Atalanta and Valencia meet in the 8th round of the Champions League final. The tour match will be played on Wednesday, from 20:00, on the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (Milan).
Atalanta is one of the most offensive teams in Italy and currently occupies a Champions League place in Serie A (4th place). In the parties of Gian Piero Gasperini’s group there is the highest average of goals scored per game, 4, having 20 matches over 2.5 goals out of 24 possible. Moreover, Atalanta is unbeaten in the last 4 stages of Serie A (3 wins and one defeat), averaging 3.2 goals per game.
In the Champions League, the team from Bergamo finished group C in second place, after Manchester City. On their own side, they defeated Dinamo Zagreb (2-0), drew with Manchester City (1-1) and gave up against Shakhtar (1-2).
On the other side, Valencia is without victory in the last three official matches. In the last two trips, the “bats” gave up with a score of 1-2 in Granada and 0-3 in Getafe, and in the previous weekend they drew on their own field with Atletico Madrid, with a score of 2-2.
The course of the Champions League groups was one almost without mistake for the band of Albert Celades. It finished in the first position group H, with 11 points, the group that included Chelsea, Ajax and Lille.
Atalanta: Gollini – Toloi, Palomino, Djimsiti – Hateboer, Roon, Freuler, Gosens – Gomez – Ilicic, Zapata;
Absent: Not absent;
Valencia: Cillessen – Florence, Diakhaby, Mangala, Gaya – Torres, Parejo, Kondogbia, Soler – Gomez, Guedes;
Absent: Ezequiel Garay, Manu Vallejo, Cristiano Piccini (injured), Gabriel Paulista (suspended), Rodrigo Moreno, Francis Coquelin (uncertain);
Atalanta is a solid formation on its own ground and is expected to move to Spain with the intention of defending at least one equal result. We also anticipate a game where a large number of cards will be awarded. Michael Oliver will be at the center, an arbitrator who has awarded no less than 18 cards in the 3 Champions League games he has led this season.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,64
