Naples and Atalanta will face each other on Saturday 11 March in what will be there Matchday 26 of Serie A.
The Azzurri, who will play at home, will try to close the recent defeat against Lazio. Atalanta, on the other hand, will try to recover from a not exactly rosy period.
The following our pre-match analysis and the state of the injured in Naples – Atalanta.
State of form of Napoli
Napoli occupies the first place in Serie A with 65 points, 15 more than Inter, second in the standings.
During the last 5 games, Napoli collected 4 victories and 1 defeat. During these matches, the Neapolitans scored 9 goals and conceded 1 (which cost them the defeat against Lazio).
Spalletti in the match against Atalanta will not be able to count on Breakers, still injured. Mario too Rui is in doubt due to a controversy that broke out between the player's agent and the team manager.
State of form of Atalanta
Atalanta currently occupies the sixth position in Serie A with 42 points. The Bergamo team is 7 points ahead of Juventus. If the championship were to end today, the Bergamo players would qualify for the Conference League.
During the last 5 games, Atalanta collected 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. During these matches, the players from Bergamo scored 3 goals and conceded 5.
Gasperini will not be able to count on Hateboer, Muratore, Scalvini and Zapata, all injured.
Naples – Atalanta: which is the favorite team
Atalanta is one extremely dangerous team. Not surprisingly, during the last 5 meetings between Naples and Atalanta, the players from Bergamo have triumphed 3 times, while Napoli 2.
Gasperini's team stands going through a bad time, but he's still capable of hurting and Spalletti's boys will have to be very careful and will have to be good in the finalization phase.
Lazio also arrived in Naples with an attack that was certainly not in shape and a defense out of breath, but then demonstrated that they know how to sting. The Neapolitans will have to be good at keeping their guard up and ad be more concrete compared to the last game played.
