Milan — Atalanta. Italian Serie A. Matchday 19. January 23th, 18:00 (Italian time).


Supposedly, Atalanta is considered the favorite of this match due to the impressive number of absent players in Milan. Well, Milan has 5 losses: because of injuries Bennasser and Gabbia will not play, Romagnoli and Salemakers are disqualified. Calhanoglu is out of the game due to coronavirus.

Atalanta, on the other hand, has only one player, who will not be able to take part in the match - Mario Pasalic.

On the other hand, Rebic, Theo Hernandez, Rafael Leão and Ibrahimovic are returning to the line-up.

Atalanta gained good shape: losing for the last time at the end of November, the team still found stability. Since that time, victories have been achieved over Fiorentina, Roma and Sassuolo, there was a draw against Juventus in Torino.

Match prediction

In the last two matches with Genoa and Udinese (both tied), Atalanta missed a lot of chances. In today's match, if everything goes the same way, Atalanta can be punished. Besides, Milan itself does not need a lot of chances for a goal - the team won most of the matches this season, giving the advantage to the opponent and using their few chances. Moreover, Atalanta of Gasperini is traditionally not very strong in defense. I will take a risk and predict the handicap (0) of Milan.