In a mid week match in week 27, on Mon Feb 28th, Atalanta plays host to Sampdoria in a Serie A match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 5th placed Atalanta is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Olympiakos. Joakim Maehle scored the first goal for Atalanta in the 40th minute, then Ruslan Malinovskyi added another in the 67th minute on a feed from Teun Koopmeiners In the end, Olympiakos couldn’t muster any offence and Atalanta ran away with the shutout win. Atalanta is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Sampdoria recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Empoli. Fabio Quagliarella struck first for Sampdoria in the 14th minute on a feed from Antonio Candreva, then Fabio Quagliarella added another in the 29th minute on a feed from Bartosz Bereszyński In the end, Empoli couldn’t muster any offence and Sampdoria ran away with the shutout win. Sampdoria is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 27th of October, Sampdoria hosted Atalanta at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in their last match together. Atalanta won by a score of 3 to 1. Francesco Caputo scored the first goal for Sampdoria in the 10th minute, then Kristoffer Askildsen tied it up for Atalanta on an own goal in the 17th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 21st minute on a goal by Duván Zapata.
Sampdoria is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Andrea Conti and Fabio Quagliarella each having 2 goals in their last five. Ruslan Malinovskyi has been the most prolific scorer on Atalanta in his last five matches with three goals.