Atalanta vs Spezia

20 November 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Rosario Abisso

Full time 5 – 2

Half-time: 3–1

Mario Pasalic 18’, 41’
Duván Zapata 38’ (pen)
Luis Muriel 83’
Ruslan Malinovskiy 89’

M'Bala Nzola 11’, 90+1’

Match summary

Atalanta came from behind to win 5-2 at home to Spezia. Atalanta led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, M'Bala Nzola put Spezia ahead in the 11th minute, Mario Pasalic equalised in the 18th minute, set up by Davide Zappacosta, Duván Zapata put Atalanta in front from the penalty spot in the 38th minute, and Pasalic made it 3-1 in the 41st minute, set up by Duván Zapata. In the second half, Luis Muriel made it 4-1 in the 83rd minute, set up by Mario Pasalic, Ruslan Malinovskiy made it 5-1 in the 89th minute, set up by Luis Muriel, and Nzola pulled one back to make it 5-2 from a corner in stoppage time, set up by Simone Bastoni.

The chances backed that up: Atalanta created 2.58 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Spezia's 0.94 from 10.

Match stats

18 Shots 10

9 Shots on Target 5

0 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.58 xG 0.93

1.81 Non-penalty xG 0.93

12 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Atalanta Spezia

Kick-off

11’

M'Bala Nzola0-1

Mario Pasalic
Assist: Davide Zappacosta

1-1

18’

Duván Zapata
Penalty

2-1

38’

Mario Pasalic
Assist: Duván Zapata

3-1

41’

Half-time3-1

Luis Muriel
Assist: Mario Pasalic

4-1

83’

Ruslan Malinovskiy
Assist: Luis Muriel

5-1

89’

90+1’

M'Bala Nzola
Assist: Simone Bastoni5-2

Full-time5-2

Bookings

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

Atalanta

Teun Koopmeiners
Mario Pasalic

Spezia

Petko Hristov
Jacopo Sala
Emmanuel Gyasi

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.

Atalanta 2.58 xGSpezia 0.94 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Spezia attacking Atalanta attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Juan Musso	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Berat Gjimshiti	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
José Luis Palomino	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rafael Toloi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Davide Zappacosta	MID	89		1	2	0.15	0.48	2
Joakim Maehle	MID	90			3	0.26	0.00	0
Marten de Roon	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Teun Koopmeiners	MID	63			1	0.02	0.06	1
Josip Ilicic	FWD	62			1	0.05	0.02	1
Duván Zapata	FWD	81	1	1	5	1.05	0.61	4
Mario Pasalic	FWD	89	2	1	2	0.78	0.45	5
Ruslan Malinovskiy	Sub	28	1		1	0.05	0.00	0
Matteo Pessina	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.03	1
Luis Muriel	Sub	9	1	1	2	0.19	0.05	1
Roberto Piccoli	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giorgio Scalvini	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ivan Provedel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kelvin Adou	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Petko Hristov	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Martin Erlic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Simone Bastoni	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.04	1
Giulio Maggiore	MID	90			3	0.10	0.27	1
Jacopo Sala	MID	66			0	0.00	0.00	0
Viktor Kovalenko	MID	66			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniele Verde	FWD	54			1	0.02	0.00	0
M'Bala Nzola	FWD	90	2		3	0.68	0.10	2
Emmanuel Gyasi	FWD	83			0	0.00	0.02	1
Rey Manaj	Sub	36			2	0.10	0.03	1
Ebrima Colley	Sub	24			1	0.03	0.00	0
Arkadiusz Reca	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Suf Podgoreanu	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Atalanta win 76% Avg odds 1.26

Draw 15% Avg odds 6.33

Spezia win 9% Avg odds 10.70

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

Form going into the game

Atalanta W D W D W

Spezia W L D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Atalanta 3-1 Spezia, 12 Mar 21 Next meeting: Spezia 1-3 Atalanta, 08 May 22 All Atalanta vs Spezia 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.

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