Juventus vs Atalanta: predictions and betting tips on the Serie A match on January 22, 2023
On January 22, Allianz Stadium (Turin) will host the match of the 19th round of the Serie A, in which Juventus will compete with Atalanta. The battle will start at 20:45 CET.
Juventus
The club seems to have already resigned itself to the loss of the status of the Italian football flagship. Nowadays, there can be an only urgent task for “the Old Lady” – to maintain a place in the quartet of the Calcio leaders (and, as a result, to get tickets to the Champions League, where in the autumn, by the way, there was a failure with 5 defeats and the 3rd place in the group). Moreover, the team is sick and tired of unsportsmanlike problems associated with serious accusations of financial fraud. Taking into account the higher mentioned fact, Massimiliano Allegri was praised for the ability to continue the winning streak in the winter, albeit with modest opponents, Cremonese and Udinese. To tell the truth, 3 points were brought by means of the only ball closer to the end of the match in both cases. Then, there was a voyage to Napoli. In the first half, “the Bianconeri” tried to save their chances due to a goal scored by Di Maria, but then they conceded three more times after the break, losing with a final 1-5 defeat.
Atalanta
The club is playing from series to series this season – successful matches are changed with disastrous ones. Initially, this year was perceived in Bergamo as the time when the positions of the previous draw would be returned. The very beginning was pretty successful – 7 wins and 3 draws. But starting from the middle of October, there appeared serious troubles. As a result, “the Goddess” lost four times in five rounds, and found itself out of the group of leaders. Moreover, after the pause, the team was losing with a 0-2 score to modest Spezia during the game, but finally managed to win back for a draw. And then Gasperini’s wards started to win. Bologna was defeated with the minimal 2-1 score, then Salernitana was totally destroyed – 8-2. That happened without Malinovsky – Ruslan had moved to Marseille for a relatively modest compensation.
The statistics of head-to-head matches
Juventus defeated Atalanta in the Coppa Italia final in May of the last but one year. At the same time, “the Bergamascs” have not lost 5 matches in a row in the Serie A – 2 wins and 3 draws.
Predictions
Bookmakers tend to the victory of Juventus. On the other hand, taking into account more than spectacular performance of both clubs in the previous round, it is reasonable to take the option of “total: over 2.5” (odd: 2.03).