3 Facts about Atalanta v Udinese

After a weekend off, Atalanta pick up their Serie A race at the Gewiss Stadium hosting Udinese, fresh from the home setback against Milan.

When did our unbeaten streak first start?

Between the home clash contended at the Gewiss Stadium back in March 2018 -which saw Atalanta impose themselves 2-0 courtesy of Petagna and Masiello- and the latest 1-1 draw at the Bluenergy Stadium, where Éderson levelled the game with a last-ditch header, 10 matches between Atalanta and Udinese have passed and in neither of those have the Nerazzurri known defeat. The still ongoing streak comprises 12 positive back-to-back outcomes, among which 7 wins. During their unbeaten ride Atalanta have scored 31 goals and conceded 13, averaging 2,58 nets per game, mainly due to the 7-1 home walkover of October 2019 in Bergamo (check the link below for the full match highlights) and the 2-6 away galore of January 2022 in Friuli.

Is it the first time Atalanta and Udinese face off on a Saturday at 15:00 CET?

Atalanta and Udinese faced off several times in Bergamo on a Saturday at 15:00. Going backwards, the most recent encounter dates to the 3rd of March 2021, an Easter Saturday to be exact. It was a match rich in goals, all of them with an unmistakable Colombian twist: in fact, after Muriel gave Atalanta the lead and doubled it in the first half,  it was Pereyra who pulled back one for the away side. While Zapata momentarily restored the Nerazzurri's two-goals gap, Stryger Larsen found his scoring ways and settled the final scoresheet on a 3-2 win. Another occasion was the aforementioned 2-0 win of March 31 2018, which gave grounds to Atalanta's current unbeaten run against the Furlans. While the latest match-up occurred during the Easter festivities, the earliest dates back to the Saturday ushering in the Christmas weeks of 2012: having culminated in a 1-1 draw - with Luis Muriel, donning the Udinese colours at the time, and the Atalantino Germán Denis featuring the scoresheet- spoils were shared between the two contenders.

Who is the all-time top scorer of the match?

Luis Muriel has scored 11 goals against his former team ever since donning the Atalanta shirt, and to push things even further, the Colombian striker also slotted one in against his current side back in the aforementioned 1-1  draw of 2012, back in his Udine days: no other player in the history of this very clash can flaunt better-scoring numbers (12) than Lucho.  Behind him stand the likes of Duván Zapata with 7 goals in total (namely, 5 as an Atalantino and 2 as a Friulan); Poul Rasmussen and Antonio Di Natale -tied on 6 nets each. On the grounds of his global tally of 12 goals (one of which scored while donning the Sampdoria shirt), no other player in the whole history of the Serie A bar Ciro Immobile - with 14 nets bagged against Genoa- has exacted the infamous "ex's law" after finding his scoring ways (at least) once with his former team more than Muriel.