Napoli 2-3 Atalanta: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 4 December 2021

Result

Napoli 2-3 Atalanta

Serie A · Saturday 4 December 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Napoli 2-3 Atalanta: match report

Napoli were beaten by Atalanta 2-3 in Serie A on Saturday 4 December 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ruslan Malinovskyi opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Napoli's goals came from Piotr Zielinski (40') and Dries Mertens (47'). Atalanta scored through Ruslan Malinovskyi (7'), M. Demiral (66') and Remo Freuler (71').

Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Atalanta received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Napoli were 3rd on 36 points from 15 and Atalanta 4th on 31 points from 15. Napoli went on to finish that season 3rd with 79 points, and Atalanta 8th with 59.

Napoli lined up in a 3-4-3 and Atalanta in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ruslan Malinovskyi of Atalanta (8.0), ahead of Merih Demiral (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 5 for Atalanta.

Going into the match Napoli's last five read D-W-L-D-W and Atalanta's W-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

7'Goal · Ruslan MalinovskyiAtalanta · 0-1
17'Yellow card · Ruslan MalinovskyiAtalanta
40'Goal · Piotr ZielinskiNapoli · 1-1
47'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 2-1
58'Yellow card · Amir RrahmaniNapoli
64'Yellow card · Kévin MalcuitNapoli
66'Goal · M. DemiralAtalanta · 2-2
71'Goal · Remo FreulerAtalanta · 2-3
82'Yellow card · Mario PasalicAtalanta
87'Yellow card · Berat DjimsitiAtalanta

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Napoli 3, draws 2, Atalanta 5.

Atalanta 4-2 NapoliSerie A · 21 Feb 2021
Atalanta 3-1 NapoliCoppa Italia · 10 Feb 2021
Napoli 0-0 AtalantaCoppa Italia · 3 Feb 2021
Napoli 4-1 AtalantaSerie A · 17 Oct 2020
Atalanta 2-0 NapoliSerie A · 2 Jul 2020
Napoli 2-2 AtalantaSerie A · 30 Oct 2019

Team news

Unavailable

Bryan CabezasAtalanta · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Alessandro ZanoliNapoli · injury (COVID 19)
Robin GosensAtalanta · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Jérémie BogaAtalanta · injury (Unknown Injury)
Matteo LovatoAtalanta · injury (Muscle Injury)
Kalidou KoulibalyNapoli · injury (Biceps femoris muscle injury)
Konstantinos ManolasNapoli · injury (Abdominal Influenza)
Fabián RuizNapoli · injury (Tear in the abductor muscle)
Victor OsimhenNapoli · injury (Cheekbone Fracture)
Frank AnguissaNapoli · injury (Tear in the abductor muscle)
Lorenzo InsigneNapoli · injury (Calf Problems)

Napoli line-up (3-4-3)

David Ospina, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Kévin Malcuit, Piotr Zielinski, Stanislav Lobotka, Mário Rui, Hirving Lozano, Dries Mertens, Eljif Elmas

Atalanta line-up (3-4-3)

Juan Musso, Rafael Tolói, Merih Demiral, José Luis Palomino, Davide Zappacosta, Marten de Roon, Remo Freuler, Joakim Maehle, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Duván Zapata, Matteo Pessina