Atalanta 0-1 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 21 January 2018
Result
Atalanta 0-1 Napoli
Serie A · Sunday 21 January 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Atalanta 0-1 Napoli: match report
Atalanta lost to Napoli 0-1 in Serie A on Sunday 21 January 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Dries Mertens of Napoli in the 65th minute.
Discipline: Atalanta received no yellow cards; Napoli received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atalanta were 7th on 30 points from 20 and Napoli 1st on 51 points from 20. Atalanta went on to finish that season 7th with 60 points, and Napoli 2nd with 91.
Atalanta lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Pepe Reina of Napoli (7.8), ahead of Raúl Albiol (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Atalanta wins, 2 draws and 4 for Napoli.
Going into the match Atalanta's last five read W-L-W-D-W and Napoli's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Mário Rui
- 65'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 88'Yellow card · José Callejón
Head-to-head
Team news
Atalanta line-up (3-4-1-2)
Etrit Berisha, Rafael Tolói, Andrea Masiello, Mattia Caldara, Bryan Cristante, Remo Freuler, Hans Hateboer, Leonardo Spinazzola, Andreas Cornelius, Papu Gómez, Josip Ilicic
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Mário Rui, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Piotr Zielinski, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne