There
are two weeks remaining in the Serie A season but this week all the attention
is on the Coppa Italia. The final will take place on Wednesday 15th May
at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome between Atalanta and Lazio.
Atalanta
could be heading for a double triumph this season as they aim to qualify for
the Champions League for the first time and win the Coppa Italia for just the
second time in their history. Lazio are out of contention for Champions
League football next season so this is their chance to have something good to
show for the campaign.
Atalanta
Bergamo could
not be coming into this final in much better form. Trends show they have won each of their last
five games. There have been four wins in Serie A and one in the Coppa
Italia, the latter of which came at home against Fiorentina.
You must go
back fourteen matches in all competitions to find the last time Atalanta lost a
match and that was away from home to Torino in Serie A. Their Coppa
Italia run this season has seen them defeat Cagliari, Juventus and Fiorentina
on their way to the final. Atalanta have scored 10 goals in their
four Coppa Italia games this season.
Interestingly,
they have also defeated Lazio away from home recently in the league, beating
them 3-1 at the Stadio Olimpico on the 5th May.
Despite this
being a cup final, Lazio have an advantage as the game is being played at their
home stadium. However, their overall form going into the match is not
great and trends show they have won four of their last nine games in all
competitions.
Three of
those four wins have come in their last four games and Lazio have
defeated AC Milan in the Coppa Italia plus Sampdoria and Cagliari in Serie A. Interestingly, all three of those victories have
come away, so perhaps playing in their own stadium is not as much of an
advantage as it seems.
Lazio
started their Coppa Italia campaign with a comfortable 4-1 win over Novara but
faced two difficult ties, firstly against Inter Milan and secondly against AC
Milan. Trends show Lazio have scored only 2 goals across their last
three Coppa
Italia games.
Team news
and Atalanta should be close to full strength for this game. Their
striker, Duvan Zapata, is the key man and he has scored 3 goals in the
competition this season plus has found the back of the net in both league games
against Lazio.
Lazio are
expected to go with much the same team from the weekend win over
Cagliari. However, Ciro Immobile will be hoping to start up-front,
possibly in place of Felipe Caicedo.
This could
be the start of a huge couple of weeks in the history of Atalanta. They
have what it takes to breakdown Lazio and score the goals to win this
game. If they are at their best, Atalanta should score 2 or more
goals to lift the trophy.
Bet Now !! www.westernbet.com
No comments:
Post a Comment