Atalanta vs AC Milan Preview

Although the Italian league is almost coming to an end, some things are still being fought for and one of them is a place in Europe next season.

This game brings two teams who are fighting for a top six finish after AC Milan wasted the chance to get automatic access into Europe in midweek.

Milan fans were hopeful that their team would beat Juventus in the Italian Cup final in midweek, however, after putting up strong resistance, they fell 4-0 and will end this season with no trophy after their huge financial outlay in the summer.

However, they would be delighted if they can secure return to the Europa League by the end of this season.

Atalanta had a good run in the Europa League this season and their current standing on the league table – 7th could still get them to Europe, however, they would be keen to win here and get past AC Milan into 6th position.

Atalanta come into this game off the back of six unbeaten games, however, they have not beaten a side inside the top 9 at home this season and may fail to win here again.

Milan meanwhile, have just two wins from 12 meetings with teams inside the top 8, although they tend to lose only to the top five teams.

This game is extremely interesting on paper and one of the standout games of the weekend.

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

Atalanta

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
D	Lazio		1-1		Atalanta	May 6, 2018	Italian Serie A
W	Atalanta		3-1		Genoa	Apr 29, 2018	Italian Serie A
W	Atalanta		2-1		Torino	Apr 22, 2018	Italian Serie A
W	Benevento		0-3		Atalanta	Apr 18, 2018	Italian Serie A
D	Atalanta		0-0		Internazionale	Apr 14, 2018	Italian Serie A

AC Milan

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	AC Milan		4-1		Hellas Verona	May 5, 2018	Italian Serie A
W	Bologna		1-2		AC Milan	Apr 29, 2018	Italian Serie A
L	AC Milan		0-1		Benevento	Apr 21, 2018	Italian Serie A
D	Torino		1-1		AC Milan	Apr 18, 2018	Italian Serie A
D	AC Milan		0-0		Napoli	Apr 15, 2018	Italian Serie A

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
AC Milan		0-2		Atalanta	Dec 23, 2017	Italian Serie A
Atalanta		1-1		AC Milan	May 13, 2017	Italian Serie A
AC Milan		0-0		Atalanta	Dec 17, 2016	Italian Serie A
Atalanta		2-1		AC Milan	Apr 3, 2016	Italian Serie A
AC Milan		0-0		Atalanta	Nov 7, 2015	Italian Serie A

Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:

Serie A Table

Serie A Results