Atalanta take on the visitors Copenhagen at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d`Italia in the first leg match of the UEFA Europa League play-offs. The match will be played in Bergamo on Thursday, August 23rd.
Last season Atalanta placed 7th in the Serie A with 60 points to their credit. Thereby La Dea went through to the Europa League qualification rounds. The team has had five friendly matches this summer and won all of them. In the second qualification round of the UEFA Europa League the Orobici beat Sarajevo (2-2 on their home field, 8-0 on the away field). In the third qualification round they beat Hapoel Haifa (4-1 on the away field, 2-0 on their home field). In their last three matches Atalanta beat Frosinone with a 4-0 score, Hapoel Haifa with a 2-0 score and Rezzato with a 2-1 score.
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Copenhagen placed 4th in the Danish Superliga with 50 points to their credit last season. The team has had four friendly matches this summer, won one of them, drew also one and lost two. They have also had six games in the new season of the Superliga already, won four times, drew once and lost once too. In the first qualification round of the Europa League the team of Stale Solbakken beat KuPS from Finland (1-0, 1-1). In the second qualification round they beat Stjarnan from Island (2-0, 5-0). In the third qualification round the Dansh team went through CSKA Sofia (2-1, 2-1). In their last three matches Copenhagen drew against Aarhus with a 1-1 score, beat CSKA Sofia with a 2-1 score and Brondby with a 3-1 score.
Atalanta and Copenhagen have never faced each other before. Now La Dea are the favourites in the lead-up to the upcoming fixture.
Prediction for the match: Atalanta to win.
