Atalanta vs Roma

18 December 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Massimiliano Irrati

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–2

  • Bryan Cristante 45+1’ (og)
  • Tammy Abraham 1’, 82’
  • Nicolo Zaniolo 27’
  • Chris Smalling 72’

Match summary

Roma won comfortably, 4-1 away at Atalanta. Roma led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Tammy Abraham put Roma ahead in the first minute, Nicolo Zaniolo made it 0-2 in the 27th minute, set up by Jordan Veretout, and Cristante's own goal pulled one back to make it 1-2 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Chris Smalling made it 1-3 in the 72nd minute, set up by Jordan Veretout and Abraham made it 1-4 in the 82nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Roma created 2.03 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Atalanta's 1.47 from 17.

Match stats

Atalanta Roma
17 Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 5
10 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.47 xG 2.00
1.47 Non-penalty xG 2.00
6 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Atalanta Roma
Kick-off
1’
Tammy Abraham0-1 (Roma)
27’
Nicolo Zaniolo
Assist: Jordan Veretout0-2 (Roma)
Bryan Cristante
Own goal1-2 (Atalanta)
45+1’
Half-time1-2
72’
Chris Smalling
Assist: Jordan Veretout1-3 (Roma)
82’
Tammy Abraham1-4 (Roma)
Full-time1-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Atalanta
  • Marten de Roon
Roma
  • Gianluca Mancini
  • Ibañez
  • Nicolo Zaniolo

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.47 2.03 1’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), 0-1 1’ 27’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), 0-2 27’ 45+1’ Bryan Cristante (Atalanta) own goal, 1-2 45+1’ 72’ Chris Smalling (Roma), 1-3 72’ 82’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), 1-4 82’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.47 2.03 1’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), 0-1 Abraham 1’ 27’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), 0-2 Zaniolo 27’ 45+1’ Bryan Cristante (Atalanta) own goal, 1-2 Cristante 45+1’ 72’ Chris Smalling (Roma), 1-3 Smalling 72’ 82’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), 1-4 Abraham 82’
Atalanta 1.47 xGRoma 2.03 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Roma attacking Atalanta attacking 
68’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.67 xG, off target 27’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 72’ Chris Smalling (Roma), set piece, 0.60 xG, goal 82’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 31’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 1’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 82’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 19’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 78’ Aleksey Miranchuk (Atalanta), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 89’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 38’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 9’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 23’ Mario Pasalic (Atalanta), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 29’ Rafael Toloi (Atalanta), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 22’ Rafael Toloi (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Berat Gjimshiti (Atalanta), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 50’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 71’ Aleksey Miranchuk (Atalanta), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 84’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 65’ Aleksey Miranchuk (Atalanta), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), own goal 68’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.67 xG, off target 27’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 72’ Chris Smalling (Roma), set piece, 0.60 xG, goal 82’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 31’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 1’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 82’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 19’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 78’ Aleksey Miranchuk (Atalanta), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 89’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 9’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 23’ Mario Pasalic (Atalanta), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 38’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 29’ Rafael Toloi (Atalanta), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 22’ Rafael Toloi (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 50’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 20’ Berat Gjimshiti (Atalanta), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 71’ Aleksey Miranchuk (Atalanta), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 84’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 65’ Aleksey Miranchuk (Atalanta), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Juan Musso GK900 0.000.000
José Luis Palomino DEF900 0.000.000
Rafael Toloi DEF902 0.100.000
Berat Gjimshiti DEF331 0.040.000
Hans Hateboer MID820 0.000.021
Giuseppe Pezzella MID810 0.000.141
Marten de Roon MID900 0.000.052
Remo Freuler MID900 0.000.000
Josip Ilicic FWD490 0.000.285
Duván Zapata FWD905 0.980.000
Mario Pasalic FWD671 0.070.000
Luis Muriel Sub571 0.030.052
Ruslan Malinovskiy Sub414 0.110.833
Aleksey Miranchuk Sub233 0.140.000
Joakim Maehle Sub90 0.000.000
Davide Zappacosta Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Atalanta win 55% Avg odds 1.74
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.05
Roma win 21% Avg odds 4.50

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.