Atalanta vs AC Milan Prediction and Betting Preview, 22 Dec 2019

Here's our Atalanta vs AC Milan Prediction analysis:

Italian nemesis Atalanta and AC Milan face off in a tight Serie A season. Atalanta are well within the leaders at 6^th while Milan are outsiders at 10^th. A roller coaster ride awaits between these two sides not short of action.

Match status: 2019-20 Serie A - Matchweek 17
Kick-off: Sunday 22 Dec 2019, 12:30pm CET
 Venue: Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (Bergamo)

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A slip-up last weekend saw Atalanta drop points in a 2-1 loss at Bologna. It would have been a record 5 game winning streak(W4 L1) and that result saw them drop in the Serie A ranks. Now, just points inside in the race of a place in European football, the Le Dea has not been putting up performances worthy of their fans demands.

At home, things have been plain average. Atalanta have not been solid on home soil 7 matches in, (W3 D1 L3) and strangely, they have been performing better on the road than in front of their home faithful.

In 8 away matches, they have only lost once (W5 D3 L1) and the side has to convince their fans to rally behind them with a decent performance here. Will they be able to crack the league’s third best defence? Not far-fetched if their Colombian forward Luis Muriel is at his best. With a personal haul of 9 games, the 28-year-old striker is sure to cause anxiety at the visitors back-line.

AC Milan glorious days are well behind them. The former Italian heavyweights are a sorry state of their former self. The San Siro boys even used to roar in European Champions League nights and are 7-time winners of Europe’s premier club competition.

To their credit, the Rossoneri have been Europa League regulars the past 3 seasons but have been recently rocked with coach problems. Earlier in the years, Gattuso quit the post and was replaced by Giampaolo who was sacked and currently Stefano Pioli is the man at the reins.

He will be hoping to achieve success after the off-field problems calmed down. Work is now on climbing up the table and it might not be an easy call given that some clubs in the league are stepping up like Lazio and Roma. For the Red and Blacks of Milan, a barren draw against Sassuolo at home did not ease matters. All three points in this Serie A Sunday opener will be up for grabs.

Atalanta vs AC Milan Team News

The home side has a full house available for this clash.

The away side have injury concerns in the name of Duarte L. (Heel Injury) while Hernandez T. and Paqueta L. are out following accumulation of yellow cards.
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Atalanta vs AC Milan Predictions

4 in the last 5 meetings between these sides has seen seem both score against each other and with everything on the line, Milan will not sit back to absorb the Atalanta onslaught. It will be action from kick off and both sides should find the back of the net.