Atalanta vs Lazio prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2022-10-22 16:00.
High-flying Atalanta celebrated the club’s 115th birthday in the best possible way by securing three points against Sassuolo last time out. That 2-1 victory extended their unbeaten start to the season to ten Serie A (SA) matches (W7, D3), and they can now boast being one of just four sides along with Napoli, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid across Europe’s top five leagues to have not tasted a league defeat this season.
Although more than competent in front of goal, the success of this team – who start the round in second place – has predominantly come thanks to their defensive solidity, as Atalanta have conceded just six goals all season, with only opponents Lazio conceding fewer (five). They will hope to leapfrog their visitors in this department en-route to securing three points, however a cautionary fact is that since manager Gian Piero Gasperini took over, the Goddess have conceded more SA goals against Lazio (22 in 12 games) than they have vs any other team.
Lazio found themselves three points behind their hosts in fifth at the conclusion of round ten, yet they’re also one of the form sides in the division and have gone undefeated across their last five SA games (W4, D1). Impressively they kept a clean sheet in all of those outings and could now secure a sixth successive league shut out for just the second time ever in their history.
The shine was very much taken off that run though in their most recent goalless draw against Udinese, when the Eagles lost key man Ciro Immobile after just 27 minutes as a result of a suspected left flexor strain. Without the influential forward for this clash, it’s possible manager Maurizio Sarri would be pretty content to leave Gewiss Stadium with just a share of the spoils, which was the case when these two met in both league meetings last season. Such a result would be a third successive top-flight draw between these two for the first time since 2001.
Players to watch: Ademola Lookman is loving life at Atalanta and has scored in three straight league matches for the first time in his top-flight career. Lazio opponent Sergej Milinković-Savić must also have an affection for Atalanta as he’s scored a joint career high five competitive goals against them.
Hot stat: Only against Bologna (37) have Atalanta won more SA games than they have vs Lazio (W36, D42, L30).