By defeating Monza 2-0 whilst keeping a clean sheet, Atalanta have claimed their fourth consecutive win in the 2024-2025 Serie A Enilive. For the second time in its history since the 2019/20 campaign, the black-and-blue club has scored at least 25 league goals in its first 10 games (back in the day the count stopped at 26).
As he broke the deadlock on 70 minutes through a spark of brilliance, Lazar Samardzic has become the youngest player to have netted at least 15 Serie A goals in the past four seasons (namely, since the 2021/22 campaign): as for the breakdown, 14 were scored from open play whilst 1 from the penalty spot. Lastly, for the second time in his Serie A stint since the Udinese v Cremonese game played back on April 23 2023, the black-and-blue no. 24 provided an assist and scored a goal in the same game.
Showcasing his “wingman” skills once again this month, it was Mateo Retegui who dished out the key pass behind our opener: by contributing to 9 goals in October (namely 6 scored and 3 assists), no other player bar Ciro Immobile (who also favoured 9 nets in 2019 and in 2017) has been involved in more goals throughout the month of October than our number 32.
Finding his second seasonal goal with a ranged stunner to vanquish Turati, Davide Zappacosta has extended his domestic scoring spree and his only net shy of his previous scoring best for Serie A home games (established in the 2021/22 campaign).
The Monza game also marked Marten de Roon’s 280th Atalanta Serie A appearance, which made him the second most-capped Nerazzurro player in the Italian top-flight (with the exclusion of play-off ties) after overtaking Gianpaolo Bellini (279) whilst also positioning himself within striking distance of Stefano Angeleri’s best of 281. As far as other Serie A milestones are concerned, Nicolò Zaniolo racked up his 100th game in the first division last night.
Closing off with the individual figures provided by the Serie A’s official Match Report, Samardžić leads the chart for most shots fired (4), successful dribblings (4) and shots on target (2); De Roon is the onfield benchmark for goal chances (3), key passes (3) and balls played (87). With Charles De Ketelaere flaunting the most successfull passes on the offensivee third (23), Ederson is the player with the most successfull passes overall instead (61).
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