Champions League Matchday 3: Atalanta vs Slavia Praha facts
Monday, October 13, 2025
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Previous meetings, club facts and key stats ahead of the UEFA Champions League Matchday 3 game.
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Matchday 3 of the UEFA Champions League brings a first-ever meeting between Atalanta and Slavia Praha in Bergamo with the Italian side looking to make it successive home wins and their Czech visitors seeking their first victory in this season's competition.
Last match
This is both the teams' first meeting and Atalanta's first game against a Czech club.
Slavia have lost 12 of their 19 games against Italian clubs (W4 D3) and have won only one of the last 12, losing eight. A 3-0 Matchday 2 loss at Inter made it three successive defeats by Serie A sides and five in the last six (W1).
The Prague club have never won in Italy, where their record is D1 L9.
Atalanta are taking part in the Champions League proper for the fifth time – all since 2019 – in 2025/26.
The Bergamo club were ninth in last season's league phase (W4 D3 L1) before losing 2-5 on aggregate to Club Brugge in the knockout phase play-offs
This is Slavia's third campaign in the Champions League proper; they were eliminated in the group stage in 2007/08 and 2019/20.
The Czech club are taking part in a UEFA group stage/league phase for the ninth successive season.
In 2024/25 Slavia lost 2-3 on aggregate to LOSC Lille in the Champions League qualifying play-offs, going on to finish 30th in the league phase of the UEFA Europa League (W1 D2 L5).
Key stats
Atalanta had lost three successive European matches before coming from behind to beat Club Brugge 2-1 on Matchday 2.
Mario Pašalić's winner made him Atalanta's outright top scorer in the Champions League proper with eight goals.
That was only the Italian club's third win in their last 13 home Champions League games (D5 L5).
Atalanta have lost only two of their last 16 European group stage/league phase matches (W9 D5) and only one of the last eight at home (W4 D3).
Slavia are without a win in nine European matches (D3 L6), letting slip a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at home to Bodø/Glimt on Matchday 1.
Slavia have not won in the Champions League proper since a 2-1 home victory against Steaua Bucureşti on Matchday 1 of their debut campaign in September 2007, a run of 13 games (D5 L8).
The Prague club have lost their last four away European games without scoring.