📊 Form Guide

Monza

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Monza will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 2-0 Serie A loss in their previous game against Juventus.

In that game, Monza had 65% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. On the other side, Juventus got 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Nicólas González (11') and Randal Kolo Muani (33') scored for Juventus.

Monza have struggled with their forward play in recent times. Their sum of goals stands at just 2 vs opposition teams over the course of their previous six outings. In those meetings, Monza have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 11. Regardless, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend shall be replicated in this game.

Coming into this fixture, Monza have not won at home in their last 6 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.

Atalanta

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In the game prior to this, Atalanta drew 1-1 in the Serie A match with Lecce.

In that game, Atalanta had 74% possession and 22 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Atalanta was Mateo Retegui (69'). At the other end, Lecce got 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Jesper Karlsson (29') scored for Lecce.

Over the course of 6 of the past 6 games involving Atalanta, a notably low volume of goals have been hit between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game during that period works out to a mere 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by La Dea being 0.67.

👥 Head to head

The previous league contest featuring these sides was Serie A match day 10 on 30/10/2024 which ended up with the score at Atalanta 2-0 Monza.

On that occasion, Atalanta managed 54% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Lazar Samardžić (70') and Davide Zappacosta (88').

Monza got 4 shots on goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Marco Piccinini.

📰 Team News: Monza

Danilo D'Ambrosio (Ankle sprain), Armando Izzo (Adductor injury), Kevin Zeroli (muscular problems), Silvere Ganvoula (unknown injury), Keita Baldé (Hamstring injury), Roberto Gagliardini (unknown injury) and Matteo Pessina (surgery) are unavailable for Monza manager Alessandro Nesta.

It looks as if Brianzoli will possibly use a 3-5-2 formation for this one, utilising Stefano Turati, Pedro Pereira, Luca Caldirola, Tomas Palacios, Samuele Birindelli, Gaetano Castrovilli, J. Akpa-Akpro, Alessandro Bianco, G. Kyriakopoulos, Dany Mota and Gianluca Caprari.

📋 Team News: Atalanta

Atalanta boss Gian Gasperini has multiple availability issues to deal with. Marco Palestra (Hamstring strain), Sead Kolasinac (Cruciate ligament tear), Gianluca Scamacca (Hamstring injury) and Giorgio Scalvini (Shoulder injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We are inclined to think that La Dea seem most likely to utilise a 3-4-3 formation, giving starts to Marco Carnesecchi, Odilon Kossounou, Isak Hien, Berat Djimsiti, Raoul Bellanova, Ederson, Marten de Roon, Davide Zappacosta, Mario Pasalic, Mateo Retegui and Ademola Lookman.

🧠 Prediction

It looks to us that this Atalanta will, in all probability, be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

However, Monza may well struggle finding the net themselves, although we do see them hitting back at some stage here, too.

We’re therefore anticipating a pretty comfortable 1-3 winning margin for Atalanta by the conclusion of the game.

Peter Guest, 12:03 04/05/2025