How many previous Serie A encounters have been played on a Monday?
Three
The upcoming fixture will be the fourth Serie A matchup between Atalanta and Fiorentina to be played on a Monday. So far, the scales are tipped in Atalanta’s favour on the grounds of the 2-2 tie at the Franchi stadium back in the 1957/58 season; a second draw, this time a 1-1 tie in Bergamo, on Matchday 1 of the 1965/66 campaign and, lastly, the 2-0 win back in the 1986/87 season courtesy of Francis and Magrin.
Down below the highlights of the reverse fixture
How many goals did Bonaventura score for Atalanta in Serie A?
14
After rising through the ranks of the black-and-blue Academy, Giacomo Bonaventura collected 99 Serie A appearances for Atalanta prior to his transfer to AC Milan in the 2014 summer transfer window. During his stint in Bergamo, he scored a tally of 14 goals.
How many times have Atalanta and Fiorentina previously crossed swords on Matchday 30?
Seven
Monday’s outing will be the eighth match-up to be played on a Matchday 30, also making it the matchday holding the highest number of confrontations, pulling ahead of Matchday 23 with 7 fixtures played. As this confrontation took place at least once in almost every Matchday, safe for the 37th and 38th, the latest slot in the schedule to ever have hosted this fixture dates back to the 1947/48 season when it was played on Matchday 39. The last time this match-up took place on Matchday 30 was in the 2021/22 season, with the fixture culminating in Atalanta imposing themselves 2-3 away (pictured down below, a celebrating Duván).
In the Fiorentina-Atalanta 1-1 draw back on 24/9/2017, in which minute did Freuler score?
90’+4′
Things took a turn for the worse for Atalanta as not only did the Nerazzurri concede Chiesa’s goal at the Franchi, but they also squandered the equalizer with Sportiello saving Gomez’s spot-kick. In true “Mola Mia” fashion, the Nerazzurri eventually levelled the scoresheet at the heart of the renowned Zona Cesarini as Remo Freuler sent the Away Zone into a frenzy with a 94th minute equaliser.
Which is the most recurring outcome in Serie A fixtures between Atalanta and Fiorentina?
0-0
The epitome of maximum balance, also colloquially dubbed “the specs”, is the most recurring outcome, with as many as 15 iterations out of the overall 119 matches disputed so far. Nonetheless, a goalless draw has not cropped up ever since the home match played in Bergamo on the 5th of March 2017 (namely, the reverse match disputed during Gian Piero Gasperini’s first season at the helm of Atalanta) The outcome of the away match played at the Franchi stadium, you ask? Fire it away, another 0-0 tie!
