Marseille vs Atalanta: Match Preview
Atalanta are heading to France today as they are set to face Marseille in the Champions League. They are looking to push past their bad form today and finally get a win on the board. While they where “undefeated” until last weekends lost to Udinese they haven’t won a game since the thirty of September.
There last win was one-nil over Club Brugge at home in the Champions League. Since that result they have only managed six draws and one loss. This has left Ivan Juric under some pressure as his poor start with the club, has put him in the hot seat. Seria A teams arent afraid to let a coach go early in the season.
The league has already seen three head coaches fired this season. Juric could very well become the foruth if he fails to turn this team around. He will have to do this by making up some ground in the league sitting 11th and holding on to his strong spot of 19th or improve in the Champions League.
Predicted Starting XI (3-4-1-2) via Sky Sport Italia.
Marco Carnesecchi
Odilon Kossounou, Isak Hien, Berat Djimsiti,
Davide Zappacosta, Ederson, Marten De Roon, Raoul Bellanova
Mario Pasalic
Charles De Ketelaere, Ademola Lookman
Ivan Juric is set to change from the 3-4-2-1 he used at the weekend to a 3-4-1-2 for todays game. This will see the entire front three changed with Gianluca Scamacca, Kamaldeen Sulemana and Lazar Samardzic dropped to the bench. This will see Ademola Lookman and Charles De Ketelaere start once again.
Mario Pasalic will also move forward which allows room for Marten De Roon to come back into midfield. Davide Zappacosta keep his place on the wing. However, his counter part will be Raoul Bellanova instead of Nicola Zalewski from the weekend. The back three will stay unchanged as well.
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Inter Milan vs Genoa: Match Preview and Predicted Lineups
Inter Milan will host Genoa today as they look to bounce back from a tough loss in the Champions League to Bodo Glimt. Bodo Glimt beat Inter over both legs including a 2-1 win at the San Siro. However, Inter are still firing winning all over their last five league matches.
Meanwhile Genoa are looking to build on a big win against Torino last weekend. This came after Genoa went winless in their last three Serie A games, including losses to Napoli and Lazio. But, travelling to the San Siro to play Inter Milan or AC Milan is always a hard task.
The last time these two sides faced off was on the 15th of December in Genoa. Inter came out flying in that game with Yann Aurel Bisseck and Lautaro Martinez scoring in the first half. Genoa would claw a goal back in a boring second half but it wouldn’t be enough to earn any points.
Predicted Lineups
Inter Milan 3-5-2:
Yann Sommer
Yann Bisseck, Francesco Acerbi, Manuel Akanji
Luís Henrique, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Piotr Zieliński, Petar Sučić, Carlos Augusto
Ange-Yoan Bonny, Marcus Thuram
Alessandro Bastoni will be rested for Inter today after scoring against Bodo Glimt, with Francesco Acerbi taking his place in the lineup. In midfield Cristian Chivu will make three changes with Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Petar Sucic and Carlos Augutso coming in, for Dimarco, Barella and Frattesi. Meanwhile it will be an all french striker partnership with Ange-Yoan Bonny and Marcus Thuram.
Genoa – 3-5-2:
Justin Bijlow
Alessandro Marcandalli, Leo Østigård, Johan Vásquez
Mikael Ellertsson, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Morten Frendrup, Tommaso Baldanzi, Aarón Martín
Vítor Ferreira, Lorenzo Colombo
Genoa will use an unchanged defence from the side that kept a clean sheet against Torino. Brooke Norton-Cuffy will drop to the bench for Aarón Martin, being the only change in midfield. Caleb Ekuban will drop to the bench despite scoring against Torino for Vitor Ferreira.
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Hellas Verona vs Napoli: Match Preview and Predicted Lineups
Hellas Verona are set to host Napoli this Saturday afternoon, as the season continues along. This comes as Verona are winless in their last five games, picking up only a singular draw in that time. This has left them sitting tied for last on points in Serie A with only 15 through the first 26 games.
However, they face no easy opponent with Napoli coming into town. Napoli are looking to bounce back from a slow patch being winless in their last three games. Antonio Conte will push his side to pickup all three points to get the season and Champions League qualification back on track.
Giovane Nascimento is set to return to his former side after leaving for Napoli in January. Giovane has already lit up the scene for Napoli with five assists so far, and will hope to do the same in Verona. However, he will likely have limited time to do so as he is expected to come off the bench.
Predicted Lineups
Hellas Verona 3-5-2
Lorenzo Montipò
Armel Bella-Kotchap, Victor Nelsson, Andrias Edmundsson
Domagoj Bradarić, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Roberto Gagliardini, Abdou Harroui, Martin Frese
Amin Sarr, Kieron Bowie
Hellas Verona will make no changes in defence from their 3-0 loss away at Sassuolo. However, they will make two changes in midfield with Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro and Roberto Gagliardini coming into the team. Meanwhile the attack will also go unchanged.
Napoli 3-4-2-1
Vanja Milinković-Savić
Sam Beukema, Alessandro Buongiorno, Juan Jesus
Matteo Politano, Stanislav Lobotka, Eljif Elmas, Leonardo Spinazzola
Alisson Santos, Antonio Vergara
Rasmus Højlund
Napoli also won’t change their defence from their loss against Atalanta last weekend. Both of the wingbacks will change for Napoli with Matteo Politano and Leonardo Spinazzola replacing Pasquale Mazzocchi and Miguel Gutierrez. The two attacking midfielders and striker won’t change for Napoli either.
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Borussia Dortmund vs Atalanta: Match Preview and Predicted Lineups
Atalanta are set to kickoff their Champions League knockout campaign today, as they travel to Germany to face Borussia Dortmund. Atalanta will be hoping to travel home with a okay result at the least, as a win in Dortmund will be hard. Especially as they are set of face Dortmund’s tough “yellow wall”.
Despite the game being a tough one, the I Nerazzurri won’t give up on an away result. This comes as they have won their last three games including away wins against Juventus and Lazio. Raffaele Palladino has a side not afraid of traveling so they could fight for a result today.
The two sides have meet in the round of 32 before, doing so in the 2017/18 season this came in the Europa League. Dortmund lost the first leg at home 3-2 and saw out a 1-1 draw in Bergamo. These results could happen again with how the teams are currently playing.
Dortmund currently sit second in the Bundesliga table, but they are six points behind Bayern. They could decide to shift their focus to success in Europe, rather than in Germany. This would make it hard for Atalanta as they are coming off a hard win vs Lazio on Saturday.
Predicted Lineup: Atalanta (3-4-2-1)
Marco Carnesecchi
Honest Anahor, Berat Djimsiti, Giorgio Scalvini
Lorenzo Bernasconi, Marten De Roon, Ederson, Davide Zappacosta
Nicola Zalewski, Lazar Samardzic
Gianluca Scamacca
Atalanta are set to make only one change from their win over Lazio. This will see Nikola Kristovic, who has been a top player for Atalanta this season, however Gianluca Scamacca will play instead. This comes as Scamacca has been linked to a contract extension.
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