Serie A

Atalanta and Verona both chasing a win

Atalanta and Verona need wins to keep chasing their respective seasonal objectives.

Three crucial points are at stake between Atalanta and Verona on matchday 30 of the Serie A. The side from Bergamo need to win if they want to stay within reach of the Champions League race after collecting just two points in their last three matches against Sassuolo, Udinese, and Inter. The same goes for Verona, coming off the back of a defeat to Genoa, who must pick up points to try to move closer to the safety zone.

HEAD TO HEAD

In the 44 official precedents in Bergamo the record sees 25 Nerazzurri victories (the latest 6-1, Serie A 2024/25), 11 draws (the latest 2-2, Serie A 2023/24) and 8 Scaligeri victories (the latest 0-2, Serie A 2021/22).

On 12 May 1985 Verona mathematically won their first and only scudetto precisely in Bergamo: on the penultimate matchday of the championship 1-1 with Nerazzurri lead by Perico and Scaligeri equaliser by Elkjaer Larsen.

In the last 6 matches in Bergamo Verona has always scored at least 1 goal (10 in total); last without goals on 25 October 2017 (Atalanta-Verona 3-0, Serie A).

DID YOU KNOW?

Atalanta without victories for 6 official matches (4-1 against Borussia Dortmund on 25 February) and without clean sheets for 9 official matches (on 14 February in the 0-2 against Lazio), with 17 goals conceded in total.

Counting the matches of the second half of the season Atalanta has collected 19 points: 4th in this partial ranking behind Napoli (20), Como (21) and Inter (23).

Atalanta team with the widest negative differential between goals and expected goals in Serie A 2025/26 (-14.32, result of 40 goals scored and 54.32 xG produced).

Only Napoli (19) and Juventus (18) count more different scorers than Atalanta (17) in Serie A 2025/26. Atalanta is however the Serie A 2025/26 club with the lowest number of players fielded in the 29 league matchdays (24).

Only Inter (246) and Pisa (170) have completed more crosses than Atalanta (168) in Serie A 2025/26.

Only Lecce and Parma (21) have scored fewer goals than Verona (22) in Serie A 2025/26.

No team concedes more goals than Verona (51) in Serie A 2025/26.

Only Genoa (2410) has engaged more duels than Verona (2347) among the teams of Serie A 2025/26.

No team of Serie A 2025/26 has scored with fewer different players than Verona (10, like Parma and Torino). Verona is however the Serie A 2025/26 club with the highest number of players fielded in the 29 league matchdays (34).

Verona team of Serie A 2025/26 that scores fewest goals with substitute players (2, like Udinese) and that concedes most (10).

Only Como (1) has fielded fewer Italian players than Verona (3) among the teams of Serie A 2025/26.

COACHES and PLAYERS

Between Raffaele Palladino and Paolo Sammarco first official encounter.

Charles De Ketelaere is the player of Serie A 2025/26 with the highest number of passes attempted (82) and completed (54) in the penalty area.

No player has won more duels than Victor Nelsson (187, like Tiago Gabriel) among the players of Serie A 2025/26.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none

Cautioned: Palladino (Atalanta); Orban (Verona)

REFEREE

AYROLDI (BERCIGLI – FONTANI) IV: CREZZINI, VAR: MAGGIONI, AVAR: LA PENNA

UPCOMING MATCHES

Lecce-Atalanta (Monday Aprile 6th, 15.00 CEST)

Verona-Fiorentina (Saturday April 4th, 18.00 CEST)

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