Atalanta vs Midtjylland UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📶
The only previous meeting between Atalanta and FC Midtjylland came on MD1 of this season’s UEFA Champions League campaign, with the Italian side picking up a 4-0 victory away from home.
FC Midtjylland have lost all three of their previous games against Italian opponents in European competition, conceding 13 goals and scoring just one in reply.
Including qualifiers, Atalanta have played three previous games against Danish teams in European competition and are yet to concede a goal (four scored - W1 D2).
FC Midtjylland’s only previous away game against an Italian side in European competition came back in November 2015, when they were beaten 5-0 by Napoli in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League.
With two games left to go in the group stage of the 2020-21 UEFA Champions League, Atalanta have already won as many points this season as they did in the group stage last season (7 - W2 D1 L3 in 2019-20).
FC Midtjylland are one of only two teams to have lost all four of their games in the UEFA Champions League this season (along with Marseille), while they also have the joint-worst goal difference of any team in the competition (-9, equal with Marseille and Shakhtar Donetsk).
Atalanta have only failed to score in one of their last 12 games in the UEFA Champions League (25 goals in total), although this did come in their most recent home game in the competition, losing by five goals to Liverpool.
FC Midtjylland have scored with just two of their 32 shots in the UEFA Champions League this season (6.3% shot conversion rate), while only Marseille (0) and Olympiakos (1) have found the net on fewer occasions.
Josip Ilicic has been directly involved in seven goals in his last five games for Atalanta in the UEFA Champions League (six goals and one assist) – his seven goal involvements in the competition is also the most of any player for the club.
Anders Dreyer has attempted 34% of FC Midtjylland’s total shots in the UEFA Champions League this season (11/32), while the only one of his 11 shots to find the back of the net came in their most recent home game in the competition (versus Ajax on MD3).
COMMENTS