Atalanta vs Roma

20 December 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Marco Di Bello

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Duván Zapata 59’
  • Robin Gosens 70’
  • Luis Muriel 72’
  • Josip Ilicic 85’
  • Edin Dzeko 3’

Match summary

Atalanta came from behind to win 4-1 at home to Roma. Roma led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Edin Dzeko put Roma ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Henrikh Mkhitaryan. In the second half, Duván Zapata equalised in the 59th minute, set up by Josip Ilicic, Robin Gosens put Atalanta in front with a header in the 70th minute, set up by Josip Ilicic, Luis Muriel made it 3-1 in the 72nd minute, and Josip Ilicic made it 4-1 in the 85th minute.

The chances backed that up: Atalanta created 1.91 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Roma's 0.71 from 5.

Match stats

Atalanta Roma
9 Shots 5
8 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.91 xG 0.71
1.91 Non-penalty xG 0.71
8 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Atalanta Roma
Kick-off
3’
Edin Dzeko
Assist: Henrikh Mkhitaryan0-1 (Roma)
Half-time0-1
Duván Zapata
Assist: Josip Ilicic1-1 (Atalanta)
59’
Robin Gosens
Assist: Josip Ilicic2-1 (Atalanta)
70’
Luis Muriel3-1 (Atalanta)
72’
Josip Ilicic4-1 (Atalanta)
85’
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Atalanta
  • Cristian Romero
  • Ruslan Malinovskiy
Roma
  • Antonio Mirante
  • Gianluca Mancini
  • Lorenzo Pellegrini

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 1.91 0.71 3’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), 0-1 3’ 59’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), 1-1 59’ 70’ Robin Gosens (Atalanta), 2-1 70’ 72’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), 3-1 72’ 85’ Josip Ilicic (Atalanta), 4-1 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.91 0.71 3’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), 0-1 Dzeko 3’ 59’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), 1-1 Zapata 59’ 70’ Robin Gosens (Atalanta), 2-1 Gosens 70’ 72’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), 3-1 Muriel 72’ 85’ Josip Ilicic (Atalanta), 4-1 Ilicic 85’
Atalanta 1.91 xGRoma 0.71 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Roma attacking Atalanta attacking 
70’ Robin Gosens (Atalanta), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 72’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 77’ Remo Freuler (Atalanta), open play, 0.44 xG, blocked 3’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 9’ Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), open play, 0.18 xG, hit the woodwork 85’ Josip Ilicic (Atalanta), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 47’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), direct free kick, 0.12 xG, saved 59’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 42’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 48’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 34’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 77’ Robin Gosens (Atalanta), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 37’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 70’ Josip Ilicic (Atalanta), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Pedro (Roma), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 41’ Robin Gosens (Atalanta), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Marten de Roon (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 70’ Robin Gosens (Atalanta), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 72’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 77’ Remo Freuler (Atalanta), open play, 0.44 xG, blocked 3’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 9’ Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), open play, 0.18 xG, hit the woodwork 85’ Josip Ilicic (Atalanta), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 47’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), direct free kick, 0.12 xG, saved 59’ Duván Zapata (Atalanta), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 42’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 48’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 34’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 77’ Robin Gosens (Atalanta), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 37’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 47’ Pedro (Roma), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Josip Ilicic (Atalanta), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 55’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 41’ Robin Gosens (Atalanta), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Luis Muriel (Atalanta), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Marten de Roon (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Pierluigi Gollini GK900 0.000.000
Berat Gjimshiti DEF900 0.000.000
Rafael Toloi DEF900 0.000.000
Cristian Romero DEF490 0.000.000
Hans Hateboer MID900 0.000.071
Robin Gosens MID9013 0.550.000
Marten de Roon MID901 0.010.000
Remo Freuler MID901 0.440.061
Ruslan Malinovskiy MID854 0.220.021
Matteo Pessina MID490 0.000.000
Duván Zapata FWD7511 0.080.082
José Luis Palomino Sub410 0.000.000
Josip Ilicic Sub41122 0.150.572
Luis Muriel Sub1512 0.460.482
Aleksey Miranchuk Sub50 0.000.000
Johan Mojica Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Atalanta win 41% Avg odds 2.34
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.51
Roma win 32% Avg odds 2.97

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

Form going into the game

Atalanta DDLWD
Roma WLDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Atalanta 2-1 Roma, 15 Feb 20 Next meeting: Roma 1-1 Atalanta, 22 Apr 21  All Atalanta vs Roma meetings

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.