Italian Serie A

Atalanta vs Cagliari, 2024-25 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A

Atalanta struggle in dull goalless draw against Cagliari

Atalanta were held to a 0-0 home draw by mid-table Cagliari in a dull Serie A clash on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Foul by Stefan Posch (Atalanta).
  • 3': Mattia Felici (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Delay in match (Atalanta).
  • 4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 5': Foul by Isak Hien (Atalanta).
  • 5': Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari).
  • 7': Isak Hien (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Stefan Posch (Atalanta).
  • 11': Mattia Felici (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Foul by Mario Pasalic (Atalanta).
  • 12': Michel Adopo (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Mattia Felici.
  • 17': Foul by Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari).
  • 17': Juan Cuadrado (Atalanta) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 20': Foul by Antoine Makoumbou (Cagliari).
  • 20': Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Foul by Stefan Posch (Atalanta).
  • 23': Mattia Felici (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 27': Foul by Michel Adopo (Cagliari).
  • 27': Rafael Tolói (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Mateo Retegui (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Pasalic.
  • 29': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Yerry Mina.
  • 35': Attempt saved. Lazar Samardzic (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 36': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Sebastiano Luperto.
  • 37': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Mattia Felici.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Rafael Tolói (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Matteo Ruggeri following a corner.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced %injmins% minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Atalanta 0, Cagliari 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Atalanta 0, Cagliari 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Atalanta. Charles De Ketelaere replaces Lazar Samardzic.
  • 51': Foul by Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari).
  • 51': Juan Cuadrado (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Substitution, Atalanta. Marco Palestra replaces Juan Cuadrado.
  • 56': Substitution, Atalanta. Vanja Vlahovic replaces Mateo Retegui.
  • 56': Foul by Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari).
  • 56': Ibrahim Sulemana (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Michel Adopo.
  • 59': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Mattia Felici.
  • 60': Elia Caprile (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 60': Foul by Stefan Posch (Atalanta).
  • 62': Foul by Mattia Felici (Cagliari).
  • 62': Marco Palestra (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Foul by Mattia Felici (Cagliari).
  • 63': Marco Palestra (Atalanta) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 66': Substitution, Atalanta. Éderson replaces Marco Brescianini.
  • 67': Substitution, Cagliari. Florinel Coman replaces Mattia Felici.
  • 71': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 71': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Isak Hien.
  • 71': Delay in match because of an injury Ibrahim Sulemana (Atalanta).
  • 72': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Nadir Zortea (Cagliari) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 73': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Stefan Posch.
  • 74': Substitution, Atalanta. Marten de Roon replaces Ibrahim Sulemana because of an injury.
  • 77': Foul by Mario Pasalic (Atalanta).
  • 77': Michel Adopo (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 79': Substitution, Cagliari. Razvan Marin replaces Alessandro Deiola.
  • 81': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Tommaso Augello.
  • 82': Delay in match (Atalanta).
  • 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 83': Foul by Florinel Coman (Cagliari).
  • 83': Marco Palestra (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vanja Vlahovic.
  • 85': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Yerry Mina.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Éderson (Atalanta) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rafael Tolói.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Marten de Roon (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Vanja Vlahovic (Atalanta) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Éderson.
  • 89': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Elia Caprile.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Vanja Vlahovic.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Cagliari. Leonardo Pavoletti replaces Roberto Piccoli.
  • 90'+2': Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari).
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Matteo Ruggeri with a cross.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Razvan Marin (Cagliari).
  • 90'+4': Isak Hien (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Isak Hien (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+5': Florinel Coman (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Atalanta 0, Cagliari 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Atalanta 0, Cagliari 0.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 7
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
2 Corner Kicks 8
2 Saves 0
41.3 Possession 58.7
3 SHOTS 9
0 ON GOAL 2
0.0 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
355 Accurate Passes 536
429 Passes 606
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 7
13 Crosses 29
0.2 Cross % 0.2
48 Long Balls 27
20 Accurate Long Balls 13
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 3
10 Effective Tackles 17
22 Tackles 22
0.5 Tackle % 0.8
9 Interceptions 8
22 Effective Clearances 13
22 Clearances 13

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Gewiss Stadium
Location: Bergamo, Italy
Attendance: 21,485

Serie A Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Internazionale 15 +20 33
2 AC Milan 15 +11 32
3 Juventus 17 +8 32
4 Napoli 15 +9 31
Full Standings

Line-Ups

ATA Atalanta (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
29 Marco Carnesecchi (GK)
4 Isak Hien Yellow Card
2 Rafael Tolói
5 Stefan Posch
8 Mario Pasalic
6 Sulemana
22 Matteo Ruggeri
7 Juan Cuadrado
32 Mateo Retegui
44 Marco Brescianini
24 Lazar Samardzic

CAG Cagliari (4-5-1)

No. Name
25 Elia Caprile (GK)
6 Sebastiano Luperto
26 Yerry Mina
3 Tommaso Augello
28 Gabriele Zappa
14 Alessandro Deiola
8 Michel Adopo
29 Antoine Makoumbou
97 Mattia Felici
19 Nadir Zortea
91 Roberto Piccoli

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