Atalanta vs AS Roma prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-05-11 18:45.
[p]Atalanta earned a spot in the UEFA Europa League (UEL) final by comfortably beating Marseille 3-0 on Thursday, and with the Coppa Italia final to come too in the wake of this clash with Roma, a busy end of the season is in store. With three Serie A games remaining, Gian Piero Gasperini’s side won’t have given up hope of a top-four finish either, starting the round four points behind Bologna with a game in hand.[/p]
[p]Now it’s confirmed that sides finishing in Serie A’s top five are assured of a UEFA Champions League (UCL) place, a return to Europe’s premier competition is tantalisingly close, while they also have the fallback of knowing they’ll qualify should they win the UEL. As La Dea have lost just one of their last ten home league fixtures (W8, D1), and triumphed in three of the last four H2Hs here with Roma (L1), there’s plenty of reason to believe they can still book their UCL pass via the league route.[/p]
[p]Level with Atalanta on 60 points, like their hosts, Roma know their chances of a top-five finish realistically hinge on their result here. Starting the round four points clear of Lazio, winning here would boost their chances of finishing fifth, but sixth will be enough for a Champions League place if Atalanta beat Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final and finish fifth or better.[/p]
[p]The Giallorossi came close to ending Leverkusen’s season-long unbeaten run on Thursday (D 2-2), bowing out of the Europa League despite a fifth consecutive away game unbeaten in all competitions (W2, D3). Manager Daniele De Rossi praised his side’s “heroic performance” but he’ll be asking for a couple more as they bid to extend a run of just one away league defeat this calendar year (W4, D3).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: El Bilal Touré completed Atalanta’s scoring on Thursday night, something he’s done in all three of his goalscoring appearances for the club this season, with all three goals arriving after the 70th minute. After scoring twice from the spot against Leverkusen, all five of Leandro Paredes’ goals for Roma this term were penalties away from home![/p]
[p]Hot streak: Roma are unbeaten in Serie A this term after netting first (W14, D5).[/p]