On the 13th of February, in this week 25 match, Atalanta hosts Juventus at Gewiss Stadium in a clash of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 5th placed Atalanta is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Cagliari. Gastón Pereiro struck first for Cagliari in the 50th minute on a feed from Dalbert, but José Luis Palomino got the equalizer for Atalanta in the 64th minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Atalanta should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 4th placed Juventus, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Hellas Verona. Dušan Vlahović struck first for Juventus in the 13th minute, then Denis Zakaria added another in the 61st minute on a feed from Morata In the end, Hellas Verona couldn’t muster any offence and Juventus ran away with the shutout win. Juventus is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Allianz Stadium, Atalanta won by a score of 1 to 0. Duván Zapata scored the first goal for Atalanta in the 28th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Juventus couldn’t manage to score, and Atalanta took the shutout win.
Juventus’s top weapon lately has been Paulo Dybala, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Atalanta’s top weapon lately has been Luis Muriel, who has 3 goals in the last five matches.