Preview: Atalanta BC vs. Juventus - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to enactment wrong adjacent scope of the Serie A summit, Atalanta BC volition big a misfiring Juventus broadside connected Tuesday evening.

Both beaten successful the Supercoppa Italiana semi-finals earlier resuming league work with a disappointing draw, the clubs convene for a midweek clash successful Bergamo.

Match preview

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Perhaps suffering a hangover from their mid-season sojourn to Saudi Arabia, which saw them dumped retired of the Supercoppa by Inter Milan successful the semis, Atalanta were somewhat fortunate to debar decision connected their instrumentality to Italian soil.

Even Gian Piero Gasperini admitted that luck was connected La Dea's broadside connected Saturday afternoon, erstwhile mid-table hosts Udinese doubly struck the woodwork during the archetypal half.

That effect near the Bergamaschi trailing down apical spot midway done their Serie A campaign, but they are inactive precise overmuch successful contention for a first-ever Scudetto.

After antecedently posting 12 wins from 13 games - beating some Napoli and AC Milan on the mode - Atalanta are present winless successful 3 arsenic they attack a captious fewer weeks that could spell a agelong mode to deciding their destiny.

Last term's Europa League winners person a mates of Champions League contests coming up aboriginal this period - the second distant to Barcelona - and earlier tackling Bologna successful the Coppa Italia quarter-finals they indispensable look down 2 pugnacious league opponents.

Ahead of hosting rubric rivals Napoli adjacent weekend, Gasperini's men volition effort to station a 15th consecutive Serie A lucifer without decision erstwhile gathering Juventus.

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Meanwhile, Juve tin caput for Bergamo having finished the archetypal fractional of their Serie A play unbeaten - yet, caput manager Thiago Motta finds himself nether superior pressure.

Days aft losing to Milan successful the Supercoppa semi-finals, the Bianconeri's brag was sent disconnected during a derby gully with Torino that near his broadside stranded extracurricular Italy's apical four.

The year's archetypal Derby della Mole ended each square, arsenic a peculiar onslaught from Kenan Yildiz was cancelled retired by a likewise spectacular equaliser from Toro's Nikola Vlasic conscionable earlier fractional time.

Juventus person present drawn 5 of their past six league games, continuing a inclination that undermined the Turin nine passim 2024 - agelong earlier Motta was appointed.

While, successful different circumstances, a stock of the spoils would beryllium an wholly acceptable result connected Tuesday, maximum points volition beryllium demanded by Juve's progressively frustrated fanbase.

Motta's men indispensable reconvene with Milan adjacent weekend, earlier facing Club Brugge successful the Champions League and past visiting Napoli, truthful the adjacent fortnight volition surely enactment them to the test.

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Team News

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Atalanta's apical scorer Mateo Retegui returned to grooming past week, and aft missing Saturday's goalless gully successful Udine, helium whitethorn beryllium backmost successful the hosts' squad to play Juventus.

Ex-Juve wing-back Juan Cuadrado is besides expected to retrieve from a thigh problem, but semipermanent absentee Gianluca Scamacca could beryllium joined connected the sidelines by Berat Djimsiti, who was forced disconnected with a caput wounded that required stitches.

With Retegui improbable to start, Charles De Ketelaere should proceed his relation up front, supported by Ademola Lookman. The second needs conscionable 1 much extremity to scope treble figures for each of the past 3 Serie A seasons.

Meanwhile, Thiago Motta - who indispensable service a touchline prohibition - volition anticipation to person some Dusan Vlahovic and Francisco Conceicao backmost successful the fold pursuing muscular injuries.

Arkadiusz Milik, Juan Cabal and Bremer are each retired for the agelong term, portion seasoned defender Danilo is negotiating an aboriginal extremity to his contract.

With the beingness of Vlahovic inactive successful immoderate doubt, Nico Gonzalez is connected standby to run arsenic a mendacious 9 again; successful midfield, Manuel Locatelli's instrumentality from suspension should spot Douglas Luiz driblet backmost down to the bench.

Atalanta BC imaginable starting lineup:
Carnesecchi; Scalvini, Hien, Kolasinac; Bellanova, De Roon, Ederson, Zappacosta; Pasalic; Lookman, De Ketelaere

We say: Atalanta BC 0-0 Juventus

Although some sides boast plentifulness of attacking talent, it could beryllium an aggravated tactical conflict betwixt Thiago Motta and Gian Piero Gasperini, who are good acquainted from their Genoa days.

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