Atalanta-Arsenal is a Champions League first day match and is played Thursday at 9 p.m.: live TV, likely lineups, prediction.
Atalanta, along the lines of fellow countrymen AC Milan and Inter Milan, will begin its adventure in the new Champions League against one of the main candidates for the title in the Premier League: Arsenal. A level test that will tell us more about the size of Gian Piero Gasperini’s Dea after the extraordinary Europa League triumph last May in the Dublin final with Bayer Leverkusen.
Already during that ride, the Nerazzurri managed to take the scalp of an English bigwig like Liverpool and dream of repeating themselves against Mikel Arteta’s Gunners as well.
It would be important to at least avoid defeat, as in the next four days the Bergamaschi will face opponents within their reach (Celtic, Shakhtar Donetsk, Stuttgart and Young Boys). To try to overturn the odds, they will need to bring out the grit of last Sunday, which was crucial in overturning a Fiorentina side that had twice taken a lead in the first half. Gasperini’s men, however, needed only two minutes to put their noses in front thanks to goals from a rediscovered Lookman – the Nigerian eventually stayed – and the ever-valuable De Ketelaere (3-2). A victory that brought back the serenity after the two away defeats against Torino and Inter but that did not dispel all the doubts about a phase of non-possession of the ball that continues to have several flaws (as many as 10 goals conceded by Atalanta in the first five official matches).
Arsenal is undefeated and conceding few goals
Arsenal, on the contrary, is still undefeated-three wins and a draw so far in the Premier League-and, more importantly, has conceded just one goal in four days, showing great solidity in its own half of the field.
Last weekend Arteta’s team even managed to get the better of the hated Tottenham in one of England’s hottest derbies, the North London derby. The match winner, early in the second half, was Brazilian defender Gabriel (0-1). In Bergamo, the Basque coach will have to do without several players, including the injured Calafiori, Merino, Tierney, Tomiyasu and Zinchenko, but Odegaard and Saka are also in doubt. On the other hand, on the other side Gasperini will not be able to count on only Godfrey, Scalvini and Toloi.
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The Prediction
Atalanta has all the cards to make itself indigestible to an Arsenal side that will have to deal with a very short bench in Bergamo. In the matches that have featured Dea so far, the total goals have always been more than 2 and this one should be no exception either, as the Gunners are also finding the way to goal consistently. A positive result from Gasperini’s men is not to be ruled out.
The probable lineups of Atalanta-Arsenal
ATALANTA (3-4-2-1): Carnesecchi; Djimsiti, Hien, Kolašinac; Bellanova, De Roon, Ederson, Zappacosta; Pasalic, Lookman; Retegui.
ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber; Partey, Rice; Saka, Trossard, Martinelli; Havertz.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-2
