Cagliari-Atalanta is a match valid for the 16th day of Serie A and is played on Saturday at 3pm: stats, news, likely lineups, prediction, live TV, streaming.
For the first time in its history, Atalanta looks down on everyone after the first 15 days of the championship. Another small “record,” if we want and can call it so, that shows how much the Dea has grown in the last decade, now mature enough to be able to aim at a goal as important as the Scudetto, until a few years ago a real science fiction.
The Nerazzurri also took the scalp of AC Milan, bent 2-1 in Bergamo by a goal from the usual Lookman: ninth win in a row. And Gian Piero Gasperini’s men did not come out downsized even from the Champions League match with Real Madrid: the Blancos got the better of them at the end of a pyrotechnic 2-3 but Atalanta did not appear in any way inferior to the reigning European champions, who, as had already happened in the European Super Cup challenge last summer, won thanks to individuality (in goal Mbappé, Vinicius and Bellingham). La Dea, once the fatigue from the European commitment is over, will have to prove that they are not suffering from vertigo. The away match in Cagliari, in fact, hides more than a few pitfalls: Davide Nicola’s men have just narrowly surrendered to Fiorentina (1-0), but before Florence they had collected three positive results (two draws with Milan and Genoa and victory in the direct clash with Verona) and could create more than one headache for the new Serie A leader.
Cagliari-Atalanta: the latest lineup news
Nicola is expected to change something compared to the Florence match. On the three-quarter Gaetano appears favored in the ballot with Viola, while Luvumbo will return from the 1′ making Augello move back a few meters (the former Samp against Fiorentina played as a high outside player). The other duel is in the middle between Makoumbou and Adopo.
Gasperini hopes to have Zappacosta and Cuadrado back, currently the only unavailable along with the long-suffering Scamacca. For the rest, a few changes seem a foregone conclusion: up front, Retegui could start again from the bench and there is a move toward a “light” attack formed by De Ketelaere and Lookman.
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The Prediction
Before their defeat on the island last April, Atalanta had collected four straight wins in Cagliari, while the last draw between these two teams was back in 2013. La Dea is favored and should not be affected much by the European commitment, but the Rossoblù are likely to score at least one goal: more than 2 goals overall are expected.
The probable lineups of Cagliari-Atalanta
CAGLIARI (4-2-3-1): Sherri; Zappa, Mina, Luperto, Augello; Makoumbou, Marin; Deiola, Gaetano, Luvumbo; Piccoli.
ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Carnesecchi; Koussonou, Hien, Kolasinac; Bellanova, de Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri; Pasalic; De Ketelaere, Lookman.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
