Juventus 2-0 Atalanta: Bremer header caps second-half dominance

Atalanta set up in a 4-3-3 and dictated the opening 45 minutes, completing 151 passes in the opposition half to Juventus' 96 and registering six shots to three. Charles De Ketelaere drifted between the lines, though his only real threat measured 0.04 xG. Juventus, in a 3-4-2-1, absorbed the pressure and struck on the counter. Zeki Çelik slipped Conceição in behind on the left; the winger cut inside and finished left-footed from a tight angle, his 0.19 xG chance the only shot on target either side managed before the break. Atalanta's dominance yielded no clear-cut opportunities — zero big chances to Juventus' one — and the half-time whistle blew with the visitors wondering how they trailed despite 12 touches in the Juventus box to the hosts' ten.

The pattern flipped immediately. Juventus raised their possession to 54% and pushed their forwards higher, accumulating 18 touches in the Atalanta box against ten. Randal Kolo Muani, quiet in the first half, began to find pockets between the lines and finished with 0.48 xG across the game, while Nicolás González added width on the right. Atalanta's shape compacted but could not stem the flow: Juventus fired 11 second-half shots, four on target, and carved three big chances. The home side's open-play xG jumped to 0.85, Atalanta's collapsed to 0.10. Juventus also won the physical battle, taking 41 duels to 35, and completed 462 passes at 89% accuracy to Atalanta's 431 at 91%. The visitors' only response was a pair of off-target efforts and a deepening yellow-card count — two in the first half, none after the break as they chased shadows.

The decisive moment arrived from a routine corner. Edon Zhegrova's delivery found Bremer unmarked at the near post; the centre-back powered a header past the keeper for his first goal of the night, worth 0.15 xG. It was Juventus' only set-play goal from 0.25 xG, but it crystallised their aerial edge. Atalanta's five corners produced 0.18 xG and no shots on target. The final whistle confirmed a win built on patience, a clinical first-half finish, and a second-half suffocation that the underlying numbers — 14 shots to 11, 5 on target to 2, 4 big chances to 0, 28 box touches to 22 — fully support.