Five trivia about Atalanta v Lecce

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How many Serie A encounters out of the 25 disputed so far resulted in a victory?

10

With 10 Serie A wins thus far against Lecce, opposed to 8 draws and 7 victories for the Apulians (the latest of which clinched in the reversed fixture played this season), the balance of the match is tipped in Atalanta’s favour.
Additionally, if we extend the scope to all competitions, the tally of victories claimed by the Black-and-blues amounts to 19 out of 47 fixtures. On the grounds of the 5 goals scored in 3 matches against Lecce, Duván Zapata currently dons the title of top scorer for this particular feud.
Available down below are the highlights of the 2-7 walkover clinched back in 2020, when Zapata scored a hattrick in the outing played at the Via del Mare stadium.

Atalanta-Lecce was the first match to be played after completing the refurbishment of the Curva Nord: who celebrated the first goal scored under the Pisani?

Gosens

With Atalanta forced to dispute the first matchdays of the 2019-2020 season at the Tardini stadium in Parma as the refurbishment works engulfed the Curva Nord Pisani at the Gewiss Stadium, the official re-debut in our home fief took place on Matchday 6, with Lecce as the very maiden opponent.
After Atalanta took and doubled their lead in the first half (courtesy of Zapata and Gomez), not only did the 3-0 goal, scored by Gosens in the second half, settle the match; but it also re-ushered the Pisani, being it the first-ever net to be slotted in front of the newly remodelled Curva Nord.

Nonetheless, Lucioni scored the consolation goal for Lecce in the final minutes.

Out of the 12 matches previously disputed in Bergamo, which is the most recurring outcome?

0-0

Out of the 12 previous Serie A encounters played in Bergamo, the goalless 0-0 draw has been the most recurring outcome with four iterations thus far. The epitome of maximum balance, also colloquially dubbed “the specs”, is likewise the most recurring outcome for Serie A matches between Atalanta and Lecce (regardless of the field factor), having cropped up 5 times and followed by, respectively, four 2-1 victories for Atalanta (happened in Bergamo three times) and 2-1 for the team from Salento (which had never occurred outside Lecce’s own fief).

How many goals did Muriel score for Lecce?
7

During his spell at Lecce, back in the 2012/13 campaign, not only did Luis Muriel make his debut in the Serie A but he also managed to collect 29 appearances while scoring 7 goals. Despite playing only 48 minutes so far on aggregate against his former team, Muriel had nonetheless found his scoring ways as he slotted one goal during the aforementioned Atalanta-Lecce match played back in 2020 and culminated in a 2-7 away win for the Orobic Club.

How many appearances did Giuseppe Pezzella collect during his stint at Atalanta?

29

During the course of his last season’s spell at Atalanta, the Neapolitan left-back collected, among all competition, a total of 29 appearances subdivided as follows: 21 Serie A appearances, one in the Coppa Italia, 3 caps in the Champions League and 4 in the Europa League.

  • 16/02/2023
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