Atalanta 5-2 Spezia: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 20 November 2021

Result

Atalanta 5-2 Spezia

Serie A · Saturday 20 November 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

Atalanta 5-2 Spezia: match report

Atalanta beat Spezia 5-2 in Serie A on Saturday 20 November 2021. The half-time score was 3-1.

M'Bala Nzola opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Atalanta's goals came from Mario Pasalic (18'), Duván Zapata (38', penalty), Mario Pasalic (41'), Luis Muriel (83') and Ruslan Malinovskyi (89'). Spezia scored through M'Bala Nzola (11') and M'Bala Nzola (90+1').

Discipline: Atalanta received 2 yellow cards; Spezia received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Atalanta were 4th on 22 points from 12 and Spezia 16th on 11 points from 12. Atalanta went on to finish that season 8th with 59 points, and Spezia 16th with 36.

Atalanta lined up in a 3-4-3 and Spezia in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mario Pašalić of Atalanta (9.4), ahead of Duván Zapata (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Atalanta win, 1 draw and 0 for Spezia.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

5'Yellow card · Emmanuel GyasiSpezia
10'Yellow card · T. KoopmeinersAtalanta
11'Goal · M'Bala NzolaSpezia · 0-1
18'Goal · Mario PasalicAtalanta · 1-1
36'Yellow card · Jacopo SalaSpezia
38'Penalty goal · Duván ZapataAtalanta · 2-1
41'Goal · Mario PasalicAtalanta · 3-1
49'Yellow card · Petko HristovSpezia
71'Yellow card · Mario PasalicAtalanta
83'Goal · Luis MurielAtalanta · 4-1
89'Goal · Ruslan MalinovskyiAtalanta · 5-1
90+1'Goal · M'Bala NzolaSpezia · 5-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Atalanta 1, draws 1, Spezia 0.

Atalanta 3-1 SpeziaSerie A · 12 Mar 2021
Spezia 0-0 AtalantaSerie A · 21 Nov 2020

Team news

Unavailable

Bryan CabezasAtalanta · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Robin GosensAtalanta · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Jérémie BogaAtalanta · injury (Unknown Injury)
Hans HateboerAtalanta · injury (Foot Injury)
M. BourabiaSpezia · injury (Calf Injury)
Matteo LovatoAtalanta · injury (Muscle Injury)
Aimar SherSpezia · injury (Fractured Arm)
Kevin AgudeloSpezia · injury (Fractured Foot)

Atalanta line-up (3-4-3)

Juan Musso, Rafael Tolói, José Luis Palomino, Berat Djimsiti, Davide Zappacosta, Teun Koopmeiners, Marten de Roon, Joakim Maehle, Josip Ilicic, Duván Zapata, Mario Pašalić

Spezia line-up (3-5-1-1)

Ivan Provedel, Kelvin Amian, Martin Erlić, Petko Hristov, Emmanuel Gyasi, Viktor Kovalenko, Jacopo Sala, Giulio Maggiore, Simone Bastoni, Daniele Verde, M'Bala Nzola