Atalanta vs Fiorentina prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-03-16 17:00.
[p]Atalanta beat Sporting Lisbon 2-1 on Thursday evening to progress to the last eight of the UEFA Europa League, ending a five game winless run in the process (D3, L2). La Dea will now hope to return to winning ways in Serie A on Sunday, a competition they have failed to pick up three points in since mid-February, as they host a Fiorentina side breathing down their neck in the European race.[/p]
[p]This downturn in form has seen Atalanta drop four points behind the Champions League places, although a return to the Gewiss Stadium should help remedy that, as despite being beaten 2-1 by Bologna in their last league outing here, they have won nine of their last ten home outings. In fact, only three Serie A sides have picked up more points at home than Atalanta ahead of this round of fixtures.[/p]
[p]Fiorentina make the journey north this weekend without an away league win in their last five (D2, L3) and with only one victory from their last nine games on the road in Serie A (D3, L5). However, they did win their last away match, a 4-3 victory against Maccabi Haifa in the first leg of their UEFA Europa Conference League clash before drawing 1-1 at home in the return leg on Thursday to progress to the quarter-finals.[/p]
[p]That draw means La Viola are unbeaten in six games overall (W2, D4) and they come into this fixture in eighth place, only four points behind their opponents. And with a late push for the European places on the cards, Fiorentina should be confident they can close that gap here given their strong recent record against Atalanta, who they beat 3-2 at home back in September and have lost to only once in the last six H2Hs (W4, D1).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Ademola Lookman got his side’s first goal of the night against Sporting Lisbon on Thursday and also found the net in the reverse fixture against Fiorentina. His last nine goals for Atalanta have all come at the Gewiss Stadium. Fiorentina have scored in only three of six away games in 2024 but Argentinian striker Lucas Beltrán has got on the scoresheet in all three![/p]
[p]Hot stat: Atalanta have failed to score in only one of their last 16 Serie A home games (W12, D1, L3).[/p]