Crotone vs Atalanta Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Atalanta have won 75% of their Serie A meetings against Crotone (3/4), their joint-highest success rate among teams they have faced more than twice in the top-flight.
Crotone have lost only one of their last six home games in Serie A (W2 D3): a 0-2 defeat against AC Milan in September.
Atalanta have lost their last two league games. while they/vs never previously lost three in a row in Serie A under Gasperini - the last time they managed to lose more consecutive games in the competition was in January 2016 under Edoardo Reja (four in that case).
Atalanta have conceded 12 league goals so far this season; only once previously have they conceded more in the opening five games of a Serie A campaign (15 in 1951/52). The last time the Bergamaschi conceded at least 13 goals in the opening six Serie A games of a season was in 2002/03.
Atalanta have lost only one of their last 23 games against newly- promoted sides in Serie A (W18 D4). keeping 13 clean sheets in this run. Atalanta have scored in 15 consecutive away matches in Serie A (40 goals in total) - only once have they managed a longer such streak in their history (16 in 1953). Atalanta have conceded the most goals during the first 30 minutes of play in Serie A this season (six). followed by Crotone (five).
Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini's first experience as a first team coach came with Crotone, when he achieved a promotion to Serie B in his first year (in the 2003/04 playoff final against Viterbese) - he managed the Rossoblu 105 times in league competition, between 2003 and 2006.
Crotone’s Simy scored the first of his 12 Serie A goals against Atalanta. back in September 201 6 - six of his last eight goals in the competition have come in home matches.
Atalanta's Alejandro deez has scored four league goals in Serie A this season - only Filippo lnzaghi in 1996/97 (five goals) has ever netted more in Atalanta's opening five games of a Serie A campaign (in the three point for a win era).
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