Atalanta vs Verona Prediction & Match Preview

Atalanta vs Hellas Verona
Italy – Serie A
Date: Saturday, 7 December 2019
Kick-off at 14:00 UK / 15:00 CET
Venue: Gewiss Stadium (Bergamo).

Sixth-placed Atalanta welcome the defensive-minded Hellas Verona to Gewiss Stadium on Saturday.

Atalanta vs Hellas Verona: Head-to-head (h2h)

• Overall Stats (20 games): Atalanta 9 wins, Verona 8 wins, 3 Draws.
• On average 2.5 goals have been scored per game in their meetings in Bergamo over the course of history.
• Three of their last four encounters had over 2.5 goals.
• Atalanta have scored eight goals vs Scaligers in season 17/18 (3-0h, 5-0a).
• Both teams have scored in three of the last five head-to-head duels at this venue.

Atalanta vs Hellas Verona: Predicted Starting Lineups

Atalanta (3-4-2-1): Gollini – Palomino, Djimsiti, Toloi – Gosens, Castagne, Pasalic, D.Roon – Ilicic, Gomez – Muriel.

Hellas Verona (3-4-2-1): Silvestri – Rrahmani, Emperer, Bocchetti – Lazovic, Faraoni, Amrabat, Pessina – Zaccagni, Verre – D. Carmine.

Atalanta vs Hellas Verona: Prediction

Sixth-placed Bergamese ended their four-game winless run in the league with a dominant 3-0 victory over Brescia at Mario Rigamonti Stadium. Gian Piero Gasperini’s boys were all over Rondinelle from start to finish, enjoying nearly 70% of the ball possession and producing 8 goal-scoring opportunities.

With Duvan Zapata still on the sidelines, Luis Muriel was expected to increase his goal tally, but he was firing blanks. Luckily for ‘La Dea’, Balkan duo, Pasalic and Ilicic, fully delivered.

Atalanta have recorded two wins, one draw and three defeats at home this season, averaging 2.50 goals scored per game, whilst conceding 2 per bout. They’ve lost their most recent home fixture to Juventus (1-3).

Zapata and Kjaer are out with injuries.

In a rather even contest, at least in terms of stats, Hellas Verona fell to a 1-3 home defeat at the hands of AS Roma. Being 1-2 down at half-time, the Scaligers went all-in late in the game to grab a point, but they ended up conceding another one in the stoppages. With the W-D-L record of 5-3-6, Verona are sitting at 9th position on the Serie A ladder.

The Scaligers have 2-1-3 record on their travels this season. They’re scoring 0.83 goals per game and allowing 1.17 per tie. They put up a proper fight against Inter Milan in their latest game on the road but ended up empty-handed.

Gunter is suspended for the vising team; Kumbulla, Badu, Bessa and Tupta will be evaluated before the game.

We had a similar game back in October when Atalanta hosted Udinese team that had, at that time, one of the meanest defenses in the league. Le Dea scored 7.

I can’t imagine them doing the same thing on Saturday, especially with Duvan Zapata out, but they surely know how to handle low blocks and I’m willing to trust them in -1.5 handicap.

With a 3-1 hunch, I’ll also pick over 2.5 goals.

Atalanta vs Hellas Verona: Betting Tips

• Atalanta -1.5 Asian Handicap @ 2.02

• Over 2.5 goals @ 1.60

• Correct Score Tips: Atalanta to Win 3-1 @ 12.00