Football Previews
Atalanta vs Sampdoria
Competition – Serie A
Stadium – Gewiss Stadium
Date: 28th February 2022
Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT
After their Europa League exertions, Atalanta will turn their attention to the league when they welcome Sampdoria to the Gewiss Stadium on Monday.
La Dea are the only Italian team remaining in the Europa League and come into this tie on the back of a 3-0 win over Greek side Olympiacos. That win secured their passage to the next round of the competition where they will face German side Bayer Leverkusen.
Despite their European form, they are struggling in Serie A as they are without a league win in five matches (D3, L2).
They are in danger of dropping completely out of title contention unless they can improve on that form.
Gian Gasperini’s side haven’t won a home league match Since November (D2, L2) and so they are not guaranteed a win here. This means that they will have to fight hard to get a result against a Sampdoria side who have won two of their last three matches (L1) ‘to nil’.
The only loss they took in that period was a properly contested 1-0 loss to AC Milan, showing that they are the real deal on their day.
However, they have lost their last four road trips in all competitions and have only won one of their last six away games in the league (D1, L4).
A win in this game will be of huge importance to keep their chances of Serie A survival alive, given that they are just four points ahead of the relegation zone.
This game gets underway at 19:45 BST.
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
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