Atalanta hosts AS Roma in round 18 of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Saturday, December 18th at Gewiss Stadium (Bergamo)
Atalanta failed to make it to the Champions League playoffs. The team will continue to play in the Europa League. In the Italian championship, the picture is more positive. The team from Bergamo gained six victories in a row. This trend and parallel mistakes of competitors allowed the Black-Blues to gain a foothold in the third place in the Serie A standings. In this segment, they not only beat outsiders but also earned three points in the matches against direct competitors in the fight for the Scudetto, Napoli and Juventus. Last weekend, Atalanta visited Verona. The match turned out to be difficult, but the charges of Gian Piero Gasperini gained a comeback victory with a score of 2-1.
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Under the management of a new head coach, AS Roma showed a great start to the 2021/2022 season, but then something went wrong, the attacking style faded into the background, and Jose Mourinho returned to his usual style: a formation with three central defenders, a low block, and counterattacks. The Romans began to lose points and upset the opponents’ goalkeepers less often, and there is no stability in the results. In early December, the Wolves lost two matches with a total score of 0-4. But in the last round, they managed to interrupt the unsuccessful streak. The team from Rome dealt with Spezia at home (2-0). The Wolves are now on the 6th line in the Serie A standings, and the gap to the TOP-4 is eight points.
Both teams often ended their matches with high production. As for AS Roma, over 2.5 goals scored are recorded in every second round of the Italian Championship (on foreign pitches, the percentage rises to 62). Atalanta has this figure much higher — 13/17 (76%). We are expecting a productive match. Both teams set the goal of gaining a foothold in the top four of the standings. Both the hosts and the visitors need points. They have no problems with production, and top attacking performers are at their disposal. Five out of seven last head-to-head confrontations ended with at least three goals scored. In addition, the Romans and the Blue-Blacks exchanged goals in four out of five cases.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored
