UEFA Champions League

Stuttgart vs Atalanta 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

VfB Stuttgart
    FT
    0 - 2
    Atalanta
    • 51': Ademola Lookman
    • 88': Nicolò Zaniolo

    Lookman, Zaniolo fire Atalanta to win over Stuttgart

    Second-half goals from Ademola Lookman and Nicolo Zaniolo earned Atalanta a 2-0 win at VfB Stuttgart in the Champions League on Wednesday and the Italian side are still yet to concede a goal in this season's competition.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 13': Substitution, Atalanta. Odilon Kossounou replaces Sead Kolasinac because of an injury.
    • 41': Anrie Chase (VfB Stuttgart) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 44': Isak Hien (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45': Substitution, Atalanta. Charles De Ketelaere replaces Mario Pasalic.
    • 51': Goal! VfB Stuttgart 0, Atalanta 1. Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Charles De Ketelaere.
    • 55': Éderson (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 56': Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Ermedin Demirovic replaces Deniz Undav because of an injury.
    • 69': Ermedin Demirovic (VfB Stuttgart) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 69': Substitution, Atalanta. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Mateo Retegui.
    • 74': Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Fabian Rieder replaces Atakan Karazor.
    • 74': Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Jeff Chabot replaces Chris Führich.
    • 79': Raoul Bellanova (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
    • 81': Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Jarzinho Malanga replaces El Bilal Touré.
    • 81': Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Pascal Stenzel replaces Anrie Chase.
    • 85': Substitution, Atalanta. Matteo Ruggeri replaces Raoul Bellanova.
    • 85': Substitution, Atalanta. Marco Brescianini replaces Ademola Lookman.
    • 88': Goal! VfB Stuttgart 0, Atalanta 2. Nicolò Zaniolo (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Champions League

    Venue: MHPArena
    Location: Stuttgart, Germany
    Attendance: 60,000

    UEFA Champions League Standings

    POS TEAM GP GD PTS
    +12 Liverpool 8 21 1
    +15 Barcelona 8 19 1
    +13 Arsenal 8 19 1
    +10 Internazionale 8 19 1
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    Statistics

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    17 Fouls 8
    3 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 1
    3 Corner Kicks 4
    0 Saves 2
    44.9 Possession 55.1
    9 SHOTS 10
    4 ON GOAL 1
    0.4 On Target % 0.1
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    366 Accurate Passes 461
    450 Passes 558
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 2
    14 Crosses 9
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    47 Long Balls 53
    20 Accurate Long Balls 29
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
    3 Blocked Shots 1
    7 Effective Tackles 5
    11 Tackles 18
    0.6 Tackle % 0.3
    15 Interceptions 9
    16 Effective Clearances 17
    16 Clearances 17

    Line-Ups

    VFB VfB Stuttgart (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    33 Alexander Nübel (GK)
    29 Anthony Rouault
    45 Anrie Chase Yellow Card
    7 Maximilian Mittelstädt
    4 Josha Vagnoman
    26 Deniz Undav
    16 Atakan Karazor
    6 Angelo Stiller
    10 El Bilal Toure
    27 Chris Führich
    8 Enzo Millot
    Substitutes:
    Ermedin Demirovic, Jeff Chabot, Frans Krätzig, Fabian Rieder, Pascal Stenzel, Dennis Seimen, Ameen Al Dakhil, Yannik Keitel, Fabian Bredlow, Jarzinho Malanga, Leonidas Stergiou.

    ATA Atalanta (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    29 Marco Carnesecchi (GK)
    4 Isak Hien Yellow Card
    23 Sead Kolasinac
    19 Berat Djimsiti
    13 Éderson Yellow Card
    15 Marten de Roon
    77 Davide Zappacosta
    16 Raoul Bellanova Yellow Card
    32 Mateo Retegui
    11 Ademola Lookman
    8 Mario Pasalic
    Substitutes:
    Marco Brescianini, Charles De Ketelaere, Rafael Tolói, Juan Cuadrado, Rui Patrício, Nicolò Zaniolo, Francesco Rossi, Marco Palestra, Lazar Samardzic, Matteo Ruggeri, Odilon Kossounou, Ben Godfrey.

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