On the 17th of March, Empoli will travel to Bergamo to battle Atalanta in a clash of these two mismatched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Atalanta sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Napoli. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia struck first for Napoli in the 60th minute on a feed from Victor Osimhen, then Amir Rrahmani added another in the 77th minute on a feed from Eljif Elmas At the end of 90 a dissapointed Atalanta couldn’t manage to score, and Napoli took the shutout win. Atalanta is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while empoli sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Udinese. Rodrigo Becão scored the first goal for Udinese in the 54th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Empoli couldn’t muster any offence and Udinese ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stadio Carlo Castellani, Atalanta won by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost nine thousand dissapointed spectators. Hans Hateboer scored the first goal for Atalanta in the 32nd minute, then Ademola Lookman added another in the 59th minute on a feed from Mario Pašalić At the end of 90 a dissapointed Empoli couldn’t manage to score, and Atalanta took the shutout win.
Empoli’s most prolific scorer has been Nicolo Cambiaghi. The Italian attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Atalanta’s most prolific scorer has been Rasmus Højlund. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.