Match Report
The table gap was wide: 58 points between Atalanta (3rd, 78 pts) and SPAL (20th, 20 pts). Atalanta had been under-performing their position — 10th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Against a league average of 1.52 goals per team per game, Atalanta ran at 2.58 scored and 1.26 conceded, SPAL at 0.71 and 2.03.
Defeat had followed defeat for SPAL — three in succession.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Atalanta have 2 wins to SPAL's 1, with 2 draws, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 80% of the meetings.
The match was played at KKWing Stadium in Bergamo (capacity 26,393). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Atalanta led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.




