini when Ruslan Malinovskyi scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute.

After this away game Atalanta return home for a Serie A game against Bologna. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The Atalanta manager G. Gasperini has got the team scoring on the road, with 30 away goals in 15 league matches. As opposed to that, Atalanta have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Atalanta - Roma 4-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Roma, four draws and five wins for Atalanta. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

AtalantaL. Muriel Fruto
L. Muriel Fruto
18 goals
AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
13 goals
RomaJ. Veretout
J. Veretout
10 goals

Roma missing players

Atalanta missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Roma Atalanta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 16 4 Played P 4 15 31
16 11 0 Won W 2 9 19
6 3 2 Drew D 2 4 7
8 2 2 Lost L 0 2 5
55 34 5 Scored S 7 30 72
44 17 8 Conceded C 3 16 38
93% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 94%
80% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 84%
67% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 53% 65%
50% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 40% 52%
20% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 39%
53% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 65%
30% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 29%
23% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.8 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.2 15.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 18.8 16.5 16.6
5.4 6 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.8 6 6
34% 35% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 33% 39%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atalanta have the most scored goals (72) in Serie A
  • Roma have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Serie A

  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 31 23 6 2 70 28 15 13 1 1 39 15 16 10 5 1 31 13 42 75
2 Milan 31 20 6 5 59 36 16 7 5 4 28 22 15 13 1 1 31 14 23 66
3 Atalanta 31 19 7 5 72 38 16 10 3 3 42 22 15 9 4 2 30 16 34 64
4 Juventus 31 18 8 5 61 28 16 12 2 2 34 12 15 6 6 3 27 16 33 62
5 Napoli 31 19 3 9 66 35 15 10 2 3 38 15 16 9 1 6 28 20 31 60
6 Lazio 30 18 4 8 51 41 15 10 2 3 28 20 15 8 2 5 23 21 10 58
7 Roma 31 16 6 9 55 47 16 11 3 2 34 17 15 5 3 7 21 30 8 54
8 Sassuolo 31 12 10 9 52 49 15 5 7 3 26 23 16 7 3 6 26 26 3 46
9 Hellas Verona 31 11 8 12 39 38 15 6 3 6 18 17 16 5 5 6 21 21 1 41
10 Sampdoria 31 11 6 14 42 46 16 7 2 7 25 24 15 4 4 7 17 22 -4 39
11 Bologna 31 10 7 14 43 47 15 7 3 5 28 23 16 3 4 9 15 24 -4 37
12 Udinese 31 9 9 13 34 41 15 5 3 7 12 14 16 4 6 6 22 27 -7 36
13 Genoa 31 7 11 13 33 46 15 4 6 5 21 22 16 3 5 8 12 24 -13 32
14 Spezia 31 8 8 15 41 59 15 4 5 6 20 25 16 4 3 9 21 34 -18 32
15 Torino 30 6 12 12 45 53 15 2 8 5 23 26 15 4 4 7 22 27 -8 30
16 Fiorentina 31 7 9 15 39 52 16 5 5 6 22 22 15 2 4 9 17 30 -13 30
17 Benevento 31 7 9 15 33 60 16 2 6 8 15 31 15 5 3 7 18 29 -27 30
18 Cagliari 31 6 7 18 35 54 16 4 3 9 19 29 15 2 4 9 16 25 -19 25
19 Parma 31 3 11 17 32 63 16 2 5 9 10 27 15 1 6 8 22 36 -31 20
20 Crotone 31 4 3 24 38 79 15 4 1 10 21 31 16 0 2 14 17 48 -41 15

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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 31 23 6 2 70 28 15 13 1 1 39 15 16 10 5 1 31 13 42 75
2 Milan 31 20 6 5 59 36 16 7 5 4 28 22 15 13 1 1 31 14 23 66
3 Atalanta 31 19 7 5 72 38 16 10 3 3 42 22 15 9 4 2 30 16 34 64
4 Juventus 31 18 8 5 61 28 16 12 2 2 34 12 15 6 6 3 27 16 33 62
5 Napoli 31 19 3 9 66 35 15 10 2 3 38 15 16 9 1 6 28 20 31 60
6 Lazio 30 18 4 8 51 41 15 10 2 3 28 20 15 8 2 5 23 21 10 58
7 Roma 31 16 6 9 55 47 16 11 3 2 34 17 15 5 3 7 21 30 8 54
8 Sassuolo 31 12 10 9 52 49 15 5 7 3 26 23 16 7 3 6 26 26 3 46
9 Hellas Verona 31 11 8 12 39 38 15 6 3 6 18 17 16 5 5 6 21 21 1 41
10 Sampdoria 31 11 6 14 42 46 16 7 2 7 25 24 15 4 4 7 17 22 -4 39
11 Bologna 31 10 7 14 43 47 15 7 3 5 28 23 16 3 4 9 15 24 -4 37
12 Udinese 31 9 9 13 34 41 15 5 3 7 12 14 16 4 6 6 22 27 -7 36
13 Genoa 31 7 11 13 33 46 15 4 6 5 21 22 16 3 5 8 12 24 -13 32
14 Spezia 31 8 8 15 41 59 15 4 5 6 20 25 16 4 3 9 21 34 -18 32
15 Torino 30 6 12 12 45 53 15 2 8 5 23 26 15 4 4 7 22 27 -8 30
16 Fiorentina 31 7 9 15 39 52 16 5 5 6 22 22 15 2 4 9 17 30 -13 30
17 Benevento 31 7 9 15 33 60 16 2 6 8 15 31 15 5 3 7 18 29 -27 30
18 Cagliari 31 6 7 18 35 54 16 4 3 9 19 29 15 2 4 9 16 25 -19 25
19 Parma 31 3 11 17 32 63 16 2 5 9 10 27 15 1 6 8 22 36 -31 20
20 Crotone 31 4 3 24 38 79 15 4 1 10 21 31 16 0 2 14 17 48 -41 15

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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.