Atalanta B.C. vs AS Roma Prediction 27 January 2019

Atalanta B.C. welcome the visitors AS Roma in the Italian Serie A – Round 21. The match will be held on Sunday, January 27th, at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia (Bergamo).

Atalanta B.C. have become uncomfortable for AS Roma. The Romans won only 1 of 8 latest head-to-heads (1-4-3). The latest record reads Roma’s 1:2 home loss and the 3:3 draw in the first-term matchup. Roma’s win is costly, as Atalanta are out of the crisis now and have no squad issues, while Di Francesco cannot count on Jesus, Perotti, Under, and probably De Rossi tomorrow. So the favorites of the coming meeting are not clear. Atalanta’s Bergamo performance was not ideal (4-2-3). Roma’s form that is shown in the latest 5 rounds surpasses the opponent’s one (10 points versus 12). This dispelled rumors of Di Francesco’s dismissal, as he managed the situation. Roma celebrated 3 successive wins and ascended to the 5th line in the standings. We won’t look for favorites, but we’d better do the following. Atalanta feature best Serie A attack (44 goals made), Roma netted in all 8 trips to Bergamo. Let’s get to the bottom of the match that is crucial in terms of the Champions League place.

Allegri dreams of Zapata, the outstanding Atalanta’s forward. The footballer is not leaving anywhere so far, so he will continue pleasing the fans. We expected him to score to Frosinone, netting in the 8th match in a row. He did score, yet four times. Pasalic’s progression was encouraging, he was assisting in the 2nd successive hammering – the ‘Black and Blues’ have smashed Sassuolo out (2:6) and then killed Frosinone (0:5). Now it is the turn of the bored Illicic. Moreover, Gasperini counts on Freuleur’s help again.

Roma’s away module will be ordinary, 4-2-3-1, with Karsdorp, Manolas, Fazio, and Kolarov. The back into action Florenzi will probably be there. The midfielder Nzonzi will surely fight, so the ‘She-Wolf’ will feel safer in the midfielders’ link – without De Rossi, the French performer and Cristante learned to save the team. Pellegrini, having no job in the middle of the field, may be back to trequarti, replacing Zaniolo. The latter progresses, so the manager will get extra options in changing the attack along the match. In this respect, Di Francesco is more successful; these are the squad issues that made him build the more flexible Roma. Kluivert and El Shaarawy will most likely be on the attacking flanks. At the helm, we will see both Dzeko and Schick – it is good the Check has finally started to score. Both sides face cup fixtures on Wednesday, against Juventus and Fiorentina, respectively. The coming match is, by all means, an absolute priority. It brings a battle of the best Italians attacks, thus, we are sure that either opponent may net. Above all, a draw in the match for 6 points will be a real disaster for each of the ambitious rivals. One side will turn either stronger or luckier, thus the clash will produce over 3.5 goals made by the teams at halves.

Prediction for the match: Both teams to score & Over 3.5 goals.

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