§ Champions League · 2025-26 · Knockout Round Play-offs

Atalanta 4–1 Borussia Dortmund

  • Scamacca 5'
  • Zappacosta 45'
  • Pašalić 57'
  • Scalvini 90+7'
  • Samardžić 90+8' (pen.)
  • Adeyemi 75'
  • Bensebaini 90+7'
  • Schlotterbeck 90+7'

25 February 2026

The match in data

Atalanta got the better of Borussia Dortmund, 4–1, on 25 February 2026, in the 2025-26 Champions League (Knockout Round Play-offs).

Player of the match: Mario Pašalić (Atalanta), rated 75, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 7 final-third passes. Pašalić produced 1.4 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For Borussia Dortmund, the highest-rated player was Carney Chukwuemeka, with 72.

Ramy Bensebaini was sent off at 90+7'.

Giorgio Scalvini was sent off at 90+7'.

Nico Schlotterbeck was sent off at 90+7'.

75
Player of the match

Mario Pašalić

Atalanta · 90'

Produced 1.44× and cost 0.36× their position's average

Added
  • 1 big chance created 4.0×
  • 7 final-third passes 1.2×
  • 41 passes 0.9×
Took away
  • 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
  • 4 duels lost 0.8×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Atalanta
PlayerPositionMinRating
Mario Pašalić ★ Midfielder 90 75
Gianluca Scamacca Forward 72 70
Sead Kolasinac Defender 73 66
Isak Hien Defender 90 62
Marten de Roon Midfielder 90 60
Davide Zappacosta Midfielder 90 51
Giorgio Scalvini Defender 77 50
Lorenzo Bernasconi Midfielder 90 45
Lazar Samardžić Midfielder 90 35
Nicola Zalewski Midfielder 85 30
Marco Carnesecchi Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Nikola Krstović Forward 18 no rating
Honest Ahanor Defender 17 no rating
Berat Djimsiti Defender 13 no rating
Kamaldeen Sulemana Forward 5 no rating
Borussia Dortmund
PlayerPositionMinRating
Carney Chukwuemeka Midfielder 30 72
Julian Ryerson Defender 70 61
Julian Brandt Midfielder 60 56
Karim Adeyemi Forward 20 53
Serhou Guirassy Forward 90 49
Fábio Silva Forward 30 49
Nico Schlotterbeck Defender 90 46
Ramy Bensebaini Defender 90 46
Maximilian Beier Forward 60 45
Jobe Bellingham Midfielder 70 44
Daniel Svensson Defender 90 40
Waldemar Anton Defender 90 40
Emre Can Defender 90 39
Felix Nmecha Midfielder 90 36
Yan Couto Midfielder 20 24
Gregor Kobel Goalkeeper 90 no rating

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.