After a convincing win over Sassuolo in the Round of 16 of the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa, Atalanta will face Roma, who also booked their place in the quarter-finals of the competition after defeating Cremona.
The eve of Sunday’s game marks the anniversary of which match?
Atalanta’s away game against Roma is scheduled for Sunday 7 January and it will be not the first time the two sides have crossed swords in the Three Kings Round, with the last meeting taking place in 2018. Atalanta visited Roma at the Olimpico and got off to a strong start, taking the lead through Andreas Cornelius, who fired home with his left foot in the 14th minute. Six minutes later, Gomez set up de Roon, who doubled the Nerazzurri’s lead with the help of a deflection that sent Alisson the wrong way. Was the job done? Not yet, as de Roon’s foul on the stroke of half-time cost him a second bookable offence, which meant Atalanta headed into the break two goals up and one man down. The Nerazzurri defended well in the second half, but Roma got back into the game with a goal from Dzeko on 56 minutes. Despite the hosts’ threats, Atalanta kept their concentration high and held on for all three points.
Down here, a huge crowd welcomed back the team at the Orio Al Serio airport to celebrate their victory over the Giallorossi.
How many Atalanta appearances did Mancini make?
Gianluca Mancini joined Atalanta in the summer of 2017 after his convincing seasons with Perugia in the Serie B. He made his Atalanta debut on matchday 6 of the 2017/18 season, in a match that was very special to him, in Florence against Fiorentina, the team where he took his first football steps. After gaining little playing time in the first half of the season, Mancini found more consistency in the second half, scoring his first Serie A goal in a 1-0 win against Chievo. In his second season in Bergamo, Gianluca played more: he scored on his debut in the Europa League against Sarajevo, and started 25 times in the league, scoring five goals and helping the team qualify for the Champions League. His Nerazzurri tally stands at 48 appearances, 7 goals and one assist.
Which is the most recurring outcome between Atalanta and Roma?
Perfectly shared between Bergamo and Roma, the most recurring result between Atalanta and Roma is a 1-1 draw, which has happened 16 times. It occurred twice at the Olimpico under Gasperini: the first one in April 2017, on Easter Saturday, when Jasmin Kurtić opened the scoring for Atalanta and Edin Dzeko levelled the score for Roma. The most recent 1-1 draw dates back to April 2021: in this case too, it was Atalanta who took the lead courtesy of Ruslan Malinovskyi, but after the Nerazzurri went down to ten men following Robin Gosens’ dismissal, Cristante equalised for Roma in the second half.
