Atalanta and Torino will face on Thursday the 6th of January at 4:30 pm in the 20th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Bergamo at the Gewiss Stadium. The referee will be Piero Giacomelli.
Atalanta occupies the 4th place in the standings with 38 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Genoa in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 11 times, draw 5 times, and lost 3 times.
Torino sits in the 11th place in the standings with 25 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Inter in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 7 times, draw 4 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Atalanta
Atalanta has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 52.63%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (10 times), 3-4-3 (5 times) and 3-4-1-2 (4 times).
Gian Piero Gasperini is expected to play against Torino with the following players: M. Sportiello, B. Djimsiti, J. Palomino, M. Demiral, D. Zappacosta, T. Koopmeiners, M. de Roon, H. Hateboer, M. Pašalić, R. Malinovskiy and L. Muriel Fruto.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Atalanta would be 28.64.
Gian Piero Gasperini will probably not be able to employ R. Tolói and D. Zapata Banguera because of injury.
J. Musso, R. Gosens and J. Mæhle will definitely miss the match.
Gian Piero Gasperini will not be able to have the presence of R. Freuler who is suspended.
Torino
Torino has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 84.21%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (16 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Ivan Juric is expected to play against Atalanta with the following players: V. Milinković Savić, G. Bremer Silva Nascimento, A. Buongiorno, L. Djidji, M. Vojvoda, S. Lukić, T. Pobega, W. Singo, D. Praet, M. Pjaca and A. Sanabria Ayala.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Torino would be 25.64.
E. Berisha, T. Olaoluwa Aina, S. Edera, S. Verdi, D. Baselli and A. Belotti will definitely miss the match.