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 UEFA 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:
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
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