Atalanta vs Napoli Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta are still in the hunt for their first ever Serie A title but the Bergamasci have been underwhelming in the last few weeks as they welcome the current league leaders Napoli to Bergamo in a top-of-the-table clash this weekend.
Kick-off date/time: Saturday 18th January, 2025: UK – 7:45pm / US ET – 2:45pm / US PT – 11:45am
How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Select matches will be televised on CBS Sports so it is worth checking their schedule
How to watch online: UK – TNT Sports & OneFootball / US – Paramount+
Atalanta Team News: Djimsiti and Retegui fit
Berat Djimsiti and Mateo Retegui were doubts ahead of their midweek clash with Juventus but the former player all 90 minutes with the latter scoring the equalising goal off the bench.
Atalanta do still have a couple of injuries, though, with former Bayer Leverkusen defender Odilon Kossounou sidelined alongside both Juan Cuadrado and Gianluca Scamacca.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Carnesecchi; Scalvini, Djimsiti, Kolasinac; Zappacosta, De Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri; De Ketelaere, Lookman; Retegui
Unavailable: Kossounou (Injured), Juan Cuadrado (Injured), Scamacca (Injured)
Questionable:
Napoli Team News: ‘Kvaradona’s departure’
Antonio Conte confirmed last week that Khvicha Kvaratskhelia had asked to leave Napoli and the Georgia international wasn’t involved in their defeat of Hellas Verona in Naples.
Key centre-back Alessandro Buongiorno remains unavailable for this weekend due to a back injury, whilst Uruguay international defender Mathias Olivera is an injury doubt.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan, Spinazzola; Anguissa, Lobotka, McTominay; Politano, Lukaku, David Neres
Unavailable: Buongiorno (Injured)
Questionable: Mathias Olivera (Injured), Kvaratskhelia (Injured)
Atalanta vs Napoli Prediction
Atalanta come into this one on the back of a 1-1 draw with Juventus at the weekend with Mateo Retegui cancelling out Pierre Kalulu’s opening goal in that game. The home team had been relentless through the autumn but they have now managed just three victories in their last eight matches across all competitions and they are winless in their last four matches. They now face a Napoli side that remain at the top-of-the-table, albeit teams do have games in hand on the Neapolitans. Conte’s side, even without Kvaratskhelia, eased to a comfortable 2-0 win over Hellas Verona last week to back up their impressive start to 2025 with a 3-0 hammering of Fiorentina at the Artemio Franchi. Napoli will seek to shut Atalanta down and it may well be a frustrating affair for the neutral with so much on the line.
Atalanta vs Napoli Tip: Under 3.5 goals
