Home advantage could prove decisive in Juventus - Atalanta battle

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 16.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Stadium (41507 seats)

It's advantage Juventus so far with their 4th position in the Serie A table, welcoming Atalanta who are placed 8th.

Insights:
  • Juventus has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Serie A
  • Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Juventus and Atalanta.

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Juventus form and stats

Juventus, who have the most points (13) at home in Serie A, have played 5 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Juventus bring valid hopes of a third.

Happy days for Juventus in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Genoa (placed 19th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Barcelona.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Juventus handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, zero draws and one defeat.

The manager A. Pirlo will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Parma in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and Juventus are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. Defensively Juventus have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Atalanta form and stats

Playing away, Atalanta have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Serie A this season.

Rafael Tolói, Ruslan Malinovskyi and Robin Gosens scored in Atalanta's previous match, the home game against Fiorentina that ended 3-0. Prior to that result Atalanta won their away game at Ajax in the Champions League. The scoreline was 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Atalanta have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were three victories, one draw and zero defeats.

After this away game Atalanta return home for a Serie A game against Roma. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The Atalanta manager G. Gasperini has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Atalanta have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Juventus won four games, five matches ended with a draw and Atalanta has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

JuventusC. Ronaldo
C. Ronaldo
10 goals
AtalantaA. Gómez
A. Gómez
4 goals
AtalantaL. Muriel Fruto
L. Muriel Fruto
4 goals

Juventus missing players

Atalanta missing players

Juventus Atalanta
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 3 Played P 1 5 10
5 3 2 Won W 0 3 5
5 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
20 8 6 Scored S 1 11 21
9 2 1 Conceded C 4 8 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
50% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 70%
30% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 50%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 60% 40%
80% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 70%
20% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.1 20.5 22 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.6 15.6
5.3 6.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5 5.6
38% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 44% 38%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Juventus's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Juventus has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Serie A
  • Juventus has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Serie A
  • Juventus has the most points (13) at home in Serie A
  • Juventus have not yet lost a game.
  • Juventus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Juventus have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Juventus 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 11 8 3 0 25 11 6 3 3 0 14 7 5 5 0 0 11 4 14 27
2 Inter 11 7 3 1 29 15 5 3 1 1 14 10 6 4 2 0 15 5 14 24
3 Napoli 11 8 0 3 26 11 6 4 0 2 17 7 5 4 0 1 9 4 15 23
4 Juventus 11 6 5 0 23 9 5 4 1 0 11 2 6 2 4 0 12 7 14 23
5 Sassuolo 11 6 4 1 21 12 6 2 3 1 9 8 5 4 1 0 12 4 9 22
6 Roma 11 6 3 2 24 16 5 3 2 0 12 4 6 3 1 2 12 12 8 21
7 Hellas Verona 11 5 4 2 15 9 6 3 2 1 8 4 5 2 2 1 7 5 6 19
8 Atalanta 10 5 2 3 21 16 5 2 1 2 10 8 5 3 1 1 11 8 5 17
9 Lazio 11 5 2 4 17 19 6 1 2 3 7 12 5 4 0 1 10 7 -2 17
10 Udinese 10 4 1 5 13 14 5 2 0 3 5 7 5 2 1 2 8 7 -1 13
11 Cagliari 11 3 3 5 18 23 5 2 1 2 9 9 6 1 2 3 9 14 -5 12
12 Bologna 11 4 0 7 16 22 6 3 0 3 12 13 5 1 0 4 4 9 -6 12
13 Sampdoria 11 3 2 6 16 19 5 1 1 3 8 8 6 2 1 3 8 11 -3 11
14 Parma 11 2 5 4 12 19 5 1 3 1 3 4 6 1 2 3 9 15 -7 11
15 Benevento 11 3 2 6 12 22 5 1 1 3 5 11 6 2 1 3 7 11 -10 11
16 Spezia 11 2 4 5 15 23 5 0 2 3 5 12 6 2 2 2 10 11 -8 10
17 Fiorentina 11 2 3 6 11 19 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 0 2 4 5 13 -8 9
18 Torino 11 1 3 7 19 27 6 0 2 4 11 16 5 1 1 3 8 11 -8 6
19 Genoa 11 1 3 7 10 22 6 1 0 5 8 13 5 0 3 2 2 9 -12 6
20 Crotone 11 1 2 8 10 25 6 1 1 4 6 12 5 0 1 4 4 13 -15 5

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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.