Atalanta vs Torino prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-05-25 16:00.
Atalanta enjoyed a memorable Wednesday in Dublin, ending Bayer Leverkusen’s 51-game unbeaten run by outclassing them 3-0 in the UEFA Europa League final thanks to a stunning hat-trick from Ademola Lookman. That victory earned La Dea their first piece of major silverware since winning the Coppa Italia all the way back in 1963 and additionally made manager Gian Piero Gasperini the oldest boss to lift a major European trophy in his first continental final!
The players and Gasperini now have the UEFA Champions League to look forward to, but had already qualified for it via their league position, securing a top-five spot in Serie A with two matches of their own to play. In further good news, those two remaining games are both in Bergamo against teams below them in the table – starting with Torino in this one – allowing the fans amble time to celebrate an incredible season and giving Atalanta the chance to gain the joint-most home wins of any side in the division this term alongside champions Inter Milan.
On the verge of three consecutive league victories for the first time since March 2019 after an impressive 3-1 victory over AC Milan last round, Torino enter the final game of the season still in with a chance of claiming a European place, albeit they’ll need to fend off Napoli and hold onto ninth, whilst also hoping that Fiorentina win next week’s Europa Conference League final.
Heading into this round, only Inter, Bologna and Juventus had conceded fewer Serie A goals than Torino’s 33 in 2023/24, but conversely, only Lecce, Empoli and Salernitana have scored fewer in Italy’s top-flight than the 36 goals mustered by Ivan Jurić’s side over the same period. The Croatian will now look to bow out in style on Sunday after three years at the helm, having impressively steered the Bull to three top-ten finishes.
Players to watch: Amid Lookman’s midweek heroics, Gianluca Scamacca provided another assist, making it 12 goal involvements in ten Atalanta appearances (G7, A5)! For Torino, Pietro Pellegri now has two goals in as many outings (G1, A1) after 24 Serie A outings without a goal contribution!
Hot stat: Torino’s last two games have seen both teams on the day score – the last time that happened in three successive Torino league matches was in January 2023.