Spezia vs Atalanta

8 May 2022 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Fabio Maresca

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Daniele Verde 30’

Luis Muriel 16’
Berat Gjimshiti 73’
Mario Pasalic 87’

Match summary

Atalanta won 3-1 away at Spezia. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Luis Muriel put Atalanta ahead in the 16th minute, set up by Ruslan Malinovskiy and Daniele Verde equalised in the 30th minute, set up by Giulio Maggiore. In the second half, Berat Gjimshiti put Atalanta back in front with a header in the 73rd minute, set up by Merih Demiral and Mario Pasalic made it 1-3 in the 87th minute, set up by Luis Muriel.

The chances backed that up: Atalanta created 2.43 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Spezia's 1.10 from 5.

Match stats

5 Shots 17

1 Shots on Target 6

0 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.10 xG 2.42

1.10 Non-penalty xG 2.42

3 Deep Completions 17

Key events

Spezia Atalanta

Kick-off

16’

Luis Muriel
Assist: Ruslan Malinovskiy

0-1

Daniele Verde
Assist: Giulio Maggiore1-1

30’

Half-time1-1

73’

Berat Gjimshiti
Assist: Merih Demiral

1-2

87’

Mario Pasalic
Assist: Luis Muriel

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Spezia

Giulio Maggiore
Simone Bastoni

Atalanta

Remo Freuler
Ruslan Malinovskiy
Luis Muriel

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.

Spezia 1.10 xGAtalanta 2.43 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Atalanta attacking Spezia 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
Ivan Provedel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kelvin Adou	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Martin Erlic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Petko Hristov	DEF	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dimitris Nikolaou	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jakub Kiwior	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giulio Maggiore	MID	81		1	0	0.00	0.55	3
Simone Bastoni	MID	59			1	0.06	0.00	0
Daniele Verde	FWD	90	1		2	0.43	0.00	0
Emmanuel Gyasi	FWD	90			1	0.51	0.00	0
Kevin Agudelo	FWD	71			1	0.09	0.00	0
Arkadiusz Reca	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rey Manaj	Sub	31			0	0.00	0.00	0
Viktor Kovalenko	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Janis Antiste	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Juan Musso	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Berat Gjimshiti	DEF	90	1		1	0.53	0.00	0
Marten de Roon	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
José Luis Palomino	DEF	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Davide Zappacosta	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Joakim Maehle	MID	90			2	0.04	0.05	1
Teun Koopmeiners	MID	90			2	0.07	1.07	5
Remo Freuler	MID	62			1	0.56	0.00	0
Mario Pasalic	MID	90	1		1	0.11	0.05	1
Ruslan Malinovskiy	MID	62		1	2	0.05	0.42	1
Luis Muriel	FWD	90	1	1	5	0.70	0.20	2
Merih Demiral	Sub	41		1	1	0.03	0.53	1
Hans Hateboer	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeremie Boga	Sub	28			2	0.35	0.03	1
Matteo Pessina	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mihai Valentin Mihaila	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 14% Avg odds 6.69

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.92

Atalanta win 66% Avg odds 1.45

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

Form going into the game

Spezia W D L L L

Atalanta L L W D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Atalanta 5-2 Spezia, 20 Nov 21 Next meeting: Spezia 2-2 Atalanta, 04 Jan 23 All Spezia 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.

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