Reigning Scudetto holders Inter Milan will travel to Bergamo this Sunday to face Atalanta in the 22nd round of the 2021/22 Serie A season
Venue: Gewiss Stadium
Key Statistics
Atalanta have scored eight goals in their last two games.
The hosts have scored 44 league goals this season. Only Inter Milan (51) have scored more.
They have won just once at home against Inter in the last ten meetings (D5, L4).
Inter Milan have scored in each of their last 39 Serie A games.
They have won their last eight league games and are unbeaten across their last 12 games in the league (W10, D2).
The visitors have conceded just 16 goals in the league this season. Only Napoli (15) have conceded more.
Head to head
Both teams have met 39 times so far. Atalanta have won seven matches in that period while Inter won 20 of those matches. 12 matches ended in a draw.
Latest Performances in all competitions
Atalanta: W-W-D-L-W
Inter: W-W-W-W-W
Atalanta
Atalanta will look to continue their positive start to the new year this Sunday when they welcome Serie A defending champions Inter to Bergamo.
The hosts have won their opening games of the year by an 8-2 scoreline. Their first win was a 6-2 win over Udinese in the league last week, followed by a 2-0 win over Venezia in Coppa Italia on Wednesday.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s side come into this tie sitting in fourth place, with an eight points difference between them and Inter who are top of the table.
With the improving fifth-placed Juve breathing down their necks, they will be desperate to win this game and keep their place in the Champions League spot. A win will also cut down Inter’s lead at the top to five points, giving La Dea the hope that they can win the title.
Possible Atalanta starting line-ups
Juan Musso; Divide Zappacosta, Merih Demiral, Luis Palomino; Hans Hateboer, Marteen De Roon, Remo Freuler, Josip Ilicic; Mario Pasalic, Ruslan Malinovskyi; Luis Muriel.
Injured: Robin Gosens, Duvan Zapata
Doubtful: Marco Sportiello, Davide Zappacosta and Roberto Piccoli
Suspended: None
Inter Milan
After securing their first piece of silverware under Simone Inzaghi, Inter Milan will turn their attention to their title defence.
The visitors defeated rivals Juventus last Wednesday to lift the Supercoppa Italiana. The win was secured by an extra-time goal by Alexis Sanchez after Weston McKennie and Lautaro Martínez had both scored in normal time.
The result extended Inter’s unbeaten run to 12 games in all competitions and gave them their fifth consecutive win in all competitions.
Ahead of this round of games, Inzaghi’s side are sitting comfortably at the top of the table but could well be dethroned if they lose, as their rivals AC Milan are trailing them by just one point having played a game more m
They will be desperate to avoid such an occurrence and will fancy their chances of getting a win here given their formidable away record in the league, which reads: W7, D2, L1.
Possible Inter Milan starting line-ups
Samir Handanovic; Milan Skriniar, Stefan De Vrij, Alessandro Bastoni; Denzel Dumfries, Nicola Barella, Marcelo Brozovic, Hakan Calhanoglu, Ivan Perisic; Lautaro Martinez, Edin Dzeko
Injured: None
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Atalanta 1-3 Inter Milan
