Atalanta vs AS Roma Competition – Serie A Stadium – Gewiss Stadium Date: 24th April 2023 Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT
After their exertions in Europe in midweek, AS Roma will turn their attention to the Serie A and their top-four race when they travel to Bergamo on Monday to face Atalanta. The hosts were among the seven teams expected to battle for the top four this season and true to the punters’ prediction, they started the season well. However, 30 games into the season, they are sitting seven points behind fourth-placed AS Roma. After a 1-1 draw against Fiorentina last Monday, coach Gian Piero Gasperini highlighted that this game against Roma was “very important for us to win.” The Bergamo-based side have no one to blame but themselves as their poor recent ten-game league form (W3, D2, L5) has seen them spiralling down the table. Moreover, they managed just two clean sheets during this sequence which has made them the side with the second-worst defence among the current top-seven teams. AS Roma come into this game in a good mood after securing a semi-final place in the Europa League courtesy of a 4-2 aggregate win over Dutch side Feyenoord on Thursday. That win was their fourth win in their last five games and saw them score 3+ goals in a game for the third time in their last five competitive matches. After dropping to fourth position due to Juventus’ 15-point deduction being revoked, the visitors now have a serious top-four fight. They can play UEFA Champions League next season by winning the Europa League. Jose Mourinho is not thinking about that with the Portuguese asking his side after their midweek win to “forget about the Europa League” and prepare for this match, where they’ll be looking to build on a run of three straight league wins. Each of those and all nine of their Serie A victories in 2023 have come with a clean sheet, adding an aura of defenCive invincibility to Roma. As a result, they are in line to win four straight top-flight matches without conceding for the first time since November 2013, although that would need them to record only their fourth such Serie A head-to-head victory this century. This game gets underway at 19:45 BST. Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:
March 17, 2024
Atalanta
19:00
Fiorentina
April 28, 2024
Inter Milan
11:30
Torino
Bologna
14:00
Udinese
Atalanta
17:00
Empoli
SSC Napoli
17:00
Roma
Fiorentina
19:45
Sassuolo
April 29, 2024
Genoa
19:45
Cagliari
May 3, 2024
Torino
19:45
Bologna
May 4, 2024
Monza
17:00
Lazio
Sassuolo
19:45
Inter Milan
May 5, 2024
Cagliari
11:30
Lecce
Verona
14:00
Fiorentina
Empoli
14:00
Frosinone
AC Milan
17:00
Genoa
Roma
19:45
Juventus
May 6, 2024
Salernitana
17:00
Atalanta
Udinese
19:45
SSC Napoli
Serie A Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Inter Milan
33
27
5
1
79
18
+61
86
2
AC Milan
34
21
7
6
64
39
+25
70
3
Juventus
34
18
11
5
47
26
+21
65
4
Bologna
33
17
11
5
48
26
+22
62
5
Roma
33
17
7
9
59
39
+20
58
6
Lazio
34
17
4
13
43
35
+8
55
7
Atalanta
32
16
6
10
59
37
+22
54
8
SSC Napoli
33
13
10
10
50
41
+9
49
9
Fiorentina
32
13
8
11
45
36
+9
47
10
Torino
33
11
13
9
31
29
+2
46
11
Monza
34
11
11
12
36
44
-8
44
12
Genoa
33
9
12
12
35
40
-5
39
13
Lecce
34
8
12
14
31
49
-18
36
14
Cagliari
33
7
11
15
36
56
-20
32
15
Empoli
33
8
7
18
26
48
-22
31
16
Frosinone
34
7
10
17
43
63
-20
31
17
Verona
34
7
10
17
31
45
-14
31
18
Udinese
33
4
16
13
31
50
-19
28
19
Sassuolo
33
6
8
19
39
65
-26
26
20
Salernitana
34
2
9
23
26
73
-47
15
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