Atalanta will face Fiorentina in Serie A matchday 8 at Gewiss Stadium.
Atlanta has had a strong start to the 2022–23 campaign. In seven Serie A rounds, they have five victories and two ties. Atalanta defeated AS Roma 1-0 on the road in the previous round. Gian Piero Gasperini’s team still earned all three points despite the stats showing that the home team had 21 shots on goal compared to the visitors’ four.
In the Serie, Atalanta has the top defence. So far, they’ve only let in three goals. In six of its previous seven games, Atalanta also scored less than 2.5 goals.
This season, Fiorentina is having difficulties. So far, they have only accrued nine points. Up until the last round, when they defeated Verona 2-0 at home, Fiorentina had gone eight games without a victory in all competitions.
Attacking problems for Fiorentina. In seven league games, they only managed to score seven goals. Fiorentina also had five of those seven games end with under 2.5 goals.
Atlanta has a lot of issues with injuries. On Sunday night against Fiorentina, Juan Musso, Berat Djimsiti, Nadir Zortea, and Simone Muratore will not participate. During the international break, Merih Demiral and Teun Koopmeiners both sustained injuries while competing for their respective national teams, but they ought to be healthy enough to play against Fiorentina.
Vincenzo Italiano, the head coach of Fiorentina, will be pleased that Nikola Milenkovic and Pierluigi Gollini are healthy enough to play against Atalanta on Sunday. However, it’s unclear whether Riccardo Sottil and Dodo will play in the upcoming match.
Possible lineup for Atalanta – Marco Sportiello, Giorgio Scalvini, Merih Demiral, Rafael Toloi, Hans Hateboer, Marten de Roon, Teun Koopmeiners, Joakim Maehle, Ederson, Duvan Zapata, Mario Pasalic
Possible lineup for Friorentina – Pietro Terracciano, Lorenzo Venuti, Nikola Milenkovic, Lucas Martinez Quarta, Cristian Biraghi, Rolando Mandragora, Sofyan Amrabat, Antonin Barak, Jonathan Ikone, Cristian Kouame, Riccardo Sottil
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