Atalanta recovers a 0-1 deficit to conquer Olympiakos Piraeus 2-1 with B. Djimsiti scoring 2 goals
BERGAMO. Atalanta manages to find the solution against Olympiakos Piraeus to win 2-1. B. Djimsiti was the key to score 2 goals.
BERGAMO. Atalanta manages to find the solution against Olympiakos Piraeus to win 2-1. B. Djimsiti was the key to score 2 goals. It was Olympiakos Piraeus to strike first with a goal of T. Soares at the 16′. Then it was a goal in the 61′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, B. Djimsiti gave the win to Atalanta in the 64′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Atalanta was vastly superior ball possession (66%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Gewiss Stadium stadium in Bergamo on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Sandro Schärer who was helped by Stéphane De Almeida and Jonas Erni. The 4th official was Alessandro Dudic. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold around 6.4 degrees Celsius or 43.59 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 91%.
Match Statistics
Atalanta was in firm control of the ball 66% while Olympiakos Piraeus was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Atalanta was more aggressive with 75 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Atalanta won the contest.
Atalanta shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Olympiakos Piraeus shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Atalanta received 3 yellow cards (M. Pasalic, M. Demiral and G. Pezzella). On the other side, Olympiakos Piraeus received 1 yellow card (Sokratis).
After playing this encounter, Atalanta has points to occupy the 0th place in the table. while Olympiakos Piraeus stays with 9 points (2nd).
Match Events
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16'16'
T. Soares
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33'33'
M. Pasalic
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45'45'
M. Pessina (Goal Disallowed)
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46'46'
T. Koopmeiners
M. Pessina
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46'46'
J. Boga
L. Muriel
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53'53'
Sokratis
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61'61'
B. Djimsiti
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64'64'
B. Djimsiti
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66'66'
M. Camara
G. Masouras
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66'66'
V. Mihaila
R. Malinovsky
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72'72'
R. Freuler
M. De Roon
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72'72'
Y. El Arabi
T. Soares
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78'78'
M. Demiral
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85'85'
Rony Lopes
H. Onyekuru
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85'85'
A. Bouchalakis
Y. M\'Vila
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87'87'
H. Hateboer
J. Maehle
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90'90'
G. Pezzella
Next match
In the upcoming Europa League match, Atalanta will play away with Olympiakos Piraeus on the 24th of February with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Atalanta (0 draws).
Olympiakos Piraeus will host Atalanta on the 24th of February with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Atalanta (0 draws).
Atalanta and Olympiakos Piraeus will play the return match on the at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki
Atalanta: Formation and Lineups
Atalanta started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Gian Piero Gasperini chose to play with the following team: Juan Musso , Rafael Tolói , Merih Demiral , Berat Djimsiti , Joakim Mæhle , Marten de Roon , Matteo Pessina , Giuseppe Pezzella , Ruslan Malinovskyi , Mario Pašalić and Luis Muriel .
Substitutes
Atalanta made 5 changes: M. Pessina for T. Koopmeiners (46′), L. Muriel for J. Boga (46′), R. Malinovsky for V. Mihaila (66′), M. De Roon for R. Freuler (72′) and J. Maehle for H. Hateboer (87′).
Top player: Berat Djimsiti
The player who no doubt impressed Atalanta the most was Berat Djimsiti.
His rating is with 2 goals, 71 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.
Olympiakos Piraeus: Formation and Lineups
Olympiakos Piraeus started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the other side, Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins played with: Tomáš Vaclík , Sokratis , Konstantinos Manolas , Pape Abou Cissé , Kenny Lala , Yann M’Vila , Aguibou Camara , Oleg Reabciuk , Giorgos Masouras , Tiquinho Soares and Henry Onyekuru .
Substitutes
Olympiakos Piraeus made 4 changes: G. Masouras for M. Camara (66′), T. Soares for Y. El Arabi (72′), H. Onyekuru for Rony Lopes (85′) and Y. M’Vila for A. Bouchalakis (85′).
Top player: Tiquinho Soares
Probably the most impressive player in Olympiakos Piraeus was Tiquinho Soares.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (45% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 17.
Results of the day
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