Atalanta take on the visitors RB Leipzig in the second leg of UEFA Europa League. The match will be played on Thursday, April 14th at Gewiss Stadium (Bergamo).
Atalanta completely failed the season in Serie A. After a number of years, when it was possible to finish in the quartet of leaders, even in the “bronze” place, now there is a considerable risk of not breaking into European competitions at all. Right now, the Bergamasks are outside this zone, in 8th place. On Sunday Sassuolo couldn't avoid defeat - Muriel scored a classic prestige goal on the 93rd minute. This 1-2 is the second defeat in a row in Calcio. Moreover, in 11 last rounds it was taken only twice in Serie A frames, and naturally this led to a fall to 8th place - even Fiorentina was ahead of Gian Piero Gasperini's wards. But for now, there is hope to compensate for this with success in the Europa League. RB Leipzig created some problems in the first leg but any victory at home over the Germans would be enough.
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RB Leipzig gained solid shape in 2022. Since January, after the Christmas holidays the team won 9 out of 12 matches, with a single defeat to Bayern. In the Europa League, where the Germans got in the same way with Atalanta, from 3rd place in the Champions League group, they started in the same way as in the 1/4 finals - with a 1-1 home draw with Real Sociedad. But in San Sebatian we managed to win and go further. In the first leg they conceded first before the break - and bounced back only thanks to Zappacosta's own goal in the 58th minute. But now we need to think about how to win on the road, as happened in February in Spain. Although now there will be, perhaps, a more experienced and potentially very strong opponent.
RB Leipzig with Atalanta can still be considered newcomers to European competition. Not surprisingly, they played their first meeting last Thursday. In Atalanta, in addition to Ilicic and Toloya, most likely, Gimshiti will not play either. At RB Leipzig, Amadou Aidara and Yussuf Poulsen do not have time to recover. Bookmakers are inclined to assume that Atalanta will be able to win at home, but RB Leipzig is clearly going to Bergamo for the result and we can see many scored goals.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored.
