Five facts about Atalanta v Hellas Verona

Answers to the quiz-stories

1) Koopmeiners’ goal in the away fixture was his first one for the Nerazzurri.

False

Teun Koopmeiners scored his first goal out of four in total in the home fixture against Venezia. It was Aleksey Miranchuk to score his first goal of the season in the away match against Hellas Verona.

2) 7/12/2019, Atalanta 3-2 Verona. In which minute did Djimisiti score?

90+3

At the death of the match, Berat Djimisiti turned the game around, making it 3-2 on 90+3 minutes. Atalanta had been trailing twice due to a brace from Di Carmine but managed to equalise twice as well, first through a fantastic goal by Malinovskyi and then through Muriel‘s penalty. Finally, the combination of the Nerazzurri defenders, Palomino-Toloi-Djimsiti earned three points for Atalanta.

3) When was Atalanta v Hellas Verona last played on Monday?

Never

It will be the very first time that Atalanta meet Hellas Verona on Monday. It has never happened in the previous 81 matches across all competitions.

4) No one has scored more goals than Iličić in the history of Serie A meetings between Atalanta and Hellas Verona.

True

Having found the net four times against the Veronese side, Josip Iličić has been the best scorer of this encounter in Serie A. Sergio Clerici, Aldo Cantarutti, Cristiano Doni and Marino Magrin are only one goal away from the Slovenian.

Here’s his amazing hat-trick at the Bentegodi Stadium in March 2018:

5) 25/10/2017, Atalanta 3-0 Verona. Who scored the opener?

Freuler

It was Remo Freuler to break the deadlock in that Atalanta v Hellas Verona match. The Swiss earned the lead for the Nerazzurri, a left-foot strike from Iličić doubled it and Kurtić killed it off, making it 3-0.

  • 17/04/2022
  • Atalanta-Verona
  • Serie A TIM
  • Serie A