The Olympic Stadium is set to host a new chapter of the Lazio-Atalanta saga that, in the last season has often been synonymous with goal galore, thrills and spills: this time, kick-off is staged on Sunday, 8/10, at 15:00 CEST with both teams resuming their league commitments after a European clash against, oddly enough, green and white sides (namely Celtic F.C. and Sporting C.P.).
Which team has won the most Serie A matchups?
Sunday’s match will be the 111th Serie A clash between the two teams. While on aggregate the scales are tipped in Atalanta’s favour on the grounds of the 37 Orobic wins countering the 42 draws and the 31 Biancocelesti victories; if we narrow it down to the matches played at the Olimpico stadium, the tables are turned with the Capitol team on top thanks to their 21 wins to Atalanta’s 15.
Moreover, ever since the appointment of Gian Piero Gasperini as the Nerazzurro coach, Lazio clinched only one home victory against Atalanta back In January 2017 – followed by 3 draws and as many losses thus far. Our latest clash in Rome dates to last February when Atalanta claimed a 0-2 away win courtesy of Zappacosta’s absolute banger and Højlund’s winning paw.
Did Scalvini make his Serie A debut against Lazio?
False. While the match against Lazio played back in January 2022 was Giorgio Scalvini’s first appearances in a Serie A starting XI, it wasn’t “King” Giorgio’s very first bow in the Italian top flight: the match culminated in a lackluster 0-0 draw, with Atalanta standing their ground despite the many “sick leaves” due to Covid. Nonetheless, Scalvini, who started the game as a midfielder, hogged the spotlight of the night on the grounds of his top-notch performance, going toe-to-toe against none other than Milinkovic-Savic and coming out on top too. As stated above though, Scalvini’s first ever appearance for Atalanta dates back to the home match played against Udinese in October 2021, when he replaced Malinovskyi on the 86th minute.
Who didn’t score in Lazio 1-4 Atalanta in September 2020?
The 2020/21 season opener against Lazio was postponed to a later date to give Atalanta a few extra days off after their European campaign ended in late August. After the Nerazzurri had got off to a great start with a 4-2 away victory over Torino just four days earlier, Gasperini’s men landed in Rome full of energy: Gosens only needed 10 minutes to break the deadlock, Hateboer doubled the score on 32 minutes and Gomez made it 0-3 on 41 minutes. Lazio tried to turn the game around in the 57th minute through Caicedo but it was Papu again who restored a three-goal lead just four minutes later. Luis Muriel, who scored a brace at the Olimpico in the previous season’s 3-3 draw against Lazio, did not score in that match.
