On Mar 4th, Atalanta hosts Udinese in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 6th placed Atalanta is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Milan. Juan Agustin Musso struck first for Milan on an own goal in the 25th minute, then Junior Messias added another in the 86th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Atalanta couldn’t manage to score, and Milan took the shutout win. Atalanta is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 10th placed Udinese, recorded a 2-2 draw against Spezia. M’Bala Nzola struck first for Spezia in the 6th minute on a feed from Albin Ekdal, then Beto tied it up for Udinese in the 22nd minute . Udinese looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
Atalanta and Udinese last played eachother at the Dacia Arena on Sun Oct 9th. Udinese and Atalanta battled to a 2-2 draw. Ademola Lookman scored the first goal for Atalanta in the 36th minute, then Luis Muriel added another in the 56th minute on a penalty kick.
Udinese hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Lazar Samardžić and Jaka Bijol, and they each have 1 goal. Rasmus Højlund has been the most prolific scorer on Atalanta in the last five matches with 2 goals.