Atalanta fearless before departure for Genoa clash

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 15.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

Struggling Genoa will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Atalanta in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Genoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atalanta have the most scored goals (86) in Serie A

It's no vacation for neither Genoa nor Atalanta as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Genoa are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Atalanta are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Genoa form and stats

Genoa have collected 22 points from their Serie A home games so far after 5-7-6.

A good away victory last time out for Genoa, who won 2-0 against Bologna (placed 11th). Davide Zappacosta was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.44 out of 10. The defender Zappacosta scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 7 of 12 duels. Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin did an outstanding job against Bologna with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.

Preceding that match was the home game against Sassuolo that was lost 1-2.

The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Atalanta to win. Let's see if Genoa are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: one game found revealing zero Genoa wins, zero draws and one defeat.

Genoa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 18 games. 26 goals have been conceded.

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Atalanta form and stats

Atalanta's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Atalanta, who have the most scored goals (86) in Serie A, collect 36 points from their 18 away matches in the Serie A. 10 victories and 6 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). In general it has been a productive period now for Atalanta as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Atalanta had fun at their own home (Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris) last time out, beating Benevento 2-0. Mario Pašalić and Luis Muriel scored. Cristian Romero was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.6. The defender Romero hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.

Prior to that result Atalanta won their away game at Parma. The scoreline was 5-2.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Atalanta given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed one match with one win as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won one of these games by at least two goals.

A quick return to home after this game, as Atalanta are hosting Juventus in the Coppa Italia only three days away.

The Atalanta manager G. Gasperini has got the team scoring on the road, with 37 away goals in 18 league matches. As opposed to that, Atalanta have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Atalanta - Genoa 0-0 entered in the official records. Genoa-Atalanta H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Genoa one win, Atalanta seven wins, two draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AtalantaL. Muriel Fruto
L. Muriel Fruto
22 goals
AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
14 goals
GenoaM. Destro
M. Destro
11 goals

Genoa missing players

Atalanta missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Genoa Atalanta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 6 18 36
9 5 1 Won W 5 10 22
12 7 2 Drew D 1 6 9
15 6 2 Lost L 0 2 5
43 26 6 Scored S 16 37 86
54 26 9 Conceded C 6 20 42
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 94%
83% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 86%
53% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 61%
25% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 39% 50%
8% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 39%
61% 78% 80% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 64%
22% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 28% 31%
25% 6% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 11% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9 9.3 5 Shots (avg) S ( 16.8 16.3 16.7
3.1 3.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 6.4 6.1
39% 44% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 32% 39%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atalanta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Atalanta have the most scored goals (86) in Serie A
  • Atalanta have the most scored goals in the first half (38) in Serie A
  • Genoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Genoa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 36 27 7 2 82 31 18 16 1 1 48 17 18 11 6 1 34 14 51 88
2 Atalanta 36 22 9 5 86 42 18 12 3 3 49 22 18 10 6 2 37 20 44 75
3 Milan 36 23 6 7 72 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 18 15 1 2 41 17 31 75
4 Napoli 36 23 4 9 83 40 18 12 3 3 49 19 18 11 1 6 34 21 43 73
5 Juventus 36 21 9 6 70 35 18 13 2 3 37 16 18 8 7 3 33 19 35 72
6 Lazio 35 21 4 10 61 51 18 13 2 3 36 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 10 67
7 Roma 36 17 7 12 64 56 18 12 4 2 40 18 18 5 3 10 24 38 8 58
8 Sassuolo 36 15 11 10 59 55 18 6 8 4 29 27 18 9 3 6 30 28 4 56
9 Sampdoria 36 13 7 16 48 54 18 8 3 7 29 26 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 46
10 Hellas Verona 35 11 10 14 42 43 18 6 5 7 21 21 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 43
11 Bologna 36 10 10 16 48 59 18 7 5 6 32 29 18 3 5 10 16 30 -11 40
12 Udinese 36 10 10 16 41 52 18 5 4 9 14 18 18 5 6 7 27 34 -11 40
13 Fiorentina 36 9 12 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 18 3 6 9 22 34 -10 39
14 Genoa 36 9 12 15 43 54 18 5 7 6 26 26 18 4 5 9 17 28 -11 39
15 Cagliari 36 9 9 18 43 58 18 5 4 9 22 31 18 4 5 9 21 27 -15 36
16 Torino 35 7 14 14 48 64 18 3 8 7 24 35 17 4 6 7 24 29 -16 35
17 Spezia 36 8 11 17 46 69 17 4 6 7 22 30 19 4 5 10 24 39 -23 35
18 Benevento 36 7 10 19 38 73 18 2 6 10 18 38 18 5 4 9 20 35 -35 31
19 Parma 36 3 11 22 38 77 18 2 5 11 15 36 18 1 6 11 23 41 -39 20
20 Crotone 35 5 3 27 42 90 17 4 1 12 21 34 18 1 2 15 21 56 -48 18

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 36 27 7 2 82 31 18 16 1 1 48 17 18 11 6 1 34 14 51 88
2 Atalanta 36 22 9 5 86 42 18 12 3 3 49 22 18 10 6 2 37 20 44 75
3 Milan 36 23 6 7 72 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 18 15 1 2 41 17 31 75
4 Napoli 36 23 4 9 83 40 18 12 3 3 49 19 18 11 1 6 34 21 43 73
5 Juventus 36 21 9 6 70 35 18 13 2 3 37 16 18 8 7 3 33 19 35 72
6 Lazio 35 21 4 10 61 51 18 13 2 3 36 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 10 67
7 Roma 36 17 7 12 64 56 18 12 4 2 40 18 18 5 3 10 24 38 8 58
8 Sassuolo 36 15 11 10 59 55 18 6 8 4 29 27 18 9 3 6 30 28 4 56
9 Sampdoria 36 13 7 16 48 54 18 8 3 7 29 26 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 46
10 Hellas Verona 35 11 10 14 42 43 18 6 5 7 21 21 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 43
11 Bologna 36 10 10 16 48 59 18 7 5 6 32 29 18 3 5 10 16 30 -11 40
12 Udinese 36 10 10 16 41 52 18 5 4 9 14 18 18 5 6 7 27 34 -11 40
13 Fiorentina 36 9 12 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 18 3 6 9 22 34 -10 39
14 Genoa 36 9 12 15 43 54 18 5 7 6 26 26 18 4 5 9 17 28 -11 39
15 Cagliari 36 9 9 18 43 58 18 5 4 9 22 31 18 4 5 9 21 27 -15 36
16 Torino 35 7 14 14 48 64 18 3 8 7 24 35 17 4 6 7 24 29 -16 35
17 Spezia 36 8 11 17 46 69 17 4 6 7 22 30 19 4 5 10 24 39 -23 35
18 Benevento 36 7 10 19 38 73 18 2 6 10 18 38 18 5 4 9 20 35 -35 31
19 Parma 36 3 11 22 38 77 18 2 5 11 15 36 18 1 6 11 23 41 -39 20
20 Crotone 35 5 3 27 42 90 17 4 1 12 21 34 18 1 2 15 21 56 -48 18

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