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At the very start of the 21st round we have an interesting match between seventh-placed Atalanta and leading Napoli, which has 21 points more at the moment. However, the team from Bergamo had managed to defeat the Neapolitans in Naples by 2-1 in the quarter-finals of Coppa Italia, while their last league match, played in August 2017, had ended as home victory for Napoli 3-1.

Atalanta

We need to add that Atalanta won both their matches played in the Serie A last year, which tells us that they are one of most uncomfortable rivals for the team from Naples at the moment. Right because of that coach Gasparini players can be optimistic head of next match with currently leading team of the Serie A, regardless that Atalanta somewhat surprisingly lost last home match to Cagliary.

However, after that Atalanta won two great away victories by 2-1, the abovementioned one in the Cup over Napoli and league one over Roma, which propelled them at the seventh place in the table. Besides, we should stress that the team lost just one out of previous 11 matches; it drew two and won even eight matches, while situation with injuries has become significantly better and this match with Napoli will skip only suspended midfielder de Roon.

Probable lineups Atalanta Bergamo: Berisha – Toloi, Caldara, Palomino – Hateboer, Freuler, Cristante, Spinazzola – Ilicic – Cornelius, Gomez

SSC Napoli

Difficult away match in Bergmao comes for the currently leading team of the Serie A after four consecutive wins in the league. In the same period Napoli slipped only against Atalanta in the quarter-final of Italian Cup. Of course, this is an ideal chance for the Neapolitans to revenge for the home defeat, especially as at the moment they have just one point more than second-placed Juventus, which is the only team that defeated them in so far is played 20 rounds in the Seire A.

Out of remaining 19 rounds coach Sarri players won even 16 matches and drew three, so they fully deservedly occupy the first plae in the table. On the other hand, they were eliminated from the Coppa Italia and Champions League, and will continue competing in Europe in February only in the Europa League. Regarding situation with the team, before duel with Atalanta out of action are due to injuries only defender Ghoulam and forward Milik.

Probable lineups SSC Napoli: Reina – Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Mario Rui – Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik – Callejon, Mertens, Insigne

Verdict:

Having in mind that team from Bergamo is in great shape it can be expected to put up a fierce resistance to the currently leading team of the Serie A, which on the other hand has imperative to win in each coming match given that second-placed Juventus has just one point fewer.

Tip: both teams to score 1.76 - 76/100 @1XBet