Week 21 brings us a match on Jan 9th where Atalanta and Udinese will play a match in Udine in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 14th placed Udinese is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Cagliari. Jean-Victor Makengo scored the first goal for Udinese in the 4th minute, then Gerard Deulofeu added another in the 45th minute In the end, Cagliari was frustrated by Udinese’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Udinese ended the match with the shutout victory. Udinese is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while atalanta sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Genoa. Neither Genoa nor Atalanta could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 2 and 19 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Atalanta looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
Udinese and Atalanta last played eachother at the Gewiss Stadium on the 24th of October. Atalanta and Udinese battled to a 1-1 draw. Ruslan Malinovskyi scored the first goal for Atalanta in the 56th minute, then Beto tied it up for Udinese in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning Udinese at least a draw.
Atalanta’s most prolific scorer has been Ruslan Malinovskyi. The midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Both Beto and Gerard Deulofeu have been the hottest scorers for Udinese in the last five each having scored 3 goals.