Genoa – Atalanta. Forecast and announcement for the match of the Italian championship

On December 21, Luigi Ferraris will host a match of the 16th round of Serie A in Italy, in which Genoa will meet Atalanta.

The match will start at 21:45 Kyiv time.

Genoa

The team is remembered for Shevchenko’s unsuccessful attempt to return to Italian football, already as a mentor – then everything ended with relegation to the second division. Another famous forward in the past, Gilardino, returned from Serie B and kept in the elite. But he himself started the 2024/2025 season poorly and was replaced by Vieira. Then Patrick was doing well, but after the summer break they only won with him in the cup.

As a result, in the fall, they again held a casting call, calling De Rossi. So far, it is possible to show good football and decent results with him. Malinovsky, who has gained form, also helps – in particular, he scored a penalty in the winning match on the field of Udinese. But in the last round already in their native Genoa, they still lost to one of the leaders, Inter.

Atalanta

The club turned from an average peasant into one of the leaders of Italian football under Gasperini and due to his long and successful work. But in the end, he decided to leave Bergamo after last season, and he left after a successful campaign, with an exit to the playoffs of the Champions League and a third place in Serie A.

In the summer, Yurych was called to the position. But he just confirmed his skepticism again and did not work for six months. As a result, Palladino was invited to take his place in the autumn. It didn’t work out at first, but by December it managed to gain momentum and win five of the last six matches (it’s interesting that the only failure was 1:3 against Verona). Including in the final round of the Champions League, Chelsea won 2:1 at home. And then they repeated the score in Serie A with Cagliari.

Statistics of personal meetings

After 2016, Genoa managed to win only one face-to-face match against this opponent. And all the last five matches were won by Atalanta.

Forecast

Bookmakers believe that the guests from Bergamo will be able to continue their successful streak with this opponent. Let’s believe that they will win again on the road (coefficient – 2.04).