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Midweek brought a huge victory for Atalanta, as they dumped Juventus out of the Coppa Italia. It was a huge moment for la Dea, who thumped the reigning champions 3-0 in convincing fashion. It was another huge night for the visitors and their firing forward line, and it has continued their rise in Italy.
Atalanta may have a chance of cup glory, but they are also in the hunt for the Champions League. They come into the weekend in seventh place, with fourth place only three points ahead of them. A run to fourth isn’t just possible, la Dea have the squad to cope. They’re also one of Italy’s form sides, as their success over Juventus was a fourth win in five games.
Atalanta have won 26 points and scored 38 goals (2.9 on average per game) in their last 13 games – only Juventus (35) and Naples (30) have gained more points in Serie A during this period. They come into this clash in excellent shape, bow armed with the third best away record in the league. Their record on the road has seen plenty of high scoring matches, with 82% of their trips seeing over 2.5 goals. The visitors have seen over 2.5 goals in 12 of their last 13 league games, so we’re backing an away win and at least three goals to be scored.
Cagliari’s last win came on Boxing Day and they have not managed a win in the last four matches; they have scored in just one of the last four matches, netting twice against Empoli in a 2 – 2 draw. They have conceded nine in their last four matches and in Serie A, they have one win in the last 11 matches and have managed just five clean sheets in the 21 Serie A matches they have played this season. They have played 10 home matches in Serie A this season, and they have lost just one, but they have won only three with a bulk of them ending in draws. Cagliari get to face a free scoring Atalanta side with 19 goals in their last five matches and they have scored in each of their last 16 matches. Atalanta are coming straight from a 3 – 0 win over Juventus in Coppa Italia and are the highest scoring side in Serie A, with 47 goals, four more than leaders Juventus but they have conceded the most goals among the top 12 teams (30). Cagliari have also conceded 30, and scored just 19. Atalanta are unbeaten in their last four Serie A matches and have scored 16 goals in the four matches, an average of four per game. Atalanta have scored in each of their last seven away league matches, netting 24 goals and we expect them to keep up with the same here but they have suffered three losses in the last four meetings with Cagliari. Atalanta won the meeting though, a Coppa Italia game in January.