Serie A: Atalanta-Lazio 1-0 FT, Zapata scored the winner as Acerbi had a late goal ruled out
MATCH PREVIEW:
- Lazio have lost only one of their last eight Serie A meetings against Atalanta (W4 D3).
- In the last five Serie A clashes between Atalanta and Lazio in Bergamo, both teams have found the net (21 total goals), with Atalanta winning two to Lazio’s one (D2).
- Lazio have kept a clean sheet in only one of their last 17 Serie A away games played in Lombardia (W3 D6 L8).
- Atalanta have found the net in each of their last seven Serie A matches (20 in total – 2.9 per game on average), having failed to score in the previous three.
- Only twice have Atalanta scored more goals after 15 Serie A games than the 29 they have this season (32 in 1949/50 and 30 in 1955/56).
- Lazio have drawn four Serie A games in a row for the first time since March 2003 (six).
- Since the start of 2018, Atalanta (1009) and Lazio (942) are the two teams with the most touches in the oppositition box in the Italian top-flight.
- Despite Lazio have the highest open crosses percentage (28%), only Frosinone (one) have scored fewer goals than the Biancocelesti following a cross (two).
- After 12 Serie A games without a single goal, Atalanta striker Duván Zapata has scored five in his last five in the competition.
- Since the start of 2017, Lazio’s Ciro Immobile has scored 53 Serie A goals: only Lionel Messi (70), Harry Kane (60), Robert Lewandowski (56) and Edinson Cavani (55) have scored more in the same period in the top five European leagues.
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