Serie A: Roma-Atalanta 3-3, as it happened...

27 ago 2018

Roma are set to take on Atalanta in the final game of matchday 2 in the Italian Serie A. This should be a very good game between two good sides. You can follow all of the action with us here on Calciomercato.com.

MATCH PREVIEW:

- Atalanta have won three of their last six Serie A games against Roma (D2,L1), as many they won in their previous 18 such meetings.
- Roma are yet to win at the Olimpico stadium against Atalanta in their last four league matches there (D2 L2). In fact, Roma haven’t beaten them since 2014.
- Roma’s last defeat in Serie A was back in April 2018 against Fiorentina, eight games ago; it’s the longest open streak without a defeat among the teams currently in Serie A.
- The last time that Atalanta won both their opening two matches in Serie A was back in 2008/09.
- The last time that Roma have kept five clean sheets in a row in Serie A was back in October 2013.
- Roma are close to 800 defeats in Serie A, currently on 799.
- Atalanta (28) and Roma (26) are the two teams to have touched the most ball in the opposition box on average in Serie A last season.
- Atalanta is the opponent against who Edin Dzeko has played more minutes in Serie A (540, six matches) – the Bosnian striker has scored one goal in both his last two league games at the Olimpico against them.
- Aleksandar Kolarov scored his first goal in Serie A for Roma against Atalanta – it was his debut for the club.
- Alejandro Gómez has netted four goals against Roma in Serie A, only against Chievo has he scored more (five goals).

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