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Atalanta BC vs. FC Venice
A so-called English week awaits us in the Italian Serie A. During the week, the teams of the 1st league play the 15th matchday and tomorrow, Tuesday at 18:30, Atalanta Bergamo receives the promoted team from Venice. The home side in particular are in extremely good form and have managed to catch up with the championship places again. With 4 wins from the last 5 games and the enormously important 3 points at the weekend against Juve, Bergamo has moved up to 4th place.
The guests from Venice could free themselves a bit from the relegation battle and with 2 wins from 3 games they are currently in 16th place, 5 points ahead of the relegation place. After the defeat on the last matchday against the reigning champions Inter Milan, the next tough opponent now awaits the northern Italians. Find out who we think will come out on top on Tuesday in this Atalanta – Venice tip.
Atalanta – Venice Info
– Date & Time: 30.11.2021, 18:30 Uhr
– Venue: Gewiss Stadium (Bergamo)
– Competition: Serie A, Matchday 15
– TV broadcast: In Livestream at DAZN
Atalanta Form & Balance Check
Atalanta Bergamo have become one of the most commanding and consistent sides in Italy’s top division. Since Gasperini took the helm in 2016, the team has been at least top-4 in 5 years, with the last 3 seasons all finishing in 3rd place and with less financial muscle than their rivals. Almost all players signed can live up to their own standards and despite some injured players, things are once again going very well for the Lombards at the moment.
Are we heading for the Champions League again?
After a strong phase recently, the team is in 4th place in the table with 28 points and has not lost 7 games in a row lately. The outstanding player this year is once again Duvan Zapata. The Colombian has already scored 9 goals and also scored the decisive goal against Juve. At the moment, it looks like the team will once again finish in the top 4 of the league. This weekend they face Napoli and should they win that game, they could be reaching for even more.
Atalanta facts & analysis
– 17 points from the last 7 games
– Top scorer is Zapata with 9 goals
– The only two defeats so far conceded at home
Venice form & balance check
The season is going really well for the sensational promoted team from Northern Italy. After some starting difficulties and 4 defeats from 5 games at the beginning, Venice have been able to stabilise somewhat and even beat Roma a few days ago. Despite the defeat last weekend against the reigning champions Inter Milan, the table situation is comfortable and the team is currently 5 points ahead of 18th place in the table.
Offensively there is still room for improvement
Even though the points tally of 15 points from 14 games is absolutely okay, there is often still a lack of space in front of the opponent’s goal. With 12 goals from 14, the average of goals scored is under 1. They have only scored 2 or more goals in a match twice so far this season. Still, if they can keep the scoring average at just over 1, we’re sure they’ll be playing first class next year.
Venice facts & analysis
– Top scorers are Aramu and Okereke with 4 goals each.
– Venice has the second weakest offense in the league
– They lost 2-0 to Inter Milan at the weekend
Predicted lineup – last update on 29 November 2021
We don’t expect too many personnel changes for either team. Gasperini is spoilt for choice in attack for Bergamo and both Muriel, Ilicic and Pasalic are alternatives in attack and possible starting candidates. The visitors also put up a good fight against Inter and the most we can think of is a change in attack, with Thomas Henry getting a chance from the start.
Atalanta – Venice direct comparison & statistics
There have been a total of 18 duels between the two in Serie A, but the last one was almost 20 years ago. At that time Bergamo won both matches 1-0, but these results are not really meaningful for the upcoming match.
– Atalanta BC score an average of 2.44 goals at home and FC Venice score an average of 1.11 goals in away matches.
– When Venice FC leads 0-1 in away matches, they win 50% of the matches.
– Atalanta BC’s current performance in Serie A is better than Venice FC’s
