📏 Form Guide

SSC Napoli

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Napoli prepare for this fixture following a 1-1 Serie A drawn match vs Inter Milan.

In that game, SSC Napoli had 51% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for SSC Napoli was Juan Jesus (81'). On the other side, Inter Milan had 18 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Matteo Darmian (43') scored for Inter Milan.

SSC Napoli have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets lately, but they have also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that SSC Napoli have seen their goal breached in 6 of them in addition to getting on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches.

Taking a look at their past results, SSC Napoli:

• have not been beaten in the league by Atalanta in their previous 4 games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 7 league matches at home.

Atalanta

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Atalanta will go into this encounter after a 2-1 Europa League win vs Sporting Lisbon in their previous fixture.

In that game, Atalanta had 41% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Atalanta, the scorers were Ademola Lookman (46') and Gianluca Scamacca (59'). Sporting CP got 8 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Pedro Gonçalves (33') scored for Sporting Lisbon.

Atalanta have been a threat going forward of late, having scored 7 goals in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Atalanta have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same games. Still, we must now wait to see whether such a trend shall persist in this match.

Ahead of this clash, Atalanta are without an away win for the past 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 21/02/2021 shows us that Napoli have won 4 of these games & Atalanta 2, with the number of drawn matches being 0.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 23 in total at an average of 3.83 goals per match.

The last league game featuring these sides was Serie A match day 13 on 25/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Atalanta 1-2 SSC Napoli.

In that game, Atalanta managed 44% possession and 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Ademola Lookman (53').

On the other side, SSC Napoli got 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (44') and Eljif Elmas (79') scored.

The referee was Maurizio Mariani.

🗞️ Team News: Napoli

The Napoli manager Francesco Calzona has zero fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from.

We are thinking that Partenopei will possibly use the 4-3-3 formation for this one, beginning the first half with Alex Meret, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Mario Rui, A. Zambo Anguissa, Stanislav Lobotka, Hamed Traore, Matteo Politano, Victor Osimhen and Giacomo Raspadori.

📋 Team News: Atalanta

Thanks to a mainly healthy group, there’s just a single fitness problem for the Atalanta manager Gian Gasperini to contend with. Charles De Ketelaere (Hamstring injury) won’t be in action.

We believe La Dea might play in a 3-4-2-1 lineup by sending out Marco Carnesecchi, Giorgio Scalvini, Isak Hien, Sead Kolasinac, Hans Hateboer, Davide Zappacosta, Marten de Roon, Ederson, Mario Pasalic, Aleksey Miranchuk and Gianluca Scamacca.

🔮 Prediction

In this match, Atalanta will likely be able to find the net against this SSC Napoli team, but it might not be enough to avoid a loss.

Our tip is for a close game with a 2-1 advantage for SSC Napoli after the 90. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 11:04 30/03/2024