Napoli 3-1 Atalanta: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 27 August 2017
Result
Napoli 3-1 Atalanta
Serie A · Sunday 27 August 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Napoli 3-1 Atalanta: match report
Napoli defeated Atalanta 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 27 August 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
Bryan Cristante opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Napoli's goals came from Piotr Zielinski (56'), Dries Mertens (61') and Marko Rog (87'). Atalanta scored through Bryan Cristante (15').
Discipline: Napoli received 1 yellow card; Atalanta received 2 yellow cards.
Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Atalanta 7th with 60.
Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Atalanta in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dries Mertens of Napoli (8.2), ahead of Faouzi Ghoulam (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 3 for Atalanta.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Bryan Cristante
- 54'Yellow card · Kalidou Koulibaly
- 56'Goal · Piotr Zielinski
- 61'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 77'Yellow card · Jasmin Kurtic
- 87'Goal · Marko Rog
- 90+1'Yellow card · Marten de Roon
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Christian Maggio, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Piotr Zielinski, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne
Atalanta line-up (3-4-3)
Etrit Berisha, Rafael Tolói, Andrea Masiello, José Luis Palomino, Bryan Cristante, Robin Gosens, Remo Freuler, Hans Hateboer, Papu Gómez, Andrea Petagna, Josip Ilicic