Saturday 5 November, as part of the thirteenth day of the Italian championship, Atalanta will host Napoli. The match will take place in Bergamo at the Geviss stadium.
Estimated compositions
Atalanta (3-4-3): Marco Sportiello – Rafael Toloi, Merih Demiral, Meme Okoli – Joakim Mehle, Tön Kopmeiners, Marten De Ron, Hans Hatebur – Ederson Lawrenzo, Mario Pasalic, Rasmus Heilund.
Naples (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Kim, Rahmani, Rui; Angissa, Lobotka, Zeliński; Lozano, Raspadori, Kvaratskelia
stage
The match will take place in Bergamo at the Geviss stadium.
“Atalanta”
Atalanta had a great start to the season. Important players like Papu Gomez and Remo Freuler have left the club. However, young stars like Thön Koopmeiners and Ademola Lookman started the season in good shape. Coach Gian Piero Gasperini is satisfied with how his team is doing this season.
Atalanta finished last season in eighth place. It was rumored that Gasperini would leave the club in the summer. However, the 64-year-old coach who helped Atalanta become one of Italy’s best teams of the time has remained and Atalanta are once again vying for the top team title.
Atalanta is currently in second place in the standings. The hosts have the advantage thanks to eight victories in twelve league games. The previous round was the first in which Atalanta were defeated – 0: 2 by Lazio and lost the second line of the standings. Atalanta beat Fiorentina in the eighth round (1: 0), first with the same score as Roma, and Monza with a score of 2: 0 in the fifth. In the ninth he drew with Udinese (2: 2), in the tenth he beat Sassuolo 2: 1, in 12 – Empoli (2: 0).
Davide Zappacosta (injury) and Jose Luis Palomino (disqualified for doping) will not take part in the race.
“Naples”
Napoli are on the rise now: they take the front line of the Italian league and show brilliant football. The attack of the Neapolitans is the best of this season in the Italian league and deadly for the opponents: 30 goals scored, an average of 19.3 shots on goal, of which 6.5 on goal.
Napoli have never been defeated this Serie A season. In the Champions League, the team made a mistake anyway: they lost to Liverpool (0: 2). Before that, there were five wins: over Liverpool with a score of 4: 1 and over Rangers with a total score of 6: 0, as well as two wins in matches against Ajax with a total score of 10: 3.
In the first round of Serie A the Neapolitans defeated “Verona” away with a score of 5: 2. In the second round, Monza did not leave a chance at home – 4: 0. In both games, Napoli have scored over 20 shots on goal. In the third round, the team drew with Fiorentina with the score of 0: 0. Only two shots on goal were made by Napoli in this meeting. In the fourth round, still a draw – with Lecce with the score of 1: 1. In the fifth the Neapolitans resumed the road to victory, taking home three points in the match with Lazio with a score of 2: 1. In the sixth round they defeated Spezia with a score of 1: 0. Then Milan, Turin and Cremonese were defeated.
Face-to-face meetings
Napoli have a slight advantage over Atalanta and have won 14 of the last 37 games played between the two teams, against Atalanta’s 13. Atalanta have an impressive recent record against Napoli and have won four of the last seven games played between the two teams, unlike Napoli’s two wins. Atalanta have scored in each of their last eight games against Napoli in Serie A and only need one goal to break the record. Atalanta and Napoli have not drawn in the last seven games played between the two teams, with the previous draw being played in 2014. Napoli have won eight consecutive Serie A games this season for the first time since 2018.
Match prediction “Atalanta” – “Napoli”
Napoli are in exceptional form this season and will be looking to recover from the defeat against Liverpool. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimkhen have shown impressive results this season and will have to help the team this weekend. Atalanta have scored in each of their last eight league games against Napoli and Bologna, Ajax and now Liverpool have scored two goals against the Serie A leaders in recent weeks. However, the Azzurri’s formidable firepower means they can break through the home defense more than once and secure their ninth league win. Prediction – Napoli’s victory, a total of over 2.5.
