Matchday

Serie A 25/26 · 21 Dec 2025

Genoa 0–1 Atalanta

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Nov 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.4 – 1.1
Actual xG
0.9 – 1.6
Goals
0 – 1

Footybot made Genoa favourites at 45%.

Atalanta won and made the better chances: 1.6 xG to 0.9.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Davide Zappacosta, 83.2 in 69′.

Well above their usual level: Davide Zappacosta +26.0, Marten de Roon +16.2, Sead Kolašinac +15.7.

Well below it: Gianluca Scamacca −15.5, Vitinha −8.9.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Genoa

14 Dec 2025L 1–2v Inter Serie A
8 Dec 2025W 2–1at Udinese Serie A
29 Nov 2025W 2–1v Hellas Verona Serie A
22 Nov 2025D 3–3at Cagliari Serie A
9 Nov 2025D 2–2v Fiorentina Serie A

Atalanta

13 Dec 2025W 2–1v Cagliari Serie A
9 Dec 2025W 2–1v Chelsea Champions League
6 Dec 2025L 1–3at Hellas Verona Serie A
30 Nov 2025W 2–0v Fiorentina Serie A
26 Nov 2025W 3–0at Eintracht Frankfurt Champions League

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Genoa

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Aarón Martín Midfielder500–100.0–
Ruslan Malinovskyi Midfielder6700–58.1+6.6
Daniele Sommariva Goalkeeper8500–57.4–
Brooke Norton-Cuffy Midfielder9000–52.0+2.8
Patrizio Masini Midfielder1300–50.6–
Lorenzo Colombo Forward23000.4650.5–
Morten Frendrup Midfielder9000–48.4+3.0
Sebastian Otoa Defender9000–46.7−2.8
Mikael Ellertsson Midfielder9000–44.2−1.0
Johan Vásquez Defender90000.0244.0−2.3
Alessandro Marcandalli Defender9000–43.9+1.9
Caleb Ekuban Forward67000.0442.4−3.5
Vitinha Forward83000.3442.2−8.9
Morten Thorsby Midfielder2300–29.9–
Nicola Leali Goalkeeper300–0.0–

Atalanta

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Nicola Zalewski Midfielder21010.02100.0–
Nikola Krstović Forward8000.2784.9–
Davide Zappacosta Midfielder6900–83.2+26.0
Lazar Samardžić Midfielder33000.0679.3–
Isak Hien Defender90100.2067.0+9.6
Marten de Roon Midfielder9000–64.4+16.2
Sead Kolašinac Defender82000.1060.7+15.7
Yunus Musah Midfielder90000.0457.4+6.3
Marco Carnesecchi Goalkeeper9000–55.9+5.4
Lorenzo Bernasconi Midfielder6900–55.2+5.3
Charles De Ketelaere Forward90000.1255.2−5.0
Éderson Midfielder82000.4653.8+2.3
Daniel Maldini Forward57000.0649.3+0.7
Kamaldeen Sulemana Forward2100–46.2–
Marco Brescianini Midfielder800–42.4–
Gianluca Scamacca Forward90000.2741.8−15.5