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Napoli vs Atalanta

Competition – Coppa Italia

Stadium – Stadio San Paolo

Date: 2nd January 2018

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

This game gives Napoli an opportunity to stake their claim on another competition this season.

They are currently top of the league but they will not want to focus all their attention on winning only the league title.

With Milan already qualified alongside SS Lazio, Napoli and Juventus qualifying would make the semi final of this Coppa Italia very interesting.

Napoli have won four straight games ahead of this tie and that should give them confidence that they can live up to their tag as favourites.

Their defence however, have been less than impressive when faced with quality fire power and Atalanta could be a big test for them.

Atalanta have performed well below expectations this season based on how impressive they were last season however they will be looking to make a statement in this game.

They lost their last game 2-1 to a very poor Cagliari side and that will have damaged their confidence ahead of this game.

They have scored in their last nine games in all competitions and their recent away trips have seen them win at Everton, AC Milan and Genoa while picking up a point in Torino.

Atalanta lost at this ground already this season as Napoli ran out 3-1 victors the last time they met in August.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Napoli

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Napoli 3-2 Sampdoria 23 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
W Napoli 1-0 Udinese 19 Dec, 2017 Italian Coppa Italia
W Torino 1-3 Napoli 16 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
D Napoli 0-0 Fiorentina 10 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
L Feyenoord Rotterdam 2-1 Napoli 6 Dec, 2017 UEFA Champions League

Atalanta

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W AC Milan 0-2 Atalanta 23 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
W Atalanta 2-1 Sassuolo 20 Dec, 2017 Italian Coppa Italia
D Atalanta 3-3 Lazio 17 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
W Genoa 1-2 Atalanta 12 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
W Atalanta 1-0 Lyon 7 Dec, 2017 UEFA Europa League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Napoli 3-1 Atalanta 27 Aug, 2017 Italian Serie A
Napoli 0-2 Atalanta 25 Feb, 2017 Italian Serie A
Atalanta 1-0 Napoli 2 Oct, 2016 Italian Serie A
Napoli 2-1 Atalanta 2 May, 2016 Italian Serie A
Atalanta 1-3 Napoli 20 Dec, 2015 Italian Serie A


Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:

March 17, 2024
Atalanta 19:00 Fiorentina
May 10, 2024
Frosinone 19:45 Inter Milan
May 11, 2024
SSC Napoli 17:00 Bologna
AC Milan 19:45 Cagliari
May 12, 2024
Lazio 11:30 Empoli
Genoa 14:00 Sassuolo
Verona 14:00 Torino
Juventus 17:00 Salernitana
Atalanta 19:45 Roma
May 13, 2024
Lecce 17:30 Udinese
Fiorentina 19:45 Monza

Serie A Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Inter Milan 35 28 5 2 81 19 +62 89
2 AC Milan 35 21 8 6 67 42 +25 71
3 Juventus 35 18 12 5 48 27 +21 66
4 Bologna 35 17 13 5 49 27 +22 64
5 Atalanta 34 18 6 10 63 38 +25 60
6 Roma 35 17 9 9 62 42 +20 60
7 Lazio 35 17 5 13 45 37 +8 56
8 SSC Napoli 35 13 12 10 53 44 +9 51
9 Fiorentina 34 14 8 12 51 39 +12 50
10 Torino 35 11 14 10 31 31 +0 47
11 Monza 35 11 12 12 38 46 -8 45
12 Genoa 35 10 13 12 41 43 -2 43
13 Lecce 35 8 13 14 32 50 -18 37
14 Verona 35 8 10 17 33 46 -13 34
15 Cagliari 35 7 12 16 37 60 -23 33
16 Frosinone 35 7 11 17 43 63 -20 32
17 Empoli 35 8 8 19 26 50 -24 32
18 Udinese 35 4 18 13 33 52 -19 30
19 Sassuolo 35 7 8 20 41 70 -29 29
20 Salernitana 35 2 9 24 27 75 -48 15

Serie A Results

May 6, 2024
Udinese 1 - 1 SSC Napoli
Salernitana 1 - 2 Atalanta
May 5, 2024
Roma 1 - 1 Juventus
AC Milan 3 - 3 Genoa
Verona 2 - 1 Fiorentina
Empoli 0 - 0 Frosinone
Cagliari 1 - 1 Lecce
May 4, 2024
Sassuolo 1 - 0 Inter Milan
Monza 2 - 2 Lazio
May 3, 2024
Torino 0 - 0 Bologna
April 29, 2024
Genoa 3 - 0 Cagliari
April 28, 2024
Fiorentina 5 - 1 Sassuolo
SSC Napoli 2 - 2 Roma
Atalanta 2 - 0 Empoli
Bologna 1 - 1 Udinese
Inter Milan 2 - 0 Torino
April 27, 2024
Lazio 1 - 0 Verona
Juventus 0 - 0 AC Milan
Lecce 1 - 1 Monza
April 26, 2024
Frosinone 3 - 0 Salernitana

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