Serie A match preview: Fiorentina believed to be the weaker party when Atalanta pays a visit

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 11.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi (47300 seats)

The visiting Atalanta side should be favourites in this visit to Fiorentina, as the away team holds a 26 point advantage from their 28 league games this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Fiorentina form and stats

5-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Fiorentina so far this season.

Before that game, the home loss against Milan with the scoreline 2-3.

Fiorentina are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 15 games. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Atalanta form and stats

Atalanta have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 8-4-2 from 14 games.

Prior to that result Atalanta won their away game at Hellas Verona. The scoreline was 2-0.

Atalanta has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 14 games. Atalanta have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Atalanta - Fiorentina 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Fiorentina two wins, four draws and Atalanta four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AtalantaL. Muriel Fruto
L. Muriel Fruto
16 goals
FiorentinaD. Vlahović
D. Vlahović
12 goals
AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
10 goals

Fiorentina missing players

Atalanta missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fiorentina Atalanta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 3 Played P 5 14 29
7 5 0 Won W 4 8 17
9 5 0 Drew D 1 4 7
13 5 3 Lost L 0 2 5
36 20 3 Scored S 11 27 67
46 19 7 Conceded C 4 14 35
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 93%
79% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 79% 86%
52% 47% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 66%
24% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 36% 48%
21% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 29% 34%
55% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 57% 66%
21% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 36% 28%
31% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 14% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.2 1.8
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 11.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 16.8 16.4 16.3
3.4 3.5 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.6 5.8 5.8
36% 38% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 33% 40%

  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 27 20 5 2 65 26 13 11 1 1 36 14 14 9 4 1 29 12 39 65
2 Milan 29 18 6 5 54 34 15 6 5 4 26 21 14 12 1 1 28 13 20 60
3 Atalanta 28 16 7 5 65 34 14 8 3 3 38 20 14 8 4 2 27 14 31 55
4 Juventus 27 16 7 4 54 23 14 10 2 2 29 10 13 6 5 2 25 13 31 55
5 Napoli 27 17 2 8 58 29 13 9 1 3 33 11 14 8 1 5 25 18 29 53
6 Roma 28 15 5 8 51 42 15 10 3 2 33 17 13 5 2 6 18 25 9 50
7 Lazio 27 15 4 8 43 37 13 8 2 3 21 16 14 7 2 5 22 21 6 49
8 Sassuolo 27 10 9 8 45 44 13 4 6 3 21 20 14 6 3 5 24 24 1 39
9 Hellas Verona 28 10 8 10 36 34 14 6 3 5 18 16 14 4 5 5 18 18 2 38
10 Sampdoria 29 10 6 13 39 43 14 6 2 6 22 21 15 4 4 7 17 22 -4 36
11 Bologna 28 9 7 12 39 44 13 6 3 4 24 21 15 3 4 8 15 23 -5 34
12 Udinese 28 8 9 11 30 36 14 5 3 6 12 13 14 3 6 5 18 23 -6 33
13 Genoa 28 7 10 11 30 40 14 4 5 5 20 21 14 3 5 6 10 19 -10 31
14 Fiorentina 28 7 8 13 35 45 15 5 5 5 20 19 13 2 3 8 15 26 -10 29
15 Spezia 28 7 8 13 36 51 14 3 5 6 17 23 14 4 3 7 19 28 -15 29
16 Benevento 28 7 8 13 28 52 14 2 5 7 13 28 14 5 3 6 15 24 -24 29
17 Torino 27 4 11 12 39 50 13 1 7 5 18 23 14 3 4 7 21 27 -11 23
18 Cagliari 28 5 7 16 31 48 14 3 3 8 15 24 14 2 4 8 16 24 -17 22
19 Parma 28 3 10 15 26 54 15 2 5 8 9 24 13 1 5 7 17 30 -28 19
20 Crotone 28 4 3 21 32 70 14 4 1 9 20 29 14 0 2 12 12 41 -38 15

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Atalanta:
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 27 20 5 2 65 26 13 11 1 1 36 14 14 9 4 1 29 12 39 65
2 Milan 29 18 6 5 54 34 15 6 5 4 26 21 14 12 1 1 28 13 20 60
3 Atalanta 28 16 7 5 65 34 14 8 3 3 38 20 14 8 4 2 27 14 31 55
4 Juventus 27 16 7 4 54 23 14 10 2 2 29 10 13 6 5 2 25 13 31 55
5 Napoli 27 17 2 8 58 29 13 9 1 3 33 11 14 8 1 5 25 18 29 53
6 Roma 28 15 5 8 51 42 15 10 3 2 33 17 13 5 2 6 18 25 9 50
7 Lazio 27 15 4 8 43 37 13 8 2 3 21 16 14 7 2 5 22 21 6 49
8 Sassuolo 27 10 9 8 45 44 13 4 6 3 21 20 14 6 3 5 24 24 1 39
9 Hellas Verona 28 10 8 10 36 34 14 6 3 5 18 16 14 4 5 5 18 18 2 38
10 Sampdoria 29 10 6 13 39 43 14 6 2 6 22 21 15 4 4 7 17 22 -4 36
11 Bologna 28 9 7 12 39 44 13 6 3 4 24 21 15 3 4 8 15 23 -5 34
12 Udinese 28 8 9 11 30 36 14 5 3 6 12 13 14 3 6 5 18 23 -6 33
13 Genoa 28 7 10 11 30 40 14 4 5 5 20 21 14 3 5 6 10 19 -10 31
14 Fiorentina 28 7 8 13 35 45 15 5 5 5 20 19 13 2 3 8 15 26 -10 29
15 Spezia 28 7 8 13 36 51 14 3 5 6 17 23 14 4 3 7 19 28 -15 29
16 Benevento 28 7 8 13 28 52 14 2 5 7 13 28 14 5 3 6 15 24 -24 29
17 Torino 27 4 11 12 39 50 13 1 7 5 18 23 14 3 4 7 21 27 -11 23
18 Cagliari 28 5 7 16 31 48 14 3 3 8 15 24 14 2 4 8 16 24 -17 22
19 Parma 28 3 10 15 26 54 15 2 5 8 9 24 13 1 5 7 17 30 -28 19
20 Crotone 28 4 3 21 32 70 14 4 1 9 20 29 14 0 2 12 12 41 -38 15

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.