Atalanta returns to league action next week and will host Sampdoria in the 27th round of the Italian Serie A clash at Gewiss Stadium on Monday. Matchday set for 28th February 2022 22:45 EAT.
Atalanta sits fifth in the Serie A table with 44 points from 25 matches. They have had it rough for they recorded zero wins in the last five fixtures and had two losses and three draws. Atalanta has seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 8 goals on the way.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s sidewill be hoping for more of the same after a 0-3 Europa League triumph vs Olympiacos. In that game, Atalanta managed 47% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Atalanta, the scorers were Joakim Mæhle (40′) and Ruslan Malinovskyi (67′, 69′). Olympiacos got 4 shots on goal with 0 on target.
Sampdoria,meanwhile sits fifteenth in the Serie A table with 26 points from 26 matches. In the last five fixtures they have had two wins and three losses. Throughout their six latest matches, Marco Giampaolo’s Sampdoria have found the net 8 times thus yielding them the goals per game average of 1.33.
Sampdoria will be hoping for similar results following a 2-0 Serie A win vs Empoli in their most recent outing. In that game, Sampdoria had 42% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Sampdoria was Fabio Quagliarella (14′, 29′). Empoli had 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target.
Sampdoria vs Atalanta Head to head
These two teams have had 40 head to head encounters since 1993. Sampdoria has 19 victories while Atalanta has 16 victories.and 5 matches ended in draws.
- Sampdoria 1-3 Atalanta 27/10/21
- Sampdoria 0-2nAtalanta 28/02/21
- Atalanta 1-3 Sampdoria 24/10/20
- Atalanta 2-0 Sampdoria 08/07/20
- Sampdoria 0-0 Atalanta 10/11/19
Home
- Olympiacos 0-3 Atalanta
- Fiorentina 1-0 Atalanta
- Atalanta 2-1 Olympiacos
- Atalanta 1-1 Juventus
- Atalanta 2-3 Fiorentina
Away
- Sampdoria 2-0 Empoli
- Milan 1-0 Sampdoria
- Sampdoria 4-0 Sassuolo
- Spezia 1-0 Sampdoria
- Juventus 4-1 Sampdoria
Atalanta team news
Gian Gasperini will be without the services of Bryan Cabezas , José Luis Palomino, Josip Ilicic, Luis Muriel, Aleksey Miranchuk and Duván Zapata due to injuries and Merih Demiral and Berat Djimsiti through suspension.
Sampdoria team news
Marco Giampaolo will be without the services of Kristoffer Askildsen, Sebastian Giovinco, Mikkel Damsgaard and Manolo Gabbiadini due to injuries and Bartosz Bereszynski and Antonio Candreva through suspension.
Prediction and odds
Atalanta hasn’t been beaten in the league by Sampdoria in their previous 2 matches and Sampdoria are without an away win for the past 4 league games. However both teams has no win in most recent matches.
- Atalanta win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
