Who provided the assist to Duván during last season’s match?
Djimisiti
After intercepting Morata’s misplaced pass on the verge of Juventus’ counter, Djimisiti finds Zapata with a first-touch pass unleashing the Colombian striker one-on-one against Szczesny, with the Cafetero not missing his date with the goal: after a gentle brush on the crossbar, the ball finally hits the back of the net as Atalanta seize the Allianz Stadium for the first time after 32 years.
How many former Atalantini currently play for Juventus?
0
Despite the numerous synergies between Atalanta and Juventus on the transfer market throughout the years (suffice to hint at the most recent moves involving first Romero and then Demiral from Torino to Bergamo and vice versa as with Kulusevski), as of now, no current Juventus player has donned Atalanta’s colours before – except for Manuel Locatelli, who had been enrolled in the black-and-blue Academy for a brief stint.
How many times have Gasperini and Allegri crossed their paths before?
24
Sunday’s late fixture will also go down as the encounter number 25 between Gasperini and Allegri in all competitions. As for the aggregated balance (encompassing as well all previous tenures for both coaches before joining, respectively, Atalanta and Juventus), the scales are tipped in favour of the manager from Livorno on the grounds of 11 victories, 7 draws, 6 defeats suffered against teams coached by Gasperini. Narrowing the scope to Gasperini’s current run for Atalanta, Allegri still has an edge in the comparison with 5 wins and 5 draws as opposed to the 2 victories claimed by Gasperini – who, on the other hand, is currently undefeated in his last 5 matches against Allegri.
As of Gasperini’s tenure, who is the current top scorer of this fixture?
Zapata
Ever since the 2016/17 season, no other player amid either Atalanta or Juventus can flaunt better goalscoring figures as far as fixtures between the two teams are concerned. On the strength of his 6 goals, Duván Zapata precedes, respectively: Higuain with 5 and Malinovskyi, whose streak ended at 4, and the Ronaldo-Mandžukić duo, who close the top-5 with 3 goals each.
Down below are the highlights of the July 2020’s match culminated in the 2-2 draw featuring Zapata’s opener.
From how many successive league fixtures at the Allianz Stadium did we come out undefeated?
Four
Before last season’s iconic win, Atalanta was nonetheless already on an unbeaten streak at the Allianz Stadium, on the grounds of three consecutive ties: respectively, the 1-1 back in May 2019; the 2-2 clinched in July 2020 witnessing Atalanta’s double lead nullified twice from the penalty spot; and the latest 1-1 in Dicembre 2020 stemming from goals courtesy of Chiesa and Freuler and with Gollini’s save on Ronaldo’s penalty as a bonus highlight.
