Serie A: Atalanta vs. AS Roma Preview, Odds, Prediction

The most exciting match of the entire Serie A round of 13 is between Atalanta and AS Roma at Gewiss Stadium. Two impressive offenses go against another in a very important game, which might have enormous consequences at the end of the season. Both La Dea and Il Lupi compete for the Champions League spot, and head to head matches might be decisive when the season ends. Atalanta showed signs of life recently, following a bad period. On the other side, we have Roma, who plays very well, and provides games with many goals.

Preview

Atalanta (+120) is on a three-game defeatless streak, with the latest one being against Juventus in Turin, 1-1. It was a match worthy of a derby, even though it saw just two goals. Atalanta’s goalkeeper, Gollini, stopped Ronaldo’s penalty, thus saving his team from a potential defeat.

Even though we stated that Atalanta has a great offense, they aren’t displaying that recently, with just one match over the past eight with three or more goals, seven days ago at home against Fiorentina, 3-0. Five contests during that stretch saw both teams not to score as well.

What is a problem in the team is the alleged clash between the best player Papu Gomez and the coach Gasperini, which resulted in Gomez’s request for a departure. Now that is something that could heavily damage La Dea’s future aspirations, with the No.10 being the heart and soul of the team.

AS Roma (+200) has just three defeats this year, two of them in Serie A. the latest one was near the end of November in Naples, 4-0, but apart from that clash, Paulo Fonseca’s boys looked amazing so far.

Il Lupi has an exciting team, capable of scoring twice against any team in Europe. Still, it is noticeable that they don’t have the consistency and the experience to challenge Juve’s reign in Italy. If they stay together during the next year that might change.

Six of the previous seven road games Roma played saw over 2.5 goals, which tells a lot about their mentality. Overall, that happened 8 times in the past 10 matches of this team.

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Mattia Caldara and Mario Pasalic are not ready for this contest, while Rafael Toloi is not certain.

Javier Pastore, Davide Santon, and Nicolo Zaniolo are all out for the guests from Rome.

Head to Head Matches

The recent clashes between these two sides were efficient, with four in five ending with over 2.5 goals and both teams to score.

During the last year, Atalanta posted wins in both events; at home, it was 2-1 for La Dea, while the first game at Olimpico concluded with the guests’ 0-2 victory.

Prediction

As we like to say here, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out where this is leading. Goals will be in our focus. Lots of them, to be precise.

The first pick is over 1.5 goals in the first halftime. It is risky, but we feel confident today. The odds here are +115. As for the second, more “realistic” pick, we are going with both teams to score and over 2.5 goals, sitting at -185.