Atalanta v Lyon background
Atalanta and Lyon both hermetic gift from UEFA Europa League Group E with large victories on matchday five. The outcome of their assembly in Reggio Emilia will confirm a tip dual positions in a section.
• The leader of this compare will bind a group, though if it ends in a pull afterwards a scoreline will be decisive – with 0-0 or 1-1 favoring Atalanta though 2-2 or any higher-scoring pull giving Lyon a edge.
Previous meetings
• The matchday dual confront in France, that was a initial time a teams had met as good as Atalanta’s lass confront with French opposition, finished 1-1. Bertrand Traoré put Lyon forward on a cadence of half-time before Atalanta equalised by captain Alejandro Gómez on 57 minutes.
• Lyon’s record in 23 games opposite Italian sides is now W8 D6 L9 (W4 D2 L5 in Italy). They have not won on any of their final 4 visits opposite a limit (D1 L3).
Form guide
• Atalanta achieved their biggest divided win in Europe on matchday 5 when they overcame Everton 5-1 during Goodison Park; they are now 5 matches dominant in Europe this deteriorate (W3 D2).
• Atalanta are 7 home games dominant in Europe, their final such better entrance in a 1987/88 European Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final opposite Mechelen (1-2).
• Lyon have scored in any of their final 8 European divided matches, and their final 13 home and away. However, they have won only one of their final 5 fixtures outward France (D1 L3).
• Fourth in Serie A final term, Atalanta are behind in Europe for a initial time given 1990/91, when they were separated by Internazionale Milano in a UEFA Cup quarter-finals.
• Lyon were UEFA Europa League semi-finalists final season, when they mislaid to Ajax carrying eliminated from a UEFA Champions League organisation stage.
Links and trivia
• The tour from Lyon to Reggio Emilia, where Atalanta are personification their European home fixtures, is around 470km.
• Atalanta’s Robin Gosens and Lyon’s Traoré were both on a books during Dutch bar Vitesse in 2014/15, though never played a comparison diversion together.
• Lyon defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa played in Italy with Roma in 2014/15, featuring in a 1-1 Serie A pull during home to Atalanta.
• This season’s UEFA Europa League final, on 16 May 2018, will be staged in Lyon’s home stadium.
• Suspended for subsequent compare if booked: Andrea Masiello, Josip IliÄić (Atalanta); Marçal (Lyon)
The coaches
• A one-time Juventus girl player, Atalanta trainer Gian Piero Gasperini mostly played in Italy’s reduce groups though worked his approach adult to a tip tier as a coach, heading Inter, Genoa and Palermo before holding a pursuit in Bergamo in 2016.
• Born in Lyon, Bruno Génésio came by a club’s ranks as a midfielder, personification for a comparison side from 1985–95. He returned to a bar as partner manager in 2011 before holding solitary authority in Dec 2015.