Catania – Atalanta

This will be another duel between two of this seasons underachievers who are in for a tough survival fight this year. For the first time this year, Catania got out of the drooping zone thanks to the win over Lazio in Rome, while Atalanta also boosted up their chances thanks to the minimal win over Bari. The two sides shouldnt have gotten in this dangerous situation, but all of the manager changes and the lack of luck in some points make this a realistic outcome for them. Still, the things are starting to look up for both of them and this game could be one of those that can push the season in a completely opposite direction.

Mihajlovic takes the biggest credit for Catanias revival

And its a fact. The team did play well even before he had came, but they just couldnt turn the good play into the points. Games in which Catania had been better rivals for nothing kept on rolling. Still, this team is full of players from Argentina who never give up and the Mihajlovic himself was known for his determination and hard, enduring nature. Thats why he was the right solution for this club and it proved true in the matter of only few games. Win over Lazio in Rome showed that Mihas team found the right system, hard defense line, determination and the experience of Maxi Lopez in the attack will be their big advantage in the relegation fight. At their home ground, Massimino, The Elephants have defeated Parma, played draw with Udinese, but that is why they have started bringing home important away points on regular basis. Mihajlovic is coming back from his ban, Llama is suspended, Martinez out of the squad, but they now have quite enough players at their disposal.

Atalanta with three points less on their tally

Ever since Mutti took the helm, Atalanta nailed two home wins. Also, they played draw in Bologna, and lost two games at Marassi, to Genoa and Samp. It is evident that he conservative manager had opposed his style, his team hardly concede at home and dont play too open away. However, they had to open up in Bologna since they conceded two in a half an hour. Namely, Mutti claims that ifAtalanta notch up home wins, they can be saves. It is true, but they will also have to be more open and offensive away. Winning points at Comunale will not be enough. If they lose at Sicily,Catania will head off on six points advantage which is not little. Still, we believe Atalanta are capable of ending the season in the middle of the table. For this game, they will be without Barretto and De Ascentis. Over the past few years, Atalanta would mostly stay unbeaten, but they lost the last seasons duel.

Betting verdict

We still dont believe Atalanta will manage to keep the opening scorings to the end which is clearly their main wish for this fixture. Catania are playing great and if they repeat the Parma performance, we believe they can grab three points here. Go for a home win, if they manage to open the scorings, it should be enough for three golden points.
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