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2022/23 Italian Serie A
Matchday 34
Atalanta BC v Juventus FC
Gewiss Stadium
Bergamo, Italy
Sunday, 7 May 2023
Kick-off is at 12h30
Atalanta BC will square off with Juventus FC in an
Italian Serie A match at the Gewiss Stadium on May 7.
Current Form
The Goddess emerged as 2-1 winners over Torino FC away on April 29 as they extended their unbeaten run to three matches in the league.
Atalanta have won two of their last three home matches and the other game ended in a defeat to Bologna FC at the Gewiss Stadium.
While Juventus were held to a 1-1 draw by Bologna at home on April 30 as they extended their winless run to four matches in Serie A.
The Old Lady are also winless in their last three matches on the road having registered two consecutive defeats and one draw as the visitors.
Team News
Atalanta players Hans Hateboer, Lukas Vorlicky, Matteo Ruggeri, Ademola Lookman, Caleb Okoli and Brandon Soppy are all out injured, but the club has no suspension concerns.
On the other hand, Juevntus will be without Kaio Jorge who is nursing a long-term injury while Juan Cuadrado will also be absent due to suspension.
Key Players
Davide Zappacosta is the man to watchout for in this Atalanta side having grabbed a goal and an assist in the win over Torino, and he could be key to a Goddess win over Juventus.
While Arkadiusz Milik is one of Juventus' dangermen having netted his seventh league goal of this season against Bologna and the Polish attacker will be eager to inspire his side to a win in Bergamo.
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Quotes
"We would have lost a match like this last week, so let's see the positive side to it. We missed decisive opportunities, but we still caught up a point over Lazio, keeping up the gap on those behind us on the table," Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri said after their draw with Bologna.
"Today there was a great desire to win, we didn't succeed, but let's start from here: it was important to start scoring points again in the championship. Milik had a great game on a technical level, it's a pity about the penalty, it happens,
"But he did very well throughout the match. A positive evening for Chiesa too, he played in his second consecutive game: he is a difficult player to stop, whoever plays next to him must be intelligent," he added.
"As I said yesterday, this is the most difficult moment: we have to take one step at a time, start winning again to maintain our position in the standings, and then think about the Europa League."
Head-to-Head
The two teams played to a 3-3 draw in their last meeting in the league which was on 22 January 2023 at the Allianz Stadium.
The draw extended Atalanta's unbeaten run against Juventus to six matches in the Serie A having recorded four draws and two wins.
Italian Serie A matchday 34 fixtures
Kick-off is at CAT
Saturday, May 6
15:00 - AC Milan v Lazio
18:00 - AS Roma v Inter Milan
20:45 - US Cremonese v Spezia Calcio
Sunday, May 7
12:30 - Atalanta BC v Juventus FC
15:00 - Torino v AC Monza
18:00 - SSC Napoli v ACF Fiorentina
20:45 - US Lecce v Hellas Verona
Monday, May 8
18:30 - Empoli FC v US Salernitana
18:30 - Udinese v UC Sampdoria
20:45 - US Sassuolo v Bologna FC
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