Atalanta vs Roma

Gewiss Stadium is the venue as Atalanta and Roma go head-to-head in a mouth-watering Serie A showdown.

A come-from-behind 2-1 win away to Hellas Verona last time out extended Atalanta’s winning run in Serie A to six matches. Sat in third, just six points adrift of pacesetters Inter Milan, ‘La Dea’ will be keen to take advantage of their game-in-hand to keep their title dreams alive. Unbeaten in their last seven top-flight H2Hs (W4, D3), Atalanta are enjoying their longest undefeated H2H streak in the competition’s history. After a run of three Serie A home games without a win (D2, L1), Gian Piero Gasperini’s men have won their last two home league outings on the trot, scoring 4+ goals on each occasion. Delivering action from the get-go, Atalanta are the only Serie A scored to have scored 20+ first-half goals in Italy’s top-flight so far this season.

On the other hand, Roma claimed a comfortable 2-0 home win over bottom-half Spezia last time out, snapping a run of consecutive Serie A defeats ‘to nil.’ However, ‘I Giallorossi’ have struggled for consistency away from home this season, as evidenced by their poor return of three wins from their eight league travels to date (L5). Indeed, Jose Mourinho’s men have alternated between victory and defeat across their last five Serie A road trips (W2, L3), with four of those matches won/lost yielding a narrow one-goal margin. To establish any form of consistency, Roma will have to defy their ‘top-five jinx,’ having failed to win any of their last 12 Serie A meetings with sides starting the day inside the top-five positions (D6, L6), losing the last two in a row by an aggregate score of 5-1.