Atalanta hosts Villarreal in round 6 of the Champions League group stage. The match will be played on Wednesday, December 8th at Gewiss Stadium (Bergamo)
Atalanta is in excellent shape now. In the last round of Serie A, the Goddess beat Napoli away (2-3). The unbeaten streak lasted up to ten matches in all tournaments (six victories and four draws). The last defeat was recorded at the end of October. Then Atalanta lost to Manchester United in the Champions League. At the moment, Gasperini's men are in 3rd position in the group standings with six points scored after five rounds. The gap to the 2nd position is one point. To outrank Villarreal, Atalanta just needs to beat it in the upcoming match. If a draw or a defeat is fixed and Young Boys do not score points in a parallel game, the Blue-Blacks will go to the Europa League. Interesting fact: in the previous two Champions League draws, Atalanta advanced to the playoffs thanks to the victories over direct competitors in the decisive rounds (Shakhtar Donetsk and Ajax).
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Villarreal is in a better situation than Atalanta. Emery's men have earned seven points in five matches of the Champions League group stage, and now they are in 2nd place. A draw will be enough for them to qualify for the playoffs. In the current Champions League draw, the Yellow Submarine gained only two victories over Young Boys. In addition, the Yellows scored only nine goals, and six of them flew into the net of the Swiss. And Villarreal conceded seven times. All five matches of Emery's men in the Champions League group stage ended with Over 1.5 goals scored. The last away game of the Yellow Submarine ended in victory. But before that, it didn’t win in seven consecutive matches.
I am sure the upcoming game will turn out to be very interesting. Atalanta will have the opportunity to play their favorite offensive football, constantly trying to find ways to the penalty area of the Yellow Submarine. In my opinion, the latter will do what they have learned best to do under Emery's management — to defend. But they will not be able to hold back the attacks of the Goddess for the whole match. The Yellows still have to move to the opponents’ half of the pitch. If the hosts gain complete control over the game, the visitors will simply lack the strength to hold back their onslaught for 90 minutes.
Prediction for the match: Atalanta to win
