Atalanta — Pafos 3:1, 15 October: match result

match finished UEFA Conference League · Matchday 1 Thursday 15 October · 19:00 UTC

Atalanta 4th · 3 pts WWD

3 : 1 1st half 3:0

Pafos 32th · 0 pts LWD

New Balance Arena · referee A. Ladeback

Match predictionBold

Neither team to score 3+

75% · Atalanta sit 28 places higher in the table

Prediction missed. We predicted “Neither team to score 3+”, and the match finished 3:1.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Atalanta 41% draw 26% Pafos 33%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Atalanta win, and the match finished 3:1. Fans backed Atalanta win — they got it right.

fans 47 votes

Atalanta 51% draw 13% Pafos 36%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

E. Elmas assist: G. Raspadori 1-0 1'

G. Raspadori penalty 2-0 18'

C. De Ketelaere for G. Raspadori 21'

K. Sema for David Luiz 37'

G. Scamacca assist: C. De Ketelaere 3-0 44'

J. Correia for Bruno 46'

A. Brito for D. Quina 46'

R. Sa Pinto 50'

Ederson for M. Pasalic 67'

L. Samardzic for N. Zalewski 67'

Anderson Silva for Lele 69'

Guga for Pepe 69'

J. Idele for T. Kristensen 80'

Biel assist: Anderson Silva 3-1 88'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Atalanta 4-2-3-1 4-3-3 Pafos

Marco Carnesecchi  
Davide Zappacosta  31 Thomas Kristensen  23 Sead Kolašinac  47 Lorenzo Bernasconi  
Gianluca Gaetano  8 Mario Pašalić  
Eljif Elmas  18 Giacomo Raspadori  59 Nicola Zalewski  
Gianluca Scamacca  

Domingos Quina  18 Lelê  20 Biel  
Vlad Dragomir  26 Ivan Šunjić  88 Pêpê  
Bruno  3 Samy Mmaee  4 David Luiz  14 Nikolas Ioannou  
Radosław Majecki  

Atalanta bench

17Charles De Ketelaere
41Javison Idele
11Jonathan Rowe
10Lazar Samardžić
57Marco Sportiello
51Mattia Sonzogni
90Nikola Krstović
40Relja Obrić
13Éderson

Pafos bench

50Alexandre Brito
33Anderson Silva
60Christos Evzonas
42Georgios Michael
6Guga
77João Correia
12Ken Sema
72Kosmas Ioannou
61Melinos Kais
71Michalis Papastylianou
82Petros Petrou

Match stats

19 metrics for the full match

65%Possession35%

20Shots8

7Shots on target5

9Shots off target3

4Blocked shots1

13Shots inside box5

7Shots outside box3

123Attacks61

74Dangerous attacks30

6Corners2

2Offsides0

13Fouls11

4Saves4

778Passes419

721Accurate passes358

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

1Penalties0

Atalanta

PafosThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Atalanta and Pafos met on matchday 1 of the UEFA Conference League on 15 October at New Balance Arena. Final score — 3:1.

Atalanta sit 4th on 3 points after 3 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses), unbeaten in 3 matches. Pafos sit 32th on 0 points after 3 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Atalanta last five Pafos

WWD form LWD

3 Matches 3

2 — 1 — 0 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 1 — 1

4 — 1 Scored — conceded 6 — 6

2.33 Points per game 1.33

1.33 Goals scored per game 2

2 Clean sheets 0

1 Failed to score 0

unbeaten in 3 Current streak winless in 1

Atalanta at home: 2 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 3—1, 2 points per match.

Pafos away: 2 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 2—4, 0.5 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Trabzonspor	1	1	0	0	4—2	3
4	Atalanta	1	1	0	0	3—1	3
5	Mjällby	1	1	0	0	2—0	3
…
31	KuPS	1	0	0	1	2—4	0
32	Pafos	1	0	0	1	1—3	0
33	Inter Club d'Escaldes	1	0	0	1	0—2	0

Full UEFA Conference League table