After a whole month indoors, Atalanta will be back to roaming ways: the next Serie A road game will see the Nerazzurri off to the Ferraris stadium for the clash against Genoa.

When did Éderson make it 2-0 in the reverse fixture?

The reverse fixture was a hotly-contested game: although the Nerazzurri pulled the strings throughout the first half, Genoa didn’t bow down to the pressure either. In the second half, Atalanta stepped up the game with only a miraculous save from Leali on Scamacca’s back-heel banger and the post after Scalvini’s magisterial header denying the Nerazzurri’s lead. Eventually, Gasperini’s men broke the deadlock on 68 minutes when, after being fed a daisy-cutter cross from Scamacca, Lookman found his scoring ways from the ground. Going all out for the equaliser, Genoa tested Atalanta’s defence, first via a Gudmunsson curler smacking the post and then with Puskas banging on Carnesecchi’s wall in full stoppage time. On the following counter led by Éderson, the Carioca finalized after a give-and-go with Pašalić: Atalanta’s number 13 vanquished Leali with a 95th-minute daisy-cutter finish to make it 2-0.

How many goals did Gilardino score under Gasperini’s tenure?

Back in the 2013/14 season, Alberto Gilardino was Gasperini’s Genoa target man upfront. Before the appointment of the Grugliasco coach in lieu of Liverani on the 7th return fixture, Gilardino only scored a goal. From then onwards, the Rossoblù forward bagged a tally of 14 goals in 30 Serie A games, averaging 0.47 nets per game. Moreover, Gilardino’s goal average under Gasperini’s management was his third-best scoring ratio career-wise: only under Carmignani and Prandelli had Gilardino held a higher “scoring GPA” among the previous coaches who trained him for (at least) 3 Serie A games.

Did Atalanta play their first-ever Serie A game away to Genoa?

Atalanta’s very first Serie A game (at the time following a single-round format) dates back to September 12 1937. The Nerazzurri played their maiden “Divisione Nazionale A” match – Serie A’s name back in the date – at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova against the Rossoblù – known as Genova 1893 at the time. The Nerazzurri, led by former Genoa player Ottavio Barbieri, held on to a 0-0 draw in their first Serie A test.

Here’s the Starting XI of the game: Borgioli, Ciancamerla, Simonetti, Pastorino, Barcella, Bonilauri, Bolognese, Cominelli, Savio, Bonomi, Fornasari.