Milan and Atalanta are going to face on Sunday the 25th of February at 8:45 pm in the 26th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Milano at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The referee will be Daniele Orsato.
Milan is in the 3rd place in the table with 52 points. It comes from a 4-2 loss against Monza in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 16 times, draw 4 times, and lost 5 times.
Atalanta sits in the 5th position in the table with 45 points. It comes from a 3-0 win against Sassuolo in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 14 times, draw 3 times, and lost 7 times.
Atalanta won the last 5 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 23rd of December against Bologna and the score was 1-0.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Milan
Milan has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (13 times or 52.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (13 times), 4-2-3-1 (10 times), 4-4-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Stefano Pioli is expected to play against Atalanta with the following players: Mike Maignan, Theo Hernández, Matteo Gabbia, Malick Thiaw, Alessandro Florenzi, Ismael Bennacer, Tijjani Reijnders, Rafael Leão, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Christian Pulišić and Olivier Giroud.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Milan would be 27.91.
Stefano Pioli will probably not be able to employ Davide Calabria and Pierre Kalulu because of injury.
Mattia Caldara, Tommaso Pobega and Fikayo Tomori will definitely miss the match.
Stefano Pioli will not be able to have the presence of Luka Jović who is suspended.
Atalanta
Atalanta has mostly adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up during the season (16 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (16 times), 3-4-2-1 (7 times) and 3-5-2 (once).
Gian Piero Gasperini is expected to play against Milan with the following players: Marco Carnesecchi, Giorgio Scalvini, Sead Kolasinac, Berat Djimsiti , Matteo Ruggeri, Marten de Roon, Éderson, Emil Holm, Teun Koopmeiners, Aleksei Miranchuk and Charles De Ketelaere.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Atalanta would be 26.27.
Gian Piero Gasperini will probably not be able to employ José Luis Palomino and Ademola Lookman because of injury.
