Atalanta take on the visitors Sampdoria in the round 20 match of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Saturday, January 28th at Gewiss Stadium (Bergamo).
Atalanta received a new motivation - one of the competitors, Juventus, got dropped out. Of course, we should not put an end to the grandee from Turin, but still, without 15 deducted points, the “Old Signora” flew out of the top 4. And, therefore, a niche is being vacated, which the “Bergamasks” definitely claimed. Moreover, they were there in the starting segment of Calcio, when they did not lose in 10 starting rounds. But the end of autumn turned out to be unsuccessful: they lost 4 matches out of 5. But after a pause, they managed to find their game again. Yes, they failed with “Spezia”, but even there with 0-2 they won back for a draw. But then it turned out to squeeze 3 points out of the away match with “Bologna”. Those 2-1 gave way to bright victories: 8-2 in Serie A with Salernitana, 5-2 in the Cup with Spezia. With “Juventus” in a fun duel in the last round, they ended in a spectacular draw, 3-3.
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Sampdoria were once great, but this is already quite a long history - the peak came in the 90s of the last century. But when Giampaolo was returned to the coaching post in Genoa last season, then, of course, they remembered that it was he who was the last to lift the team to European competitions. But Marco was not particularly good in 2021/2022 either, finishing with old-new charges at the bottom of the final standings, and failed at the start of the new cycle. However, the matter is clearly not only in the mentor, because his successor, Stankovic, did not achieve anything special either. The last hope was that Dejan was able to improve the football of his charges during the long break. And in this regard, 2-1 on the Sassuolo field looked optimistic. But it was not possible to develop successes even close. The representative of Genoa also flew out of the cup, losing to Fiorentina, and in Calcio the following matches were lost, not only to Napoli, but also to modest Empoli and Udinese. 9 points after 19 matches looks like the final verdict, and the only thing left to fight is to be relegated at least not in last place.
Atalanta have won all 4 recent matches between rivals. In August, the Goddess win 2-0 on the Sampdoria field. Gian Piero Gasperini's team is still in 6th place - clearly lower than they want. Even with a serious fine from the “Old Lady”, the competition for the right to finish in the top 4 is fierce, and in order to stay in the fight, they need to win – the visitors from Genoa are unlikely to interfere with this. We bet that in Bergamo the hosts will win with a handicap of “-1.5 goals scored”.
Prediction for the match: Atalanta to win with -1.5 handicap.
