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Atalanta look to close down the league leaders
Serie A

Atalanta look to close down the league leaders

Atalanta host Venezia and as they aim to take advantage of Napoli vs. Inter. Venezia are looking for points to boost their survival hopes

The Saturday schedule on matchday 27 in Serie A Enilive begins at the Gewiss Stadium with Atalanta vs. Venezia. Having won their last three away games against Como, Verona and Empoli - the last two being 5-0 thrashings - La Dea must win in front of their home crowd. In their last four home games, they have only picked three points, and they need to win today to close the gap on the top two. Venezia, on the other hand, haven’t won since 22 December. Following last week’s draw to Lazio, they will be looking to take points to narrow the six-point gap between them and safety.

HEAD TO HEAD

Atalanta have won each of their last six Serie A games against Venezia, conceding just one goal in that period - their longest streak of consecutive wins against a single team in their Serie A history is seven (against Bologna, Parma and Sassuolo). Venezia have lost each of their five Serie A games against Atalanta since 2000, their worst 100% loss rate to an opponent in the competition in that period. Atalanta have won eight of their 10 home games against Venezia in Serie A (D1 L1), scoring in each match and averaging 2.2 goals per game; in their last three home games Atalanta they have an aggregate score of 6-0.

DID YOU KNOW?

Across the last six matchdays, Atalanta have alternated between a draw and defeat at home (D2 L1) but won all three of their away games. The Dea haven’t conceded a goal in their last three league games and could keep four clean sheets in a row in Serie A for the first time since January 1997 (6). Venezia haven’t scored in any their last three Serie A games and they could go four consecutive matches without finding the net in the same Serie A season for the first time since the first five matchdays of the 1998/99 campaign. Atalanta have drawn their last two home games but they haven’t drawn three home matches in a row in Serie A during the Gasperini era; the last time that happened came between January and February 2016 under Edoardo Reja. Atalanta have scored 59 goals in Serie A this season from an expected goals figure of 45.5, the biggest overperformance by any team in Europe’s big five leagues in 2024-25 (+13.5).

PLAYERS

Mateo Retegui has scored the joint-most goals in 2025 in the big five European leagues (9 - level with Ousmane Dembélé). Overall he is one of four players with 25+ goal involvements this season in those divisions: Retegui (25 - 21 goals and 4 assists), Harry Kane (27), Omar Marmoush (27) and Mohamed Salah (41). Ademola Lookman has scored 12 Serie A goals this season and is one goal away from ​​his best return in a campaign in Europe’s big five leagues (13 in 2022/23 with Atalanta); the Nigerian has been involved in 11 goals in home games (seven goals, four assists), with only Moise Kean (12) involved in more in Serie A 2024/25. Since making his Serie A debut with Venezia on January 19th 2025 against Parma, Alessio Zerbin is the Venezia player that has recorded both the most touches in opposition box (19) and created the most chances (8).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: Djimsiti (Atalanta); Yeboah and Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia)

REFEREE

COLLU (DEI GIUDICI – GARZELLI) IV: MASSIMI, VAR: AURELIANO, AVAR: FABBRI

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Juventus-Atalanta (Sunday 9 March 20.45 CET) Como-Venezia (Saturday 8 March, 15.00 CET) (Photo Getty Images)