Atalanta BC vs Venezia - prediction, team news, lineups

Without a constituent betwixt them since August, Serie A strugglers Atalanta BC and Venezia volition some beryllium hopeless to triumph erstwhile they conscionable successful Bergamo connected Monday evening.

While La Dea went into the planetary interruption connected a tally of 3 consecutive defeats, the visitors person mislaid each 5 league games truthful far.

Match preview

Three weeks connected from a 2-0 nonaccomplishment to Juventus, Atalanta are aiming to commencement afresh, pursuing a dismal commencement to Maurizio Sarri's reign. 

Having antecedently mislaid to aboriginal table-toppers Roma and astonishment bundle Cagliari, the Bergamo nine person conscionable six points connected the committee and are sitting successful the bottommost fractional of the Serie A standings.

Including an unconvincing triumph successful their two-legged Conference League playoff, Sarri's broadside person lone scored six times successful 7 competitory games, arsenic they dilatory accommodate to his methods.

It has been a implicit alteration of benignant from the highly palmy Gian Piero Gasperini era, and adjacent the Roma coach's contiguous successors deployed akin tactics past season.

The past clip Atalanta suffered 4 consecutive Serie A defeats was successful January 2016, conscionable a fewer months earlier Gasperini took charge, but they indispensable look that destiny connected Monday evening.

Another nonaccomplishment is astir unthinkable, arsenic they person won six of the past 7 league meetings with Venezia, keeping six cleanable sheets successful the process.

Although they held retired for a 0-0 gully successful the astir caller brushwood - which took spot successful the outpouring of 2025 - Venezia's past league triumph implicit Atalanta dates backmost to a second-tier clash successful February 2004.

Furthermore, the Lagunari's past distant triumph implicit anyone successful Serie A came much than 4 years ago; since then, they person taken conscionable 10 points from 28 roadworthy trips.

Having boldly returned to Italy's apical tier this summer, determination was immoderate anticipation they could debar the acquainted destiny of relegation, but that optimism is already being eroded.

Heading into the break, Venezia were - alongside Borussia Monchengladbach - 1 of lone 2 teams inactive without a constituent crossed Europe's apical 10 leagues. 

Conceding astatine a complaint of astir 3 per goals per game, Giovanni Stroppa's broadside person besides crashed retired of the Coppa Italia, and present they instrumentality with 2 pugnacious games successful the abstraction of 5 days.

After visiting Bergamo, past term's Serie B champions indispensable invited Napoli to Stadio Penzo, truthful the agony whitethorn good spell on.

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Team News

Both Odilon Kossounou and Isak Hien are inactive unavailable, but Kamaldeen Sulemana could instrumentality to Atalanta's squad aft a genu injury.

Giacomo Raspadori missed the extremity of Italy's UEFA Nations League campy owed to a thigh strain, truthful his beingness is besides successful immoderate doubt; helium whitethorn beryllium spared for Thursday's Conference League clash with Pafos.

Nikola Krstovic and Gianluca Scamacca are locked successful a duel to pb La Dea's attack, though shot-shy Belgium guardant Charles De Ketelaere - who has taken conscionable 13 attempts successful Serie A since the commencement of February - has suggested helium would similar a cardinal role.

The lone squad yet to commencement an Italian subordinate this term, Venezia's beforehand enactment should beryllium led by Akor Adams, though the club-record signing has scored conscionable 1 league extremity truthful far.

Stroppa is inactive without a agelong database of injured players, including Marin Sverko, Bartol Franjic, Ridgeciano Haps, Andrea Adorante and skipper Gianluca Busio.

Though Armel Bella-Kotchap returned to grooming during the break, chap defender Joel Schingtienne is present struggling with an ankle occupation sustained successful a low-key affable against Rapid Vienna.

Atalanta BC imaginable starting lineup:

Carnesecchi; Bellanova, Kristensen, Scalvini, Bernasconi; Kessie, Gaetano, Ederson; De Ketelaere, Krstovic, Rowe

Venezia imaginable starting lineup:

Stankovic; Moreno, Bella-Kotchap, Jesus; Hainaut, Sohm, Helgason, Perez, Sagrado; Yeboah, Adams

We say: Atalanta BC 1-0 Venezia 

While Atalanta person yet to maestro 'Sarri-ball', their visitors are struggling to marque the measurement up from Serie B.

It whitethorn not beryllium pretty, but the hosts should extremity their defeat-streak with a constrictive win, leaving Venezia marooned astatine the ft of the table.

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