3 facts about Salernitana v Atalanta

Back to Serie A action after defeating Empoli, Atalanta will face Salernitana away in the late Monday kick-off at the Arechi stadium. As for the Southern Maroons, the home side will pick up on their latest loss to Frosinone.

Finding his first seasonal goal in the reverse game, when did Miranchuk last score before the 2023/24 Xmas match?

Landed in Bergamo in the summer of 2020, Aleksey Miranchuk has accrued 90 Atalanta caps, embellished by 13 goals and 18 assists. The attacking midfielder holds a rather quaint record having scored in every debut in his very first Nerazzurri season: from making it 4-0 in the Champions League against Midtjylland, to levelling the Serie A scoring in the 1-1 draw against Inter and then bagging one in the Coppa Italia 3-1 win over  Cagliari. After his loan spell for Torino last season, Miranchuk returned to scoring ways as a Nerazzurro in the 4-1 victory over the Maroons in the reverse fixture, slotting home De Ketelaere's through ball. Before featuring on the scoresheet against the Campanian side, Lesha scored his previous Atalanta goal in the 4-0 thrashing over Sampdoria back on the 28th of February 2022.

How many goals did Éderson score with Salernitana?

Éderson José dos Santos Lourenço da Silva, also known as Éderson, landed in the Serie A through Salernitana, who signed him outright from Brazilian Club Corinthians. Upon making his debut for the Maroons at Genoa back in February 2022, Genova proved itself a blissed city for Éderson, who scored his first Serie A goal against Sampdoria. After playing a pivotal role in staving off relegation for the Southern side, the Carioca mid joined Atalanta in the summer transfer window. In a twist of fate, Ederson's other goal came against none other than Atalanta, against whom he opened the scoring in the Gewiss Stadium on the 2nd of May in 2022. It was then Mario Pašalić, pictured below in celebration, who levelled the game for the Nerazzurri.

How many wins did Atalanta claim in the 17 previous matchups?

Between the Serie A, the Serie B and the Coppa Italia, Atalanta and Salernitana have crossed paths 16 times. With 3 Serie A wins and 5 Serie B victories, the Nerazzurri have won half of them against 7 draws - of which 4 culminated in a 0-0 draw - and a single Maroon triumph in the Arechi game played last season. Four players hold the gong for best Nerazzurro all-time scorer, all tied on 2 goals each. Namely: Ademola Lookman, who scored a brace in the 8-2 walkover back in the 2022/23 season; Mario Pašalić, who scored in the reverse fixture this season and equalised in the 1-1 draw at the Gewiss Stadium in 2021/22; Éderson, the only player to have scored for both teams (first for Salernitana in the aforementioned game and then as a Nerazzurro in the 8-2 thrashing). The last one in, Giampaolo Pazzini bagged a brace in Atalanta's away 3-1 win back in the 2003/04 campaign.