1) How many times have we kept a clean sheet in the 19 Serie A games we had against Empoli?

11

Among all the teams that Atalanta have faced more than 10 times in Serie A, it’s Empoli against whom the Nerazzurri have most often kept a clean sheet, in 11 fixtures in total, which is an impressive rate of 58% (11/19).

2) How many goals has Duván Zapata scored against Empoli? 

4

Duván Zapata has scored on average one goal in every other match in Serie A: the Colombian has found the back of the net 4 times in 8 matches against the Tuscan side, including this season’s away fixture.

3) How many times have we faced Empoli on a Saturday in Serie A?

1

The only Serie A fixture between Atalanta and Empoli that took place on a Saturday dates back to 10 May 2003: the match ended in a goalless draw. Curiously, the scoreless result has been registered between the two sides more than once in Serie A, to be precise 6 times, including the last match at the Gewiss Stadium that took place in April 2019.

4) Who made his Serie A debut against Empoli?

Freuler  

It was Remo Freuler who made his Serie A debut on 7 February 2016 in the match against Empoli. The Swiss midfielder also scored once against the Tuscan side on 25 November 2018. Hans Hateboer also got a goal in that fixture in November 2018 but the Dutch wingback made his Serie A debut against Pescara on 19 March 2017, the fixture was won by Atalanta 3-0.

5) Atalanta 2-1 Empoli, 20/12/2016. In which minute did D’Alessandro score?

90’+4′ 

In the 2016/17 Christmas match, Atalanta, which had been having a very successful season, went one goal down at the start of the second half as Mchedlidze scored the opener. Atalanta rushed to come back from behind, managed to equalise through Frank Kessié on 29 minutes and then found the winner thanks to Marco D’Alessandro, who did great to make the most of Kessié’s assist and beat Skorupski: it was on 90’+4′ minutes.