Ivan Juric’s Atalanta dropped into the bottom half of the Serie A table, suffering their first league defeat of the season as they lost 1-0 to Udinese.
Udinese climbed above Atalanta with their first clean sheet at the Stadio Friuli this term. Atalanta have just 13 points from nine games, marking their slowest start to a league campaign since 2018/19.
A match-up against the division’s joint-leakiest defence provided an opportunity for Juric’s side to build momentum. However, Udinese began to produce attacking threat through Nicolo Zaniolo.
Atalanta’s slow start with just 13 points from nine games.
Author summary: Atalanta drops to bottom half of Serie A table.