Atalanta-Frosinone is a match valid for the 20th day of Serie A and is played on Monday at 8:45 p.m.: odds, predictions, TV and streaming.
Napoli and Lazio won, while Fiorentina and Roma held back, as did Bologna. This means that in the first of the two postponements of the 20th day of Serie A, the first of the return leg, Atalanta has a big chance ahead. The Dea, momentarily eighth, in the event of a win against Frosinone would fly to fifth place, on 33 points, the same as Lazio and one less than the Viola, two teams that next weekend will be engaged in the Final Four of the Italian Super Cup.
The Orobici aim to capitalize on the emotional wave of qualifying for the Coppa Italia semifinals, reached last Wednesday thanks to the success at San Siro against AC Milan (1-2), which was remounted by a Koopmeiners double and eliminated from the competition. Fourth useful result in a row for an Atalanta team that despite a few too many defeats is in the running on three fronts (league, Coppa Italia and Europa League). On the other hand, the situation in which Eusebio Di Francesco’s Ciociari are in is not pleasant, coming off four consecutive defeats between the league and the Coppa Italia. The Giallazzurri, one of the most pleasant surprises of the first half of the season, need to start looking over their shoulders again: the standings, after victories over Cagliari and Verona, have become very short, and as a result the gap from third-last place has narrowed to just two points. No more distractions are allowed, in short, with Di Francesco called upon to fix a defense that has cashed in 10 goals in the last three games, including the 4-0 loss to Juventus that snuffed out the Lazio men’s dream of advancing in the cup.
Atalanta-Frosinone: latest lineup news
Gasperini in attack has to give up Lookman, who is engaged with Nigeria in the African Cup of Nations, but Hateboer, Palomino, Toloi and the long-suffering Touré will also be missing. Up front, the Scamacca-De Ketelaere pairing could be seen again, but Miranchuk, among the best on the field against Milan, is also jockeying for a shirt.
In Frosinone, Monterisi and Cuni will be absent, the former struggling with an ankle problem and the latter with the flu. Behind, Di Francesco will return to the three-man defense, consisting of new signing Bonifazi and Okoli and Romagnoli. Up front, Soulé and Horroui will support former Bari man Cheddira.
The prediction
Frosinone’s first win in this league came precisely against Atalanta at the end of August, obviously within friendly walls. Obviously because the away performance of the Ciociari is extremely disappointing: no one has picked up fewer points than the Giallazzurri away from their home crowd, barely two. Di Francesco’s team, which has struggled to keep its goal unbeaten in recent outings, will not be distracted in Bergamo either, but against a rising Atalanta, galvanized by its success over Milan in the Coppa Italia, a real feat will be needed to avoid defeat. Gian Piero Gasperini’s men are therefore favored in a match that should reserve at least three total goals.
The probable lineups of Atalanta-Frosinone
ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Carnesecchi; Scalvini, Djimsiti, Kolasinac; Holm, de Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri; Koopmeiners; De Ketelaere, Miranchuk.
FROSINONE (3-4-2-1): Turati; Bonifazi, Okoli, Romagnoli; Lirola, Mazzitelli, Barrenechea, Gelli; Soulé, Harroui; Cheddira.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 3-1
