Atalanta vs Lecce 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A

Atalanta

87': Rasmus Højlund

FT
1 - 2

Lecce

4': Assan Ceesay
74': Alexis Blin

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

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Gewiss Stadium
Location: Bergamo, Italy
Attendance: 19,435

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS

Full Table

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

Line-Ups

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

Substitutes:

Francesco Rossi, Memeh Okoli, Endri Muhameti, José Palomino, Marco Sportiello, Luis Muriel, Lukas Vorlicky, Brandon Soppy, Matteo Ruggeri.

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

Substitutes:

Simone Romagnoli, Mats Lemmens, Marco Bleve, Gabriel Strefezza, Giuseppe Pezzella, Lorenzo Colombo, Thorir Johann Helgason, Rémi Oudin, Joel Voelkerling Persson, Federico Brancolini, Pietro Ceccaroni, Tommaso Cassandro, Kristoffer Askildsen.