Both these sides are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Atalanta having a 5 point advantage on Fiorentina in the tables. Bring it on!
- Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atalanta have the most points (30) away in Serie A
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago.
Fiorentina form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Artemio Franchi as Fiorentina have scored 29 goals to get 22 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 7-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Fiorentina, who won 2-1 against Spezia (placed 14th). González, a natural forward, was the highest rated performer for the side in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.32 (out of 10). González hit five key passes.
Fiorentina are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (29 goals in 11 games). On the other hand, Fiorentina have conceded 15 goals.
Atalanta form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Atalanta so far, with 9-3-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Serie A statistics. Atalanta are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing.
Defender Djimsiti was the best team player with a rating of 8.65. Djimsiti scored two goals, hit one key pass and won 3 of 4 duels.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Juventus.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Atalanta manager Gasperini as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Olympiakos Piraeus.
The Atalanta manager Gasperini has got the team scoring on the road, with 26 away goals in 12 league matches. It's not easy to score on Atalanta as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Atalanta - Fiorentina 1-2 was the outcome when these two contenders previously met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Fiorentina wins - draws - Atalanta wins). As for goals, ten matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Zapata Banguera 9 goals |  M. Pašalić 8 goals |  R. Malinovskiy 6 goals |
Fiorentina missing players
Atalanta missing players
| Fiorentina | Atalanta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 43 | 29 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 26 | 46 |
| 34 | 15 | 11 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 38% | 55% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | 42% |
| 12% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| 58% | 55% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 21% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 21% | 9% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 15.9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 15 | 15.5 |
| 5 | 6.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 36% | 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 44% | 38% |
| 10 | 9.5 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 12 | 10.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
- All of Fiorentina's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Atalanta have not yet lost a game away.
- Atalanta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Atalanta have the most points (30) away in Serie A
- Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 24 | 55 |
| 2 | Inter | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 55 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 54 |
| 3 | Napoli | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 29 | 53 |
| 4 | Juventus | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 46 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 44 |
| 6 | Lazio | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 42 |
| 7 | Roma | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 40 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 39 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 36 |
| 10 | Torino | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 11 | Empoli | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | -10 | 31 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 23 | -3 | 30 |
| 13 | Bologna | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 28 |
| 14 | Spezia | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 30 | -19 | 26 |
| 15 | Udinese | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 24 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -9 | 23 |
| 17 | Cagliari | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -21 | 21 |
| 18 | Venezia | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -21 | 21 |
| 19 | Genoa | 25 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 46 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -25 | 15 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -36 | 13 |
