Napoli vs Atalanta

4 December 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Maurizio Mariani

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Piotr Zielinski 40’
Dries Mertens 47’

Ruslan Malinovskiy 7’
Merih Demiral 66’
Remo Freuler 71’

Match summary

Atalanta came from behind to win 3-2 away at Napoli. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ruslan Malinovskiy put Atalanta ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Duván Zapata and Piotr Zielinski equalised in the 40th minute. In the second half, Dries Mertens put Napoli in front in the 47th minute, set up by Kevin Malcuit, Merih Demiral equalised in the 66th minute, set up by Rafael Toloi, and Remo Freuler won it in the 71st minute, set up by Josip Ilicic.

The chances backed that up: Atalanta created 1.53 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Napoli's 1.14 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 21

4 Shots on Target 7

6 Corners 7

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.12 xG 1.53

1.12 Non-penalty xG 1.53

7 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Napoli Atalanta

Kick-off

7’

Ruslan Malinovskiy
Assist: Duván Zapata

0-1

Piotr Zielinski

1-1

40’

Half-time1-1

Dries Mertens
Assist: Kevin Malcuit

2-1

47’

66’

Merih Demiral
Assist: Rafael Toloi

2-2

71’

Remo Freuler
Assist: Josip Ilicic

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Napoli

Amir Rrahmani
Kevin Malcuit

Atalanta

Ruslan Malinovskiy
Berat Gjimshiti
Mario Pasalic

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.

Napoli 1.14 xGAtalanta 1.53 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Atalanta attacking Napoli 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
David Ospina	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Jesus	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	2
Amir Rrahmani	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Malcuit	MID	85		1	1	0.04	0.32	1
Mário Rui	MID	90			4	0.24	0.01	1
Piotr Zielinski	MID	90	1		2	0.17	0.05	2
Stanislav Lobotka	MID	56			0	0.00	0.06	1
Hirving Lozano	FWD	67			2	0.07	0.11	1
Dries Mertens	FWD	67	1		3	0.44	0.16	2
Eljif Elmas	FWD	90			1	0.02	0.02	1
Diego Demme	Sub	34			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Ounas	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrea Petagna	Sub	23			1	0.12	0.00	0
Matteo Politano	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.09	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Juan Musso	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
José Luis Palomino	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.00	0
Rafael Toloi	DEF	90		1	1	0.04	0.40	3
Merih Demiral	DEF	90	1		3	0.37	0.00	0
Davide Zappacosta	MID	46			2	0.13	0.00	0
Joakim Maehle	MID	83			1	0.04	0.09	2
Marten de Roon	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Remo Freuler	MID	90	1		2	0.10	0.00	0
Ruslan Malinovskiy	FWD	73	1		2	0.18	0.16	3
Duván Zapata	FWD	82		1	3	0.24	0.30	4
Matteo Pessina	FWD	56			2	0.15	0.18	3
Hans Hateboer	Sub	44			1	0.03	0.00	0
Josip Ilicic	Sub	34		1	1	0.03	0.18	3
Mario Pasalic	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.09	1
Luis Muriel	Sub	8			2	0.12	0.00	0
Berat Gjimshiti	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 35% Avg odds 2.69

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.45

Atalanta win 37% Avg odds 2.61

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

Form going into the game

Napoli W D L W D

Atalanta D W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Atalanta 4-2 Napoli, 21 Feb 21 Next meeting: Atalanta 1-3 Napoli, 03 Apr 22 All Napoli vs Atalanta 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.