AS Roma vs Atalanta Preview

AS Roma vs Atalanta

Competition – Serie A

Stadium – Stadio Olimpico

Date: 27th August 2018

Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT

The Italian Serie A continues to deliver the big games in early season as two teams who finished inside the top seven last season go head to head in this fixture, both looking to continue their strong start to the season.

Atalanta is not considered one of the big boys of Italian football and they are not seen as a contender for the top four this season, however, they ended 2017 inside the top four and were impressive in the Europa League last season.

This season, they have started brightly with a 4-0 win over Frosinone,  and they will be looking to show Roma that they can fight it out with the big boys yet again this season.

AS Roma has reemerged as a powerhouse in Italian football over the past few seasons, and they will be looking to keep themselves in the hunt for the Serie A title yet again.

They reached the semifinal of the Champions League last season, and expectations are higher for them now despite losing some key players like Allison.

The Giallorossi started their season with a tough 1-0 win over Torino, but playing at home should make this game easier for them, however, they cannot afford to underrate Atalanta.

Atalanta have won three, drawn two, and lost one of their last six Serie A games against Roma.  This is as many as they won in their previous 18 meetings.

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

AS Roma

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Real Madrid 2-1 AS Roma 8 Aug, 2018 International Champions Cup
W Barcelona 2-4 AS Roma 1 Aug, 2018 International Champions Cup
L AS Roma 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur 26 Jul, 2018 International Champions Cup
D AS Roma 1-1 US Avellino 20 Jul, 2018 Friendly
W Latina 0-9 AS Roma 14 Jul, 2018 Friendly

Atalanta

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Hapoel Haifa 1-4 Atalanta 9 Aug, 2018 Europa League
W FK Sarajevo 0-8 Atalanta 2 Aug, 2018 Europa League
D Atalanta 2-2 FK Sarajevo 26 Jul, 2018 Europa League
L Cagliari 1-0 Atalanta 20 May, 2018 Italian Serie A
D Atalanta 1-1 AC Milan 13 May, 2018 Italian Serie A

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
AS Roma 1-2 Atalanta 6 Jan, 2018 Italian Serie A
Atalanta 0-1 AS Roma 20 Aug, 2017 Italian Serie A
AS Roma 1-1 Atalanta 15 Apr, 2017 Italian Serie A
Atalanta 2-1 AS Roma 20 Nov, 2016 Italian Serie A
Atalanta 3-3 AS Roma 17 Apr, 2016 Italian Serie A


Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:

October 26, 2024
Bologna 16:00 AC Milan
December 1, 2024
Fiorentina 18:00 Inter Milan
December 23, 2024
Fiorentina 18:30 Udinese
Inter Milan 20:45 Como
December 28, 2024
Empoli 15:00 Genoa
Parma 15:00 Monza
Cagliari 18:00 Inter Milan
Lazio 20:45 Atalanta
December 29, 2024
Udinese 12:30 Torino
SSC Napoli 15:00 Venezia
Juventus 18:00 Fiorentina
AC Milan 20:45 Roma
December 30, 2024
Como 18:30 Lecce
Bologna 20:45 Verona
January 4, 2025
Venezia 15:00 Empoli
Fiorentina 18:00 SSC Napoli
Verona 20:45 Udinese

Serie A Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Atalanta 17 13 1 3 42 19 +23 40
2 SSC Napoli 17 12 2 3 26 12 +14 38
3 Inter Milan 15 10 4 1 40 15 +25 34
4 Lazio 17 11 1 5 32 24 +8 34
5 Fiorentina 15 9 4 2 28 11 +17 31
6 Juventus 17 7 10 0 28 13 +15 31
7 Bologna 16 7 7 2 23 18 +5 28
8 AC Milan 16 7 5 4 25 16 +9 26
9 Udinese 16 6 2 8 19 25 -6 20
10 Roma 17 5 4 8 23 23 +0 19
11 Empoli 17 4 7 6 16 19 -3 19
12 Torino 17 5 4 8 17 22 -5 19
13 Genoa 17 3 7 7 14 26 -12 16
14 Lecce 17 4 4 9 11 29 -18 16
15 Como 16 3 6 7 18 28 -10 15
16 Parma 17 3 6 8 23 33 -10 15
17 Verona 17 5 0 12 21 40 -19 15
18 Cagliari 17 3 5 9 16 28 -12 14
19 Venezia 17 3 4 10 17 30 -13 13
20 Monza 17 1 7 9 15 23 -8 10

Serie A Results

December 22, 2024
Monza 1 - 2 Juventus
Atalanta 3 - 2 Empoli
Venezia 2 - 1 Cagliari
Roma 5 - 0 Parma
December 21, 2024
Lecce 1 - 2 Lazio
Genoa 1 - 2 SSC Napoli
Torino 0 - 2 Bologna
December 20, 2024
Verona 0 - 1 AC Milan
December 16, 2024
Lazio 0 - 6 Inter Milan
December 15, 2024
AC Milan 0 - 0 Genoa
Como 2 - 0 Roma
Parma 2 - 3 Verona
Bologna 1 - 0 Fiorentina
Lecce 2 - 1 Monza
December 14, 2024
Juventus 2 - 2 Venezia
Udinese 1 - 3 SSC Napoli
Cagliari 0 - 1 Atalanta
December 13, 2024
Empoli 0 - 1 Torino
December 9, 2024
Monza 1 - 2 Udinese

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