Bologna and Atalanta wrapped up Serie A Week 6 with a tie on Saturday 28 September 2024 at the Renato Dall'Ara Stadium in Bologna, Italy. In their last 12 encounters at the Dall'Ara in Serie A, the teams have only drawn once, with both sides netting 15 goals each—Bologna has five wins while Atalanta has six: the last draw was 2-2 on December 23, 2020.

In the end, a point that doesn't disappoint anyone: Bologna for having come close to winning even with ten men, Atalanta for having found the equalizer too late to find the winning goal.

With ten men, Italiano's team practically resists until the end, when Samardzic, in the 90th minute, fools Skoruspki with a curling shot.

Everything happens in the second half: Castro finds the advantage, Lucumí loses a bloody ball and knocks down De Kentelare. The first decision is a yellow and penalty, after the VAR it's a red but a free kick.

Stats before the game

Atalanta have won 38 of their 106 Serie A matches against Bologna (D28, L40), against no team have they achieved more successes in the tournament (38 also against Lazio).

Bologna have won their last three matches against Atalanta in Serie A and have never achieved four wins in a row against the Goddess in the top flight.

Bologna won their last match against Monza after six consecutive league games without a win (D4, L2); the Emilians could achieve two wins in a row in Serie A for the first time since last March and April (against Empoli and Salernitana in that case).

Bologna have drawn their last five league games at the Dall’Ara and only once in their history in Serie A have they recorded six consecutive home draws: between May and November 1981.

Atalanta – currently on 6 points in the standings – despite winning this match, will remain under 10 points in the first six matchdays of Serie A: in the previous five seasons of the top flight they had always exceeded this figure after the first six rounds (the last time with fewer dates back to 2018/19, 6 points won).

Atalanta have lost their last two league away games against Torino and Inter, with Gasperini as coach only once have the Goddess suffered three consecutive away defeats in Serie A: between October and November 2017. Atalanta have the worst defense in the league with 11 goals conceded; the Bergamo team have suffered 27 shots on target in these first five rounds of Serie A, less only than Parma and Venezia (both 28).

Riccardo Orsolini has been involved in five goals against Atalanta in Serie A (three goals and two assists), only against Udinese (six) has he done better in the tournament. The first eight appearances of the class of ’97 in Serie A came with the Dea between September 2017 and January 2018. Ademola Lookman has scored in each of his last four Serie A appearances (two in the last tournament, two in this one, his record in the competition): the last Atalanta player to score in five consecutive top-flight games was Teun Koopmeiners in February 2024, while the last Nerazzurri striker was Luis Muriel in January 2021.