Serie A | Juventus 2-0 Atalanta: Old Lady revitalised, but third Dea defeat

Juventus took their chances with Francisco Conceicao and Gleison Bremer, dooming Maurizio Sarri’s Atalanta to a third consecutive defeat.

The Bianconeri got back on track with Thursday’s 5-0 Europa League victory over NEC, but scraped one point from the last two Serie A games, so the pressure was already on. Kamil Grabara added to the injury crisis with Kenan Yildiz, Manuel Locatelli, Khephren Thuram, Jeremie Boga, Andrea Cambiaso, Jeff Ekhator and Juan Cabal. Hosting Maurizio Sarri, Luciano Spalletti switched to a 4-2-3-1 formation.

La Dea were coming off back-to-back defeats against Roma and Cagliari, with Odilon Kossounou, Isak Hien and Kamaldeen Sulemana sidelined, but Gianluca Gaetano was back from suspension. Franck Kessie had been in advanced talks with Juve before signing for Atalanta.

Randal Kolo Muani stung Marco Carnesecchi’s gloves in the opening 90 seconds, but the deadlock was broken when Zeki Celik rolled across from the left and found Francisco Conceicao totally unmarked to sweep in first time from 12 yards into the far bottom corner.

Jonathan Rowe had penalty appeals rejected for a Pierre Kalulu shirt tug, so Pape Malang Sarr came on for the restart, shoring up the Juve midfield.

A Nico Gonzalez glancing header on a corner flashed across the face of goal to skim the far post, but Rowe surged forward to test Guglielmo Vicario with a daisy-cutter, which was palmed away beyond Charles De Ketelaere.

Raoul Bellanova first and then Giorgio Scalvini made the necessary runs to block off Francisco Conceicao in dangerous moves, but Carnesecchi made a fine reaction save to deny Weston McKennie’s header on a Nico Gonzalez cross from eight yards.

Atalanta thought they had equalised on 63 minutes when Kristensen’s header beat Vicario from six yards, but Kolo Muani performed a decisive goal-line clearance.

There were two promising Juve runs with Kolo Muani and Nico Gonzalez, but both slipped at the crucial moment, and Carnesecchi got down to push a Sarr low drive away.

Juventus did double their lead when Bremer nodded down an Edon Zhegrova corner, surprising Giacomo Raspadori at the base of the near post.

Carnesecchi kept the scoreline down with late saves from point-blank range on Kolo Muani and from the resulting corner on Teun Koopmeiners.

Juventus 2-0 Atalanta

Francisco Conceicao 28 (J), Bremer 77 (J)

20-09-2026 17:00

MatchDay 5

Player statistic

1st half

2nd half

Starting lineups

25 Guglielmo Vicario Goalkeeper

3 Bremer Defender

26 Jhon Lucumí Defender

15 Pierre Kalulu Defender

2 Zeki Celik Defender

12 Douglas Luiz Midfielder

22 Weston McKennie Midfielder 86'

7 Francisco Conceição Attacker 72'

17 Kerim Alajbegović Attacker 46'

31 Nico González Attacker 71'

9 Randal Kolo Muani Attacker 89'

29 Marco Carnesecchi Goalkeeper

47 Lorenzo Bernasconi Defender

42 Giorgio Scalvini Defender

16 Raoul Bellanova Defender

31 Thomas Kristensen Defender

13 Éderson Midfielder

19 Franck Kessié Midfielder 72'

11 Jonathan Rowe Midfielder 84'

10 Lazar Samardžić Midfielder 63'

17 Charles De Ketelaere Attacker

90 Nikola Krstovic Attacker 73'

Substitutes

23 Carlo Pinsoglio Goalkeeper

24 Daniele Rugani Defender

4 Federico Gatti Defender

43 Filippo Pagnucco Midfielder

Riccardo Radu Goalkeeper

Grady Makiobo Midfielder

29 Pape Matar Sarr Midfielder 46'

8 Teun Koopmeiners Midfielder 71'

11 Edon Zhegrova Attacker 72'

27 Nick Woltemade Attacker 86'

6 Lloyd Kelly Defender 89'

59 Nicola Zalewski Midfielder

77 Davide Zappacosta Defender

8 Mario Pasalic Midfielder

57 Marco Sportiello Goalkeeper

23 Sead Kolasinac Defender

40 Relja Obric Defender

Jacopo Mirra Defender

22 Thomas Pompei Goalkeeper

18 Giacomo Raspadori Attacker 63'

9 Gianluca Scamacca Attacker 72'

70 Gianluca Gaetano Midfielder 73'

99 Eljif Elmas Midfielder 84'