On March 17, one of the matches of the 27th round of Italian Championship was held. Atalanta (Bergamo) and Empoli (Italy) met.
Italian Championship, Matchday 27
Atalanta (Bergamo) - Empoli (Italy) - 2:1 (0:1)
Goals: Martin de Roon (58), R. Hoylund (86) - T. Ebouehi (44)
Warnings: Liam Henderson (82), J. Boga (84), Filippo Bandinelli (84), J. L. Palomino (88), Matteo Ruggeri (90+1)
Atalanta hosted Empoli in an exciting Serie A match at the Stadio Gevissi. The score was 0-1 in favor of Empoli at halftime, but Atalanta battled back in the second half to win 2-1. On 44 minutes, Empoli's T. Ebouehi scored the first goal of the match. However, Atalanta responded in the 58th minute with a goal from M. De Runa. Empoli made three substitutions on 59 and 69 minutes, substituting A. Grassi, G. Fazzini, G. Akpa Akpro and T. Baldanzi in place of A. Ismajli, F. Bandinelli, L. Henderson and N. Haas. Atalanta made their first substitution in the 76th minute: G. Scalvini replaced A. Lukman. Empoli also made a sub on 79 minutes, S. Valukevich replaced A. Ismaily.
Atalanta made two more substitutions on 79 minutes: L. Muriel and D. Zapata were replaced by J. Boga and R. Hoylun. Boga and R. Hojlund. Empoli's L. Henderson and F. Bandinelli were given yellow cards at the 82nd and 84 minutes, respectively, while Atalanta's J. Boga was given a yellow card at the 85th minute. 86 minutes into the match, Atalanta's R. Hoylund scored the winning goal to give his team the 2-1 win. 88 minutes into the match Atalanta player J.L. Palomino also got a yellow card. In the 89th minute Atalanta made two more substitutions, releasing D. Zappacosta and M. Pasalic instead of J. Mahele and M. Demiral. In the 90th minute Atalanta player M. Ruggeri got a yellow card. Overall, it was an exciting match between two competitive teams, with Atalanta coming out on top.
In the next round the following matches are waiting for the opponents: Cremonese - Atalanta and Empoli - Lecce.
| Atalanta | Empoli | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Goals on goal | 2 |
| 27 | Strokes | 5 |
| 7 | Blocked kicks | 1 |
| 18 | Kicks from the penalty area | 5 |
| 9 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 0 |
| 11 | Violations | 10 |
| 13 | Corner | 2 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 70% | Possession of the ball | 30% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 1 | Saves by goalkeeper | 3 |
| 623 | Total assists | 282 |
| 543 | Accurate passes | 192 |
| 87% | Accuracy of transmissions | 68% |