In this 19th week match, on Tuesday Dec 21st, Atalanta and Genoa will play a match in Genova in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 19th placed Genoa, recorded a 1-3 loss against Lazio. Pedro scored the first goal for Lazio in the 36th minute, then Francesco Acerbi added another in the 75th minute on a feed from Luis Alberto. Genoa looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while atalanta sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Hellas Verona. Giovanni Simeone struck first for Hellas Verona in the 22nd minute, then Aleksey Miranchuk tied it up for Atalanta in the 37th minute on a feed from Giuseppe Pezzella But luckily in the 62nd minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Teun Koopmeiners. Atalanta is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Atalanta won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Mario Pašalić has been the most effective weapon for Atalanta lately. The Croatian midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last five matches. Genoa hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Mattia Destro and Caleb Ekuban, and they each have 1 goal.