In UEFA Cup/Europa League history, there have been 132 previous instances of the away side winning the first leg of a two-legged knockout tie by 3+ goals; none of these were overturned in the second leg.

Atalanta are looking to win both legs of a two-legged knockout tie in the UEFA Europa League for the first time since the 2021-22 last 16 against Bayer Leverkusen. Meanwhile, Liverpool could lost both legs of a two-legged UEFA Cup/Europa League knockout tie for the first time since the 1998-99 last 16 v Celta de Vigo.

Atalanta’s only home win against English opposition was against Everton in September 2017 (3-0), while their only such defeat came at the hands of Liverpool in November 2020 (0-5). They’ve drawn their other two home games against English sides.

Liverpool have won three of their last four away games against Italian sides in all competitions (L1), as many as in their first 14 such visits (D3 L8). However, their last visit ended in a 4-1 defeat to Napoli in September 2022.

Atalanta have only lost one of their 16 home games in the UEFA Cup/Europa League (W10 D5), going down 0-2 to RB Leipzig in the 2021-22 quarter-final second leg.

Liverpool won their last European away game 5-1 at Sparta Prague; the Reds haven’t won back-to-back away outings in the UEFA Cup/Europa League since 2002-03 when they beat Vitesse and Auxerre in succession.

Gianluca Scamacca has scored in each of his last four UEFA Europa League appearances, including a brace in the first leg against Liverpool. Indeed, this is the longest ever scoring run by an Atalanta player in major European competitions.

Diogo Jota has scored nine goals in 12 UEFA Europa League appearances, despite only starting five of those. He is averaging 64 minutes-per-goal in the competition, the best rate of any player with 5+ goals since the tournament began in 2009, while the Liverpool forward also netted a hat-trick in his only previous European away game against Atalanta in November 2020.