Atalanta
Bologna
Match summary
Atalanta beat Bologna 1-0, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was goalless at half-time.
Lazar Samardzic put Atalanta ahead in stoppage time, set up by Nicola Zalewski.
Bologna can feel hard done by, creating 1.24 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Atalanta's 0.18 from 6.
Atalanta secured a narrow 1-0 home victory against Bologna in Serie A despite trailing significantly in overall match statistics and expected goals. Bologna dominated possession with fifty-eight percent and registered sixteen shots compared to Atalanta's six, while also leading in corners, passes, and dangerous attacks. The visitors generated an expected goals total of 1.24 against Atalanta's 0.18, creating several notable scoring opportunities throughout the fixture. Discipline was fairly even, with Atalanta committing ten fouls and receiving one yellow card, while Bologna committed thirteen fouls and incurred one caution.
A scoreless first half preceded a flurry of tactical substitutions from both managers after the interval, alongside yellow cards shown for argument to Domenico Tedesco in the fifty-eighth minute and Nikola Krstović in the seventy-third minute. Bologna made a change due to injury in the eightieth minute, bringing on Riccardo Orsolini for Nikola Moro. The decisive moment of the match arrived deep into stoppage time when Lazar Samardžić scored with a left-footed shot in the ninety-sixth minute to seal the 1-0 win for Atalanta.
