Torino v Atalanta: the stats report
A sneak peek: Retegui's 3rd goal in two games and Samardžić and Zaniolo's debut
The Turin game saw the Nerazzurri suffer a bitter setback, especially considering the 25 shots fired and the 18 goal chances created - as per data provided by the Serie A's official report.
Back on target for the Nerazzurri, Mateo Retegui scored his third consecutive goal in the last two games. As pointed out by Stats Performs' Opta Facts, the Italian-Argentinian striker is the third-ever Atalanta debutant to have scored at least 3 goals in the first two Serie A games after Franck Kessié (three in the 2016/17 season) and Cristiano Lucarelli (also three in the 1997/98 campaign). With last night's goal following his brace in Lecce, Atalanta's number 32 has found his scoring ways in two back-to-back road games for the first time in his Serie A career thus far.
With the assist to Retegui's goal bearing Davide Zappacosta's signature, 11 of the last 13 key passes provided by the Italian wingback in the Serie A, including his latest five, were all delivered away from home.
Coming all from the bench in the second half, while both Lazar Samardžić and Nicolò Zaniolo made their debuts donning the Atalanta shirt, Alberto Manzoni claimed his first Serie A appearance instead.
Closing off with some figures from the Serie A's official Match Report, while Charles De Ketelaere was the on-field benchmark in terms of successful passes on the offensive third (19) and the leading figure, together with Samardžić, as far as key passes (3) are concerned; Zappacosta was the player with the most goal chances created (3), a joint-best with Samardžić and Adams. While CDK, Mario Pašalić and Retegui led the Nerazzurri's standings in terms of shots fired (4 each), Marten de Roon was the main specimen in terms of balls played (66 like Pašalić) and successful passes (48). Matteo Ruggeri entered the match top-3 in terms of ball retrievals (6).