Hellas Verona v Atalanta: the stats report
The Nerazzurri have reached 50 points in the overall standings.
Cruising to a commanding 0-5 win at the Bentegodi stadium Atalanta barred no holds in the 2024/25 Serie A Enilive MD24, pulling off an outstanding display of substance and character to spare. Since the arrival of coach Gian Piero Gasperini by the Orobic sidelines, no other Serie A team can flaunt more matches (24) with five or more goals scored in a single game, as noted by Opta’s Stats Perform.
Black-and-blue scoring machine of the game was Mateo Retegui, bagging a four-goal haul to take his tally to 20 nets tightening his grip on the Serie A's top-scorers' chart. Additionally, no other Atalanta player in the history of the Club has managed to reach such a scoring bounty after the first 24 games of the season. With his royal flush of goals, Retegui joined the ranks of only three other Atalanta players to have scored four or more goals in a single match: namely, Zapata, Jeppson and Rasmussen. Moreover, he became the first player in Serie A since Ciro Immobile to net a first-half hat-trick. This season, the 1999-born striker has produced five multi-goal performances: three braces, one hat-trick, and one four-goal haul. Only Luis Muriel and Filippo Inzaghi have matched him in Atalanta history, while across Europe’s top five leagues, only Harry Kane has recorded more multi-goal games (6).
Éderson also got his name on the scoresheet, registering his 12th goal for Atalanta.
The Verona win also marked a new personal milestone for Mario Pašalić, reaching his 150th victory across all competitions as a Nerazzurro.
Closing off with the usual stats provided by the Serie A's official Match report, while Retegui leads the way for shots on target (4) and total shots (7), Juan Cuadrado tops the chart for balls played (84) and successful dribbles (4). Lazar Samardžić recorded the most successful passes in the opposition half (15), whereas Stefan Posch excelled in most successful passes overall (66)