Overview
After defeating Frosinone and Parma to win all 6 points in the first two rounds, Juventus needed an equalizer in the final minutes to avoid losing to AC Milan, before suffering a painful defeat last weekend.
After being equalized by the opponent twice, Luciano Spalletti's team tried to find a victory but were counter-attacked by Sassuolo and lost 2-3 at Reggio Emilia.
The home team's decisive goal was scored in the final minutes. This defeat continued to make Spalletti face criticism.
Not having much time to think about the recent defeat, Juventus quickly returned to the European arena. Bianconeri had a convincing performance with a 5-0 victory over NEC Nijmegen, in which two strikers under great pressure, Nick Woltemade and Randal Kolo Muani, both scored.
After a resounding victory, Juventus has the opportunity to maintain their excitement in the final match before the international break, when they continue to play at home in Turin.
Juventus has only lost one of their last 10 matches at Allianz. However, they have faced many difficulties when facing Atalanta at home in recent years.
Atalanta is currently unbeaten in their last eight away games against Juventus, averaging nearly 2 goals per game. Before this series of matches, they had lost to Juventus 8 consecutive away matches.
This is a significant change in the head-to-head balance between the two teams. Maurizio Sarri certainly wants to take advantage of this achievement when Atalanta travels to Turin this weekend.
However, Atalanta entered the match with poor form. Sarri's team has just suffered two consecutive defeats against Roma and Cagliari, both with scores of 1-2.
In the match against Roma, Atalanta let the home team score 2 goals in the final minutes and went home empty-handed. After that, Cagliari continued to create surprise when defeating La Dea, thereby causing Sarri's team to suffer their second defeat in just a few days.
Before this series of results, Atalanta had a good start when they won all 6 points in Serie A and passed the Conference League play-off round. However, two consecutive defeats somewhat affected the confidence of this team.
Personnel situation
Due to the increasingly long injury list, Spalletti's personnel options are narrowed. Therefore, despite the dense schedule, Juventus is likely not to be able to rotate the squad too much in this match.
Juventus will not have the services of Kenan Yildiz, Khephren Thuram, Juan Cabal, Jeremie Boga, Jeff Ekhator and captain Manuel Locatelli. Locatelli is even at risk of having to be out of action until the end of the year.
Meanwhile, Atalanta will welcome the return of Gianluca Gaetano after this midfielder is released from suspension. The away team only has two injuries left, Isak Hien and Kamaldeen Sulemana.
Expected lineup:
Vicario, Kalulu, Bremer, Lucumi, Celik, Luiz, Sarr, Conceicao, Gonzalez, Alajbegovic, Woltemade.
Carnesecchi, Bellanova, Kossounou, Scalvini, Kolasinac, Kessie, Gaetano, Ederson, De Ketelaere, Scamacca, Rowe.
The match between Juventus and Atalanta takes place at 11:00 PM on September 20th (Vietnam time).
