Atalanta vs. Bologna, a big six-pointer
A huge six-pointer in the race for Champions League football awaits at the Gewiss Stadium, where Atalanta are set to face Bologna. The 12:30 CEST kick-off pits together two teams in opposite form: the hosts have lost their last three matches – against Inter, Fiorentina and Lazio – and are now looking over their shoulders, with Bologna ready to pounce. After five consecutive wins, the Rossoblù drew with Napoli on Monday and are now looking for three points to move above their next opponents.
HEAD TO HEAD
Bologna are unbeaten in their last four league games (W3 D1) against Atalanta, after losing 13 of their previous 17 matches (W2 D2); the Emilians could avoid defeat in five matches in a row against the Bergamo side for only the second time, doing so between February 1953 and May 1955 (W4 D1). Atalanta have lost both of their last two matches against Bologna in the second half of the Serie A season, after a run of eight consecutive wins (and six clean sheets in the process); only once have the Bergamo team suffered more defeats in a row in the second half of the championship against the Rossoblù (seven between 1951 and 1957). Bologna have won their last two away games against Atalanta in Serie A - as many wins as the Rossoblù had achieved in their previous 38 away games against the Bergamo side in the tournament (D14 L22) - and could enjoy three consecutive away wins for the first time in the top-flight.
DID YOU KNOW?
Atalanta have lost all their last three league games without finding the net and have never suffered four consecutive defeats in the Gasperini era. Overall, they have not recorded four consecutive defeats in the competition since between December 2015 and January 2016 (with Edoardo Reja as coach), while they have not lost so many matches in a row without scoring since September/October 2014 (Stefano Colantuono as coach). Atalanta are the only team in the top half of the table yet to win at home in 2025 (D4 L3); they have collected four points at home in this period (same as Venezia), and more than only Lecce (three) and Empoli (two). Furthermore, the Nerazzurri have not found the net in four home games in Serie A and could go five consecutive home games without a goal for the first time in the competition. Bologna have won their last two away games in Serie A and could collect three away wins in a row for the first time since February and March 2024: one of the three was against Atalanta (2-1 at the Gewiss Stadium). Bologna have the fourth most prolific attack in Serie A, with 51 goals scored, fewer only than Lazio (52), Atalanta (63) and Inter (69). The last time the Rossoblù scored more goals after 32 games played in Serie A was 1965/66 (59, finished 2nd). Excluding direct free kicks, Atalanta have scored the most goals from outside the box in Serie A this season (9), including one against Bologna earlier this season (goal by Lazar Samardzic); however, the last goal from distance in open play by the Bergamo team at the Gewis Stadium in Serie A was scored on 30 October 2024, by Davide Zappacosta, against Monza.
PLAYERS
Charles De Ketelaere has not been involved in a goal in 14 league games; in this period, the Belgian is the player who has the most touches into the opponent's box in Serie A without finding the back of the net or providing an assist (56), 23 more than the second in this ranking (João Félix, 33). Dan Ndoye has been involved in 11 goals (eight goals, three assists) in 26 matches in Serie A; since the start of the 25th matchday (when he scored a brace against Torino, after a series of eight matches without involvements), he is the player who has had a hand in the most goals in Serie A (6 – 5 goals, 1 assist).
DISCIPLINE
Suspended: none Cautioned: Djimsiti, Lookman, Gasperini (Atalanta); Pobega (Bologna)
REFEREE
MARIANI (GIALLATINI – COLAROSSI) IV: AYROLDI, VAR: PATERNA, AVAR: CHIFFI
UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A
Milan-Atalanta (Sunday 20 April, 20.45 CEST) Bologna-Inter (Sunday 20 April, 18.00 CEST) (Photo Getty Images)