Atalanta vs Lecce 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A
Atalanta push for top 4 falters with surprise loss to Lecce
— Atalanta’s push for the top four in Serie A was dented on Sunday by a surprise 2-1 loss at home to Lecce as the race for the Champions League qualifying places intensified.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Goal! Atalanta 0, Lecce 1. Assan Ceesay (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Valentin Gendrey.
- 4': Merih Demiral (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
- 12': Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Substitution, Atalanta. Brandon Soppy replaces Davide Zappacosta.
- 55': Federico Di Francesco (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 62': Substitution, Lecce. Lorenzo Colombo replaces Assan Ceesay.
- 62': Substitution, Lecce. Gabriel Strefezza replaces Lameck Banda because of an injury.
- 64': Antonino Gallo (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 68': Substitution, Atalanta. Luis Muriel replaces Jérémie Boga.
- 68': Substitution, Lecce. Pietro Ceccaroni replaces Alessandro Tuia because of an injury.
- 69': Substitution, Lecce. Remi Oudin replaces Federico Di Francesco.
- 71': Substitution, Lecce. Kristoffer Askildsen replaces Youssef Maleh because of an injury.
- 74': Goal! Atalanta 0, Lecce 2. Alexis Blin (Lecce) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Strefezza with a cross following a corner.
- 75': Substitution, Atalanta. Lukas Vorlicky replaces Éderson.
- 75': Substitution, Atalanta. José Luis Palomino replaces Merih Demiral.
- 76': Alexis Blin (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 82': Joakim Maehle (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 87': Goal! Atalanta 1, Lecce 2. Rasmus Højlund (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Game Information
Venue: Gewiss Stadium
Location: Bergamo, Italy
Attendance: 19,435
Statistics
 LEC |
ATA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 10 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 9 | Saves | 0 |
| 30.4 | Possession | 69.6 |
| 4 | SHOTS | 20 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 10 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 184 | Accurate Passes | 521 |
| 281 | Passes | 644 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 8 | Crosses | 19 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 80 | Long Balls | 68 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 28 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 22 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 36 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 20 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 30 | Effective Clearances | 5 |
| 30 | Clearances | 5 |
Atalanta (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Musso (GK) |
| 28 | Merih Demiral  |
| 19 | Berat Djimsiti |
| 2 | Rafael Tolói |
| 7 | Teun Koopmeiners |
| 13 | Éderson |
| 10 | Jérémie Boga |
| 3 | Joakim Maehle |
| 77 | Davide Zappacosta |
| 11 | Ademola Lookman |
| 17 | Rasmus Højlund |
Lecce (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Wladimiro Falcone (GK) |
| 6 | Federico Baschirotto |
| 13 | Alessandro Tuia |
| 25 | Antonino Gallo |
| 17 | Valentin Gendrey |
| 42 | Morten Hjulmand |
| 32 | Youssef Maleh |
| 29 | Alexis Blin |
| 77 | Assan Ceesay |
| 22 | Lameck Banda |
| 11 | Federico Di Francesco |
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