Fiorentina-Atalanta is a match of the 30th day of Serie A and is played on Monday at 8:45 pm: odds, predictions, TV and streaming.
In a Champions race that seems to have become a race to see who does worse between the two Milanese, Atalanta has the big chance, which in the match that closes the 30th day program can take advantage of yet another misstep by Milan and Inter. La Dea is sixth and has 48 points, three fewer than Inzaghi’s Nerazzurri and five fewer than the Rossoneri.
Beating Fiorentina, Gian Piero Gasperini’s team would join Inter in fifth place and re-enter the game in all respects for fourth place. The away match at the “Franchi” is a crucial junction, in short. Not to be missed, as was the case a week ago, when de Roon and his teammates recorded yet another home misstep, losing at home 0-2 to Thiago Motta’s surging Bologna. It was an unexpected defeat, coming after two wins in a row against Empoli and Cremonese that had revived the ambitions of the Bergamasks, who are again this year in danger of paying dearly for their strong discontinuity of performance. Atalanta, in any case, seems to be more at ease away from home: only Napoli and Lazio, the first two in the class, have done better than the Dea away from their own public, which in 15 matches has achieved no less than 8 successes.
A golden opportunity for both
Continuity, on the other hand, has been Fiorentina’s watchword for two months now. Dating back to last February was the Viola’s last defeat
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Vincenzo Italiano’s team today is not even the distant relative of the indolent one from the first part of the season that grinded out play but scored with the dropper and had even come dangerously close to the relegation zone. Suffice it to say that after the defeat at home to Juve last February 12, the points gap between Fiorentina and Atalanta was 17 and today it is only seven. And in the event of a victory the Tuscans could bring themselves to -4 from the Nerazzurri, thus also giving meaning to this championship finale. Indeed, the Viola seem to want to put all their eggs in the cup basket. It has one and a half feet in the Coppa Italia final, but on Thursday it also mortgaged the Conference League semifinal thanks to a resounding success at home to the Poles of Lech Poznan (1-4). The consecutive useful results are thirteen, although in the last round the series of victories was interrupted with the home draw with Spezia (1-1), a match in which Fiorentina was seen again with a lackluster under-goal performance.
Fiorentina-Atalanta: latest lineup news
Rotations always very wide for Fiorentina ahead of the upcoming return match with Lech Poznan next Thursday. We will see the 4-2-3-1 again, with Cabral still preferred to Jovic in the center of the attack. Nico Gonzalez is better – the Argentine has immediately recovered from a contusion – and on the three-quarter it will be his turn, Ikoné and Bonaventura. Rest instead Amrabat, struggling with a lumbago: in the median, with Mandragora, Castrovilli will play. In defense Italiano will have to choose one between Martinez Quarta and Igor.
At Atalanta did not recover Pasalic, who remained in Bergamo along with the other injured Lookman, Ruggeri and Hateboer. Koopmeiners, on the other hand, made it in the end, and will most likely be the link between midfield and attack. The attacking pair should consist of Boga and Hojlund, preferred over Colombians Muriel and Zapata.
The Prediction
Fiorentina and Atalanta have not drawn since 2019. And the last two confrontations, including the first leg match, ended with a win on each side (1-0 on both occasions). They remain two teams that create a lot of scoring chances and are not used to speculating. The Viola is in a great moment but could suffer some fatigue from too many close engagements, while for Atalanta it risks being one of the last opportunities to get back into the fight for fourth place. The match at the “Franchi” should not skimp on spectacle: both are likely to score.
The probable lineups of Fiorentina-Atalanta
- FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Dodò, Milenkovic, Martinez Quarta, Biraghi; Castrovilli, Mandragora; Ikoné, Bonaventura, Gonzalez; Cabral.
- ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Musso; Toloi, Djimsiti, Scalvini; Zappacosta, de Roon, Ederson, Maehle; Koopmeiners; Boga, Hojlund.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-2
