Serie A: Spal vs Atalanta 2-0, as Petagna haunts his former club
Here are the official lineups:
SPAL (3-5-2): Gomis; Cionek, Vicari, Felipe; Lazzari, Missiroli, Schiattarella, Kurtic, Fares; Antenucci, Petagna.
ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Gollini; Toloi, Palomino, Masiello; Castagne, de Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Rigoni; Zapata, Gomez.
MATCH PREVIEW:
- SPAL have lost only one of their last six Serie A meetings against Atalanta (W3 D2).
- Both of the last two Serie A matches between SPAL and Atalanta have ended with a 1-1 draw; they have never drawn three top-flight meetings in a row.
- SPAL haven’t drawn any of their last eight league games (W5 L3) after they had drawn each of their previous six.
- Atalanta lost their last match against Cagliari; the last time they have two league games in a row was back in August 2017.
- SPAL have won their last three Serie A home matches - the last time they have won four in row was back in February 1968.
- Only Juventus (158) have led for more minutes than Atalanta (136) so far in Serie A in 2018-19.
- Atalanta have had 25 touches in opposition box per game on average in Serie A this season - only Juventus have had more (32).
- Each of Atalanta’s last 17 Serie A goals have come in open play.
- Andrea Petagna made 63 Serie A appearances with Atalanta – all of his nine goals in the competition have come with the Nerazzurri.
- Musa Barrow is the second youngest player to have been directly involved in six or more goals in all competitions among players in the top five European leagues in 2018-19, scoring four goals and assisting twice.
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