Serie A: Inter Milan vs. Atalanta Preview, Odds, Prediction

Inter Milan and Atalanta close Serie A‘s round 26 with one terrific clash. The two sides meet at Giuseppe Meazza on Monday night, searching for a way to clinch three points and continue their respective battles – Inter to win the championship, while on the other side, Atalanta to reach one of the top four places and a ticket to the UEFA Champions League. Hosts are the No.1 and Atalanta No.2 offense in the league, which suggests a lot of action and fun.

Preview

Inter Milan (+100) sits first in the standings with three points more than their archenemies, AC Milan, and with one game in hand. Nerazzurri haven’t lost in the Serie A meeting since early January once Sampdoria defeated them in Genoa, 2-1. Since then, the only loss Antonio Conte’s side recorded was in Coppa Italia against Juve at home.

Overall that is two defeats, three draws, and 10 wins in the past 10 games. Inter is very confident at home, winning the last seven Serie A games, and keeping their net intact in four events during that span. What is also important to say is that Nerazzurri netted at least twice in all but one of those games.

Off-field matters are challenging for this club, as the financial troubles prevented the players and the staff from receiving a couple of last salaries. Still, that isn’t visible on the field, and for the moment, all of them are just concentrated on football.

Atalanta (+250) sits one point behind AS Roma and the Champions League zone. They are in a must-win situation because of Napoli, who is waiting for its chance to jump over both teams, putting additional pressure on La Dea before Monday’s derby.

The guests from Bergamo have four wins in a row in the domestic championship, two at home (Crotone and Napoli) in which they’ve scored nine goals combined, and two on the road (Sampdoria and Cagliari) keeping clean sheets on both occasions.

It is pretty unusual to see Atalanta’s matches ending with low efficiency, which is exactly what happened in their recent road contests. The past four were with both teams not scoring (Atalanta keeping clean sheets) and four of five with under 2.5 goals.

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Inter’s players are all healthy and available for the match.

Hateboer and Lammers aren’t playing for the guests.

Head to Head Matches

The first game at Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo ended 1-1. Lautaro scored for the guests, and Miranchuk equalized the score. Both goals came in the second half.

Prediction

As said in the first paragraph of this article, this should be a very efficient game. Both sides like to attack, especially against the teams with a similar offensive-minded mentality, which is the case here. Over 2.5 goals are set at -166, and that is our first recommendation.

For those willing to take a certain amount of risk to earn more money, over 1.5 goals in the first half is the best possible choice. The bookies have set the odds for that at +150 which is excellent knowing the attacking potential these units posses.