Atalanta have a huge chance to dent Juventus’ Scudetto bid and propel themselves into the title picture when they travel to Turin on Saturday night (kick-off 21:45).
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Juventus (4-3-3): Szczesny; Cuadrado, De Ligt, Bonucci, Alex Sandro; Bentancur, Pjanic, Rabiot; Bernardeschi, Dybala, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Unavailable: Demiral, De Sciglio, Khedira.
Atalanta (3-4-2-1): Gollini; Toloi, Palomino, Djimsiti; Hateboer, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Ilicic, Gomez; Zapata.
KEY STATISTICS
â Atalanta have lost 65 games and conceded 214 goals so far against Juventus â both more than against any other Serie A opponent.
â Juventus are unbeaten in their last 30 Serie A games against Atalanta (W24 D6), with their last loss coming in February 2001 when La Dea’s coach was Giovanni Vavassori.
â Juventus have won 38 of their 57 home games against Atalanta, sharing 15 draws and losing only four times so far.
â Juventus have scored at least two goals in their last nine Serie A games at the Allianz Stadium: they last scored 2+ goals in more successive such matches in December 2016.
â Juventus have conceded 30 goals in the current Serie A season, as many as in the whole 2018/19 campaign â they last conceded more in a single campaign in 2010/11 (38 after 31 matchdays, 47 at the end of the season).
â Atalanta boss Gian Piero Gasperini has lost 13 times so far against Juventus, more than against any other opponent, sharing five draws and winning only twice.
â Should Duván Zapata score, Atalanta would become the first side with three players with 15+ goals in a single Serie A campaign (Luis Muriel 17 and Josip Ilicic 15) since Juventus in 1951/52 (Muccinelli, Boniperti and Hansen).
â Juventus striker Paulo Dybala scored three goals in 17 Serie A appearances under Gian Piero Gasperini when he was at Palermo in the 2012/13 season.
â Gonzalo HiguaÃn has scored 11 goals against Atalanta, only against Lazio has he netted more in the top flight (12).
â Higuain has scored five goals and made two assists in his last four league appearances against La Dea.
â Ilicic has scored four goals in Serie A against Juventus, all in Turin (three of which have come at the new Allianz Stadium).
Source: forzaitalianfootball.com