Serie A: Atalanta vs Napoli
At 21:00 Beijing time on April 3, 2022, the 31st round of serie A, Atalanta will play Napoli at home. Atalanta's performance this season has fluctuated, slightly inferior to the crazy point-grabbing state of previous seasons, after 29 rounds of league, it has achieved 14 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses, ranking 6th in the league with 51 points, and has been squeezed out of the European zone, in the case of 2 rounds of less, there is a 1-point difference with the Blue Hawks Lazio in front of him, and there is an 8-point gap with Juventus (4th place) in the Champions League, and the team's hope of impacting the top 4 has become smaller and smaller. Fortunately, there is still a Europa League to compete for.
Atalanta is in good shape before the international competition, 4 consecutive games unbeaten, including the Europa League also rushed to the top 8, if the team can win the Europa League, it can also gain a Champions League qualification next season, which does not rule out the club to find another way, and then achieve the purpose of entering the Champions League. It is worth noting that the team's main striker Muriel (Colombia) participated in the international tournament and had a relatively large physical consumption, while the center Zapata, the left winger Boga, the center-back Rafael Troy and other players were injured, and whether they could participate in this battle was doubtful.
Napoli has been relatively strong this season, once occupying the top of the table for a long time in the first half of the league, but with the deepening of the schedule, the team was still overtaken by AC Milan, currently ranking the second place in the league with 63 points, and several championship teams are currently frantically grabbing points, which can be said to be a must-fight, creating a greater chance for winning the championship. From the statistical point of view, Napoli has scored 53 goals in 30 league rounds, conceded 22 goals, and has performed very well in attack and defense, which is currently the team with the fewest goals conceded in Serie A.
Napoli's pre-international form has picked up, having beaten Verona and Udinese, but the team's current squad situation is not optimistic, the main striker Osmayn and the center-back Amir Rachmani, who currently occupy the top scorer in the team, have been suspended for accumulating yellow cards, while forward Petania, right-back Di Lorenzo, Zelinsky and Fabian Ruiz are injured, whether this battle can probably not be involved, which has a huge impact on the strength of the team.
In terms of past meetings between the two teams, Atalanta has won 5 wins, drawn 2 and lost 3 times in the last 10 meetings against Napoli, with a certain advantage in the past, and won 3-2 away in the first leg of this season. In terms of recent conditions, Atalanta is in good shape and the lineup is still complete; while Napoli has more injured soldiers, can not discharge the full main lineup, and its strength is limited to a certain extent.