1) In which minute did Zapata score in the away fixture?
75th minute
Atalanta won three crucial points at the Stadio Arechi in the early kick-off of Serie A TIM Matchday 4. The lads had to struggle as the hosting side were dangerous and caused problems for the Nerazzurri defence a few times. But it was Duvan Zapata to decide the match on 75 minutes: he managed to keep the ball and shoot it past Belec.
2) When was Atalanta v Salernitana last played?
2003/04
The match Atalanta v Salernitana was last held in Bergamo 18 years ago: at that time, the stadium Atleti Azzurri d’Italia hosted Salernitana for the 2003/04 Serie B Matchday 46, which was also the final round of the league. The match allowed the Nerazzurri to be promoted to Serie A.
3) How many former Atalanta players are there in Salernitana?
3
Matteo Ruggeri (born in 2002) and Nadir Zortea (born 1999) perform for Salernitana. Both are wingbacks and both are Nerazzurri Academy graduates. They arrived in Salerno at the beginning of the current season. Moreover, Ruggeri made his debut in Serie A and in the Champions League last season in the Atalanta shirt. Besides Ruggeri and Zortea, Ivan Radovanovic also played for the Bergamaschi: the Croatian can boast 33 appearances in the Nerazzurri shirt.
4) How many times did Atalanta meet Salernitana in Serie A?
3
Atalanta had 3 Serie A encounters with Salernitana. Besides the away fixture this season, the other two encounters between the two sides date back to the 1947/48 season when both the matches ended in a goalless tie.
5) Zapata is the all-time top scorer in Serie A games between Atalanta and Salernitana.
True
As the two sides met only three times in Serie A, Zapata turns out to have scored the only goal in Serie A against Salernitana: the fixture at the Stadio Arechi ended 0-1 last September thanks to the Colombian’s winner while the other two encounters in the 1947/48 season ended all square. This makes Zapata the best scorer in the history of Serie A matches between the two sides.
