Atalanta are set to play the first leg of their round of 16, Champions League clash. This comes after they managed to make it past the Round of 32, against Dortmund, with a 4-1 win at home. The tie was won late with a 90+8 penalty being the only thing separating the two sides.

Atalanta have now won the rights to face Dortmund biggest rivals, Bayern Munich. Bayern sit first of the Bundesliga being, 11 points clear of second place Dortmund. They have also won 7 games in a row before today’s game, including a 3-2 win over rivals Dortmund.

Meanwhile, Atalanta have had up and down league form this season. Atalanta have not won since their win over Dortmund, with two draws and a loss. They will look to turn their form around today, against Bayern however it won’t be easy. The home ground advantage will be big in Bergamo, as they hope to build a lead before the second leg in Munich.

Predicted Lineups via Gazzetta Dello Sport

Atalanta: 3-4-2-1

Marco Carnesecchi

Sead Kolasinac, Isak Hien, Berat Djimsiti

Lorenzo Bernasconi, Mario Pasalic, Marten De Roon, Davide Zappacosta

Nicola Zalewski, Lazar Samardzic

Gianluca Scamacca

Atalanta will make four changes from their two-two draw against Udinese at the weekend. In defence Odilon Kossonou will be replaced by Berat Djimsiti on the right side of the defence. Palladino will go for experience in midfield with Marten De Roon and Davide Zappacosta replacing Yunus Musah and Raoul Bellanova. Kamaldeen Sulemana will also be dropped to the bench after a poor game for Nicola Zalewski.

Bayern Munich: 4-2-3-1

Jonas Urbig

Konrad Laimer, Jonathan Tah, Dayot Upamecano, Josip Stanisic

Aleksandar Pavlovic, Joshua Kimmich

Luis Diaz, Serge Gnabry, Michael Olise

Harry Kane

Bayern Munich will make heavy changes from their win against Gladbach on the weekend. In defence Jonathan Tah and Josip Stanisic come in for Min-Jae Kim and Tom Bischof. Aleksandar Pavlovic will allow Leon Goretzka some rest in the holding positions. Michael Olise and Serge Gnabry join the attack replacing Lennart Karl and Jamal Musiala. While Harry Kane reclaims his starting spot from Nicolas Jackson for the first leg of the tie.

The two Milan sides faced off today for the second Derby della Madonnina of the season. Inter Milan looked to write the wrongs of their loss earlier in the season. They started off on the right on foot to do so dominating most of the early game.

AC Milan would be able to create half chances but Inter dominated most of the half. This culminated in the 33rd minute where Henrik Mkhitaryan would break through Milan’s defence to be one-on-one with Mike Maignan.

But, Mkhitaryan put his shot to central making it an easy save for Maignan. This would be a wake up call for Milan who would then go on to score two minutes later.Youssouf Fofana would then find Pervis Estupinan with a through ball on the counter attack who would then smash in top left to give the Rossoneri the lead.

AC Milan would then manage to dominate the rest of the first half. They had more strong chances but wouldn’t be able to find a goal to double their lead. Inter  would go into their breaks a bit lost with how they let the game get away from them.

However, Inter came out for the second half on the front foot looking to equalise. Their best chance came in the 53rd minute by Federico Dimarco, but he would be unable to capitalize sending his shot over the bar. Inter Milan would keep on pushing for an equaliser but, they would be unable to score losing 1-0.

Player Ratings

AC Milan

AC Milans man of the match – Alexis Saelemaekers (8): Alexis Saelemaekers was my man of the match for Milan today, as he was key in the transition for the side. He was key for Milan running for all ninety minutes working hard on both sides of the ball to secure all three points.

Mike Maignan (7), Fikayo Tomori (6.5), Koni De Winter (6), Strahinja Pavlovic (7.5), Youssouf Fofana (7), Luka Modric (7.5), Adrien Rabiot (6.5), Pervis Estupinan (7), Rafael Leao (6.5), Christian Pulisic (7)

Inter Milan

Inter Milans man of the match (7.5) – Federico Dimarco took on Alexis Saelemaekers on the left hand channel on the pitch for Inter. While Saelemaekers probably got the best of Dimarco as he was forced to do defensive work. However, Dimarco still had a high attacking input for Inter today, while dealing with added defensive duties.

Yann Sommer (6), Yann Aurel Bisseck (5.5), Manuel Akanji (6), Alessandro Batoni (6.5), Luis Henrique (6), Nicolo Barella (6), Pitor Zielinski (5.5), Henrik Mkhitaryan (7), Ange Yoan Bonny (5.5), Pio Esposito (6.5)

Napoli hosted Torino tonight to kickoff Match-day 28 in Serie A. Torino came into this game after turning around a four game winless streak. This came in a 2-0 win against Lazio last weekend. However, it would be hard for Torino to build on this form with Napoli being heavily favoured.

It didn’t take Napoli long to show why either. Alisson Santos would open the scoring in the 7th minute with a low driven shot into the bottom left corner from the edge of the box. Napoli kept their foot on the gas after scoring looking to double their lead.

However, the first half was completely lob sided with Torino having their fair share of chances. This was despite the fact they had very little possession over the course of the half. But, Napoli would look to go more defensive to start the second half.

This would be as Antonio Vergara would be forced off due to injury adding to Napoli’s long list. Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa would take his place returning from injury himself. This move would make it seem that Napoli would try to hold onto their one goal lead in the second half.

However, the opposite was true as Napoli went on the hunt for a second goal. Rasmus Hojlund and Alisson Santos would create multiple chances to do so but fail to convert. Napoli wouldn’t manage to get a goal to nearly an hour after their first.

It came as Matteo Politano headed down a cross on the edge of the six yard box. It then fell to Eljif Elmas who would smash home a volley to make it two-nil. Kevin De Bryune would finally return for Napoli from injruy to top off the occasion.

However, De Bryune return wouldn’t be completely successful. Torino managed to get a goal back while he was on the pitch as the looked to take a point home. Cesare Casadei would give them one of the ywo goals they need scoring from a corner in the 86th minute. However, despite Torinos best efforts they would be unable to find a winner at the end of the game.