Atalanta vs Fiorentina prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2022-10-01 16:00.
One of the two Serie A (SA) sides yet to suffer a league defeat this term are Atalanta who spent the international break joint-top of the league (W5, D2) after a surprise 1-0 victory away to Roma last time out. The traditionally attack-focused outfit boast having conceded a league-low three goals so far, and coach Gian Piero Gasperini explained their more recent solid defensive displays are down to having “many faces” and being able to choose between different versions of themselves.
Goalkeeper Juan Musso has played a big role in their robust defensive displays, but he suffered a fractured cheekbone and head injury only a few minutes into their most recent match at Roma and looks set to miss the contest here. Without him, Atalanta will try to win just their second SA home game of the season (W1, D2) and lay down foundations for a much better home showing than what they produced last season. In fact, Atalanta’s home form was a big reason why they missed out on European qualification in 2021/22, with their 20 points won at the Gewiss Stadium well below the 39 they claimed on the road.
One of the seven teams who won here last SA season was Fiorentina who actually beat Atalanta three times last term, including in the Coppa Italia. They finally halted their eight-game winless run before the international break by beating Hellas Verona 2-0 and will hope that the positive recent H2H record will help them build on that here.
Vincenzo Italiano’s men scored 2+ goals for the first time since mid-August in their last outing and they will hope their goalscoring issues are behind them as Fiorentina had failed to score in five of the eight winless matches prior to that win.
Players to watch: Atalanta’s Ruslan Malinovskyi has five goal contributions (G2, A3) in his eight competitive H2Hs. Fiorentina are lacking their own talisman, but one of their seven scorers this league campaign, Giacomo Bonaventura, has netted three goals in his 14 personal H2Hs.
Hot stat: Just one of the last ten H2Hs ended level, despite both teams finding the net eight times (ATA: W5, L4).