Atalanta vs Cremonese – Preview, H2H, Line-ups, Prediction | Serie A 2022-23

Gian Piero Gasperini-Atalanta

Atalanta will look to continue their unbeaten start to the season this weekend when they welcome newcomers Cremonese to Bergamo in the sixth round of the Serie A season.

Venue: Gewiss Stadium (Bergamo) 

Key Statistics

Atalanta have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last nine competitive games at home.

The hosts are the only Serie A team to have scored first in every league game this season.

They have kept three clean sheets in the league this season.

They have the joint best defence in the league, having conceded just two goals in the league this season.

Cremonese have lost all of their away-league games this season (three).

Only Monza (13) have conceded more goals than the visitors in the league this season (9).

Head to head

Atalanta are unbeaten in their last eleven meetings with Cremonese, winning eight of those fixtures.

Latest performances in all competitions

Atalanta: W-W-W-D-W

Cremonese: D-L-L-L-L 

Atalanta 

After inflicting a fifth-straight Serie A defeat on newcomers Monza last time out, Atalanta welcome Cremonese to Bergamo looking to take advantage of another newly promoted side in the league.

The hosts hit the Serie A summit on Monday night when they beat Giovanni Stroppa’s Monza side 2-0 away from home. The win was their third straight win this season and took their tally for the campaign to 13 points (W4, D1). And so they come into this tie sitting two points ahead of the chasing pack. They also have the advantage of not playing in Europe this season and so can focus all their efforts on keeping their place at the top of the table. 

After the disappointing end to last season when they finished in the eighth position while conceding 48 goals, Gian Piero Gasperini has set about remodelling his team, especially in defence. His men have conceded just two goals this season while they have also retained their attacking brilliance, having already scored nine times this season.

And so, they come into this tie as the outright favourites to win this game and extend their winning run in competitive H2H games with Cremonese.

Possible Atalanta starting line-up

Juan Musso; Caleb Okoli, Rafael Toloi, Merih Demiral; Brandon Soppy, Marten De Roon, Teun Koopmeiners, Hans Hateboer; Ederson Jose, Ademola Lookman; Rasmus Hojlund.

Injured: Luis Muriel, Berat Djimsiti, Marco Carnesecchi

Doubtful: Duvan Zapata 

Suspended: None 

Cremonese 

After losing their first four games of the campaign, Cremonese picked up their first point of the season last weekend when they held Sassuolo to a goalless draw.

The visitors are playing in the top flight after a 26-year absence. But their return has been met with tough fixtures, with three of their opening four league fixtures coming against sides currently playing in Europe.

As such, their most recent result will come as an encouragement for Massimiliano Alvini, who will hope that his side can build on that gritty performance when they run out at the Gewiss Stadium.

Although nothing suggests that they will be able to match the quality of Atalanta here, a historic 1-1 draw on this ground the last time both teams met in the top flight might offer them some hope that they can snatch an unlikely point in this game.

Possible Cremonese starting line-up

Ionut Radu; Vlad Chiriches, Jack Hendry, Luka Lochoshvili; Paolo Ghiglione, Emanuele Valeri, Charles Pickel, Santiago Ascacibar; Luca Zanimacchia; Cyriel Dessers, David Okereke. 

Injured: Marco Carnesecchi 

Doubtful: None 

Suspended: None 

Prediction

Atalanta 3-0 Cremonese