Two sides separated by just two points in the Serie A table will be back in action this Sunday when Atalanta BC lock horns with Juventus at Gewiss Stadium (Bergamo), kick off at 22:45 EAT.
Atalanta will thus head into this very exciting clash against Juventus winless in four successive games in all competitions. Atalanta have now lost three of their last five home games in all competitions, and in contrast to their unbeaten away record, Atalanta have struggled in Bergamo, only winning three of their 11 home matches. In their last five matches Atalanta scored seven goals and both teams scored in two games.
Atalanta prepares for this game following losing effort versus 2-3 Coppa Italia in their last game against Fiorentina. In that fixture, Atalanta managed 49% possession, nine shots with two of them on target and goals scored scored by Davide Zappacosta (30′) and Jérémie Boga (56′). Fiorentina got 13 shots with seven of them on target and goals by Krzysztof Piątek (9′, 71′) and Nikola Milenković (94′).
I Bianconeri on the other hand will enter this game in much higher spirits after a streak of seven wins and three draws in the last ten Serie A affairs that that has seen them in the champions league spot. Coming into this game, Juventus has picked up 11 points from the last five games both home and away and BTTS both teams scored in two of those games. Juventus has scored nine goals in the five fixtures.
Juventus takes this trip following 2-1 Coppa Italia victory to beat Sassuolo in their last fixture. In that match, Juventus had 45% possession, 20 shots with 10 of them on target and a goal scored by Paulo Dybala (3′). Sassuolo got 16 shots with six of them on target and goals scored by Hamed Junior Traorè (24′) and Ruan (88′ Own goal).
Atalanta vs Juventus head to head
Juventus boasts superiority in the head to head record of this fixture having won 34 times out of the 51 meetings since 1993. There have been 12 draws while Atalanta will be looking for the sixth meeting.
- Juventus 0-1 Atalanta 27/11/21
- Juventus 3-1 Atalanta 14/08/21
- Atalanta 1-2 Juventus 19/05/21
- Atalanta 1-0 Juventus 18/04/21
- Juventus 1-1 Atalanta 16/12/20
Home
- Atalanta 2-3 Fiorentina
- Atalanta 1-2 Cagliari
- Lazio 0-0 Atalanta
- Atalanta 0-0 Inter
- Atalanta 2-0 Venezia
Away
- Juventus 2-1 Sassuolo
- Juventus 2-0 Hellas Verona
- Milan 0-0 Juventus
- Juventus 4-1 Sampdoria
- Juventus 2-0 Udinese
Atalanta team news
Bryan Cabezas, José Luis Palomino, Josip Ilicic, Giuseppe, Aleksey Miranchuk and Duván Zapata won’t be able to feature for Atalanta manager Gian Gasperini. Juan Musso is ineligible for this match following suspension.
Juventus team news
Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri will not be able to call upon Federico Bernardeschi, Giorgio Chiellini and Federico Chiesa who are recuperating from injuries.
Prediction and odds
The Bianconeri are in better form at the moment and hold a slight upper hand in this weekend’s encounter contrary to Atalanta who are winless in four successive outings across competitions and Atalanta conceded five goals in the back-to-back losses to Cagliari and Fiorentina on the home patch.
- Juventus Win
- Goals under 2.5
- Both teams to score (No)
