Bergamo, Italy — Atalanta and Lazio dey prepare to clash dis weekend for Serie A, but both teams no dey in good form. Dis match fit turn out to be one kind tight contest as both sides dey struggle for consistency.
Atalanta don lose two matches in a row and dem get only three wins from 12 games across all competitions. Their home form don drop well-well; dem no fit win since late January for their own ground. Lazio, on the other hand, dey seventh place but dem no fit win any match for four games straight, with only one victory in their last six. Dem dey feel di pressure from their Europa League journey.
As dem prepare for dis match, Atalanta expected lineup get players like Carnesecchi, Djimsiti, and Lookman. Lazio lineup fit include Provedel, Hysaj, and Zaccagni. Atalanta don score only two goals in their last 450 minutes at home matches and go face a Lazio side wey dey find am hard to keep clean sheets.
Gian Piero Gasperini‘s team don dey full of surprises; dem fit score four against Juventus but later go lose to Inter Milan and Fiorentina. Both Giorgio Scalvini and Gianluca Scamacca dey out for Atalanta, while Lazio go miss Matteo Guendouzi wey dey suspended. Fisayo Dele-Bashiru fit return to the squad, though.
Atalanta fit find their scoring touch against dis Lazio defense, wey no don record many clean sheets. In 12 of their last 16 matches, Lazio don concede goals but dem don manage to score in most of dem. Ademola Lookman, wey don shine in the early part of di season, dey hot again as e don score two goals for him last league match against Empoli and another goal against Juventus.
Mateo Retegui na another threat for Atalanta, while Mattia Zaccagni dey position to carry di scoring responsibility for Lazio without Taty Castellanos. Castellanos fit return dis weekend, and dat go be big boost for Lazio.
Di goal timing for both teams dey interesting. Atalanta don score and concede di same number of goals for first half and second half, while Lazio dey more productive in di second half, with 17 goals more. Atalanta don score plenty goals between di 46th and 60th minute, while Lazio dey shine for di end of matches, especially between 76th and 90th minutes.
With both teams struggling for form and plenty points wey dey up for grab in di race for third place, we fit see a cautious start. But as di match go on, chances for goals go plenty as di game go open up.
