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Atalanta vs Genoa Prediction & Betting tips
Stunt team Atalanta receives a visit from Genoa. There is still a lot at stake for both teams, so we can expect an exciting game. In December Genoa was able to surprise in-house when Atalanta came to visit. Then everything went wrong at Atalanta that could go wrong, so Ilicic missed a penalty and Toloi shot in own goal and Genoa managed to triumph 3-1.
Atalanta:
The dream of Atalanta is still alive. The team that takes the fourteenth and ninth place in the Serie A in terms of transfer expenses and salary, respectively, is in the cup final and is the biggest contender on the fourth ticket for the Champions League. Because last weekend all competitors for European football (from Inter in third place to Lazio in eight place) dropped points, the club from Bergamo was the winner of round 35. It still has one point behind third and no less than three points ahead of place five.
Atalanta is therefore still on track for the first ever participation in the millions ball. This while for Atalanta a very difficult away game against Lazio was on the program last weekend. It was also not in the opening phase, after three minutes Lazio scored from a messy situation the 1-0. In the first half, the game went up and down and Atalanta top scorer Duvan Zapata scored after a failed shot by Remo Freuler. In the second half, Gli Orobici dictated the game and this resulted in a 1-3 win. Timothy Castagne pushed in a pass from Alejandro Gomez, followed by an own goal by Lazio defender Wallace.
Atalanta has now been undefeated for twelve games, winning eight. Moreover, it has taken a mental lead for the cup final, the opponent in that is also Lazio.
Coach Gian Piero Gasperini will still have to puzzle with the line-up for this game. Both Gomez, Masiello and substitute Mancini received the fifth yellow card of the season and are therefore suspended.
Genoa:
Genoa has started a free fall and can even degrade. At the start of this season it seemed that this team would never be in relegation danger, with the new striker Krzysztof Piatek at the helm Genoa was in the first ten rounds in the left row. As is known, the top shooter went to AC Milan during the winter break, yet Genoa was safely in 11th place after 29 rounds. In the last few weeks the results were not to write home about and Genoa has dropped to sixteenth place. Of the last seven games, four were lost and three were tied, the lead over the relegation line is therefore only four points.
Nevertheless, the most recent Genoa game offers some hope. Enough chances were created against number five of the AS Roma rankings, just like the Romans, however, it was lacking in the completion. In the 82nd minute, Stephan El Shaarawy fired in a headed ball and the three points seemed to go to Rome. In a hectic closing phase, Cristian Romero headed in a corner and still gave the Rossoblu a point. For a moment it seemed even better when Genoa was awarded a penalty in the sixth minute of the extra time, but Roma goalkeeper Mirante managed to reverse Antonio Sanabria’s weak effort.
Atalanta vs Genoa head to head matches
22.12.18 SA Genoa Atalanta 3 : 1
29.04.18 SA Atalanta Genoa 3 : 1
12.12.17 SA Genoa Atalanta 1 : 2
02.04.17 SA Genoa Atalanta 0 : 5
30.10.16 SA Atalanta Genoa 3 : 0