Valencia vs Atalanta Prediction and Betting Preview 10 Mar 2020

Here's our Valencia vs Atalanta Prediction analysis:

Valencia will welcome Atalanta to Mestalla Stadium on Tuesday for the return leg of their 1/8 final tie in the Champions League. The Italians have a solid three goal advantage from the game in Italy, but Valencia’s hopes of progression are still alive thanks to the away goal they scored.

Match status: 2019-20 Champions League Group Stages
Kick-off: Tuesday 10 Mar 2020, 09:00pm CET
 Venue: Estadio de Mestalla (Valencia)

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Atalanta BC are the huge favourites to book their spot in the quarter-finals of the Champions League as they head to Valencia for the second leg of their last-16 clash on Tuesday night.

The Italian outfit recorded a 4-1 victory in the first leg, leaving Valencia with serious work to do if they are to progress to the final eight of the competition.

The Goddess have this tie in the bag after the 4-1 win they secured at home in the first leg. To further improve their chances, the team is on an impressive winning run, while their opposite number are struggling to put forth at least satisfactory performances. Likely, back Atalanta to emerge victorious this Tuesday.

Valencia vs Atalanta Team News

Tuesday's clash at the Mestalla will be played behind closed doors in an attempt to contain the spread of coronavirus, with Spain's health ministry revealing that the country is doing its best to avoid "large gatherings".

The atmosphere would bound to have been red-hot had supporters been allowed inside the stadium, but Valencia will not be able to draw energy from their fans as they attempt to turn the tie around.

Only on four previous occasions have a team managed to recover from a first-leg defeat by three or more goals to progress, and it is a huge ask for Los Che considering that they have only been victorious in one of their last seven matches in all competitions during a tough run of form.

Albert Celades 's side were held to a 1-1 draw by Alaves in La Liga on Friday, leaving them down in seventh spot in the table. This is actually the first time since 2012-13 that Valencia have reached the last-16 stage of the Champions League, but they were finalists in both 1999-2000 and 2000-01.

The Spanish outfit have lost four of their six previous two-legged ties with Italian opposition; that said, they have been victorious in 13 of their last 19 European fixtures at the Mestalla.
The coronavirus outbreak means that Atalanta have not been in action since thumping Lecce 7-2 in Serie A at the start of the month. The Italian side will bring a four-match winning run into this contest, including the 4-1 success when the two teams locked horns in Italy on February 19.

Atalanta are again going well in the league this season with 48 points leaving them in fourth spot, but Gian Piero Gasperini 's side were quite fortunate to progress from their Champions’ League group considering that they only picked up seven points from their six Group C matches.

The Italians were the only team to make their group-stage debut in 2019-20, but they have played 42 European fixtures throughout their history, reaching the European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals in 1987-88.

Atalanta have lost five of their last six European matches, although it would be fair to say that La Dea have serious room for maneuver due to their excellent performance in the first leg.

Hans Hateboer scored twice for the Italian side last month, while Josip Ilicic and Remo Freuler were also on the scoresheet during the 4-1 success.

Injured or Suspended Players

Valencia: Garay, Piccini, Manu Vallejo, Maxi Gomez, Gabriel Paulista and Mangala.

Atalanta: Rafael Toloi and Sutalo.

Pre-Match Odds

Valencia: 2.9
Draw: 3.86
Atalanta: 2.42

All odds are with 1xBet and are subject to change.
All odds are for Valencia vs Atalanta Predictions with 1xBet and are subject to change.

Valencia vs Atalanta Predictions

It is difficult to know what type of match to expect due to the fact that there will not be any supporters inside the stadium. Valencia are capable of picking up a positive result on the night, but the Spanish outfit have left themselves with far too much to do in terms of turning the tie around.