Atalanta are hoping to secure Europa League football and in their 37th game in the Serie A, they will travel to Milan to face league leaders AC Milan, eyeing three points. Going into this game Milan tops the standings with 80 points and Atalanta have 59 points. Milan are two points ahead of champions Inter Milan who are looking to successfully defend their title. It is a two-horse race and Milan can’t afford slip ups now. In their last game they had to come from down to beat Verona 3-1 for their third straight win. This title race has all the indications of going all the way to the final day and Milan, unbeaten in 14 league matches, are determined to wrap up with wins in their remaining two games. They have four straight wins in the league ahead of this game and they’ve scored two or more in three of the last five league games. In those five league matches, Milan have kept clean sheets in three. At home, Milan have eight clean sheets in the last 10 matches and haven’t lost in nine home games.
Atalanta haven’t enjoyed a very good run this season, and even as they go into this game, they will consider it a big blow having failed to secure a Champions League spot. Though unbeaten in the last four matches, Atalanta have failed to keep a clean sheet in that run. Both sides have actually scored in each of Atalanta’s last five matches and they have one clean sheet in the last 10 games. They’ve also failed to score once in the last 10 matches. With 65 goals in their 36 league matches, Atalanta are one of the top scoring sides in the league. Going into this game, they’ve scored three or more goals in three of their last five matches and four of the five games have produced over 2.5 goals. Away from home, they have two straight wins going into this game and in each of them, they’ve scored three goals. In six away league games, they’ve managed just one clean sheet.
Milan are going for the league title and are in pole position with just two games remaining. Atalanta too have something to play for; they have been locked out of the Champions League slots but they can get to the Europa League or Conference League places. Both teams will thus try to win this game and in their scoring runs, we will go for both to score.