Match Report
VfB Stuttgart went into the game 26th in the table on 10 points; Atalanta sat 9th on 15 — a 5-point gap. VfB Stuttgart ranked 21st in the league on five-round form, well above their 26th table position. Against a league average of 1.63 goals per team per game, VfB Stuttgart ran at 1.63 scored and 2.13 conceded, Atalanta at 2.5 and 0.75.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Atalanta.
With 87 matches recorded and 1.5 yellow cards per game, R. Obrenović was the man in the middle. MHPArena in Stuttgart staged the fixture, a ground that holds 60,449. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Atalanta: Nicolò Zaniolo (88'), Ademola Lookman (51')