Atalanta v Cesena: the stats report
300th Atalanta appearance for captain Toloi
By defeating Cesena 6-1 in the 2024-2025 Coppa Italia Frecciarossa RO16 at the Gewiss Stadium, the Nerazzurri have made it to the National Cup's Quarterfinals for the 5th consecutive time, thus stretching a streak first established in the 2020/21 campaign
Head and tail of the game, while Rui Patrício made his absolute debut with the black-and-blue shirt, captain Rafael Tolói played his 300th Atalanta game in all competitions.
As pointed out by Stats Perform's Opta Facts, not only have Atalanta won 11 out of their last 12 games across all tournaments, but they averaged 3 goals per match in the process thanks to their aggregated tally of 37 nets.
For the third time this season after the Hellas Verona and Young Boys games, the Nerazzurri bagged at least 4 goals in the first half. Additionally, due to the closing 5-goal margin, Atalanta have waylaid their previous most emphatic wins in the National Cup against, respectively: Alessandria (in 1959) and Reggina (in 1972).
The Cesena game marked a scoring first for Lazar Samardžić, who bagged his first-ever brace in an official match since landing in Italy. Additionally, by netting 2 goals and providing one assist, the black-and-blue number 24 registered another personal first having favoured three goals in a single game for the first time,
Moving on to Atalanta's other "brace-twin" of the night, thanks to his duplet not only did Charles De Ketelaere extend his spree to 6 goals in his last 6 appearances in all competitions; but he has now increased his multiple-scoring tally for 2024 to 5 goal-hauls across all competitions. Out of all Serie A players, only Dusan Vlahovic (with 6)managed to outperform the Belgian.
Closing off with the individual figures provided by the Serie A's Official Match report, while Marten de Roon leads the charts for both balls played (98) and successful passes (83), Samardžić is the leading figure for most shots fired (4), fruitful passes on the offensive third (33) and key passes. Lastly, De Ketelaere, Davide Zappacosta, Samardžić and Mateo Retegui are tied for most shots on target (2).