Atalanta v Hellas Verona: the stats report
Figures from Gasperini's 400th Atalanta game
Running out winners from the 2024-2025 Serie A MD9 game against Hellas Verona, the Nerazzurri have claimed their third consecutive seasonal win. As a further plus, with a Gewiss Stadium dresssed to the nines for the occasion, yesterday's match mark Gian Piero Gasperini's 400th commitment at the helm of Atalanta across all competitions.
As pointed out by Stats Perform's Opta Facts, with last night's brace Mateo Retegui has become the first player in the whole Atalanta history and the second ever Italian player behind Luca Toni (with 11 goals in his Fiorentina days in the 2005/06 season) to have reached double-digit scoring figures in his first Serie A games. As a further plus, our number 32 has now found the net in three consecutive league matches - a personal first. His first goal of the night also marked Atalanta's 1,200th net in all competitions during the Percassi governance.
A night of new personal milestones also for Ademola Lookman, who closed the game with a brace and two assists to his name, which not only allowed him to set a new individual first but also to repeat the feats of former Nerazzurro teammate Luis Muriel (namely, the last player to have scored 2+ goals and provided 2+ assists in a single game back on April 27 2022 against Torino).
With the scoreboard also featuring Charles De Ketelaere, the Belgian's offensive tally since his debut Serie A (2022/23) season has now increased to 12 goals and 11 assist.
Furthermore, with Marten de Roon opening the scoring, Atalanta have become the team with the most midfielders on target in the current league campaign with eight (two more than their closest contender, Milan).
Lastly, Lazar Samardžić made his 100th Serie A appearances last night (with the breakdown being 93 with Udinese and 7 as a Nerazzurro).
Closing off with the individual figures provided by the Serie A's official Match Report, while Marten de Roon leads the chart for most successful passes on the offensive third (35), balls played overall (125) and successful passes (107); Éderson is instead the leading player for key passes and chances created (3 each). Lastly, Retegui is the player with most shots fired instead (7).