Atalanta vs. AS Rome: Preview and betting tips

There will be only one match on Monday in Serie A in Europe’s top five leagues. And it will be a big one, as seventh-placed Atalanta will challenge fourth-placed AS Roma in Bergamo. What to expect and what to bet on?

Atalanta are not having an ideal season, having won only two of their last eight games, which has seen them drop out of the Champions League race. From seventh place, they have a five-point gap to the non-guaranteed position in the millionaire’s competition.

AS Roma, on the other hand, is buoyed by its progression to the Europa League semi-finals, in addition to four wins from its last five matches. José Mourinho’s charges are fourth in the Serie A table, but only a point above fifth-placed AC Milan.

Atalanta’s key figures

The home side rely on an offensive double-team. English winger Ademola Lookman boasts 15 shots and five assists, but is currently out of action. Danish sniper Rasmus Højlund has scored 8 times and assisted 3 times for the Bergamo side, while still scoring for Sturm Graz in the summer.

Key AS figures

The visitors stand on creative midfielder Paulo Dybala, the Argentine international has netted 16 goals and assisted 8 times. He gets along a lot with Italian number 10 Lorenzo Pellegrini, author of 7 goals and 9 assists.

Prediction

Atalanta are not doing well in attack, they have struck more than once in only two of their last eight games, and four times they have come out completely empty. With 48 shots, it has the third worst offensive rating in the league’s Top 7.

It is AS that is one of those worst shooters, but that is what you expect from Jose Mourinho’s team. The team from the Italian capital has scored more than once only twice out of the last ten games. They have also kept a clean sheet six times.

Considering the visitors’ lifted confidence after the elimination of the strong Feyenoord from the Europa League, the poor productivity of the home side and the quality of the visitors’ defence, I expect AS not to lose in Bergamo.