We have three fixtures to watch in the Italian Serie A on the 28th of January, including the meeting between Atalanta and Sampdoria.
The game will be played at the Gewiss Stadium and the hosts begin the weekend on 35 points while the visitors are down in 19th place on 9 points.
Atalanta come into the match on the back of a thrilling 3-3 draw at Juventus last weekend. Atalanta opened the scoring after only 4 minutes but found themselves 2-1 down at the interval.
Atalanta came out strongly in the second half and quickly equalised before taking the lead for a second time in the 53rd minute. Juventus scored their third goal of the match 12 minutes later to take a point.
That result means Atalanta are undefeated in their last 5 fixtures in all competitions following the World Cup. There have been victories over Bologna away and Salernitana at home in Serie A plus a home win over Spezia in the Coppa Italia. In addition to the draw at Juventus, Atalanta were held to a 2-2 draw at Spezia in Serie A.
Trends show Atalanta have seen over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in each of their last 7 Serie A matches.
They will want to improve on their home form in the league which has seen Atalanta lose 3 of their last 4 games. There have been over 2.5 goals and both teams have scored in 4 of their last 5 home Serie A fixtures.
Sampdoria make the trip to the Gewiss Stadium having suffered yet another defeat as they went down 1-0 at home to Udinese in Serie A last weekend. It was a bitter pill for Sampdoria to swallow as they conceded a late goal to lose the match.
Sampdoria have been struggling badly this season and have lost each of their last 4 games in all competitions.
The defeats have come at home against Udinese and Napoli in the league plus away to Empoli in the league and Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia. In terms of Serie A, Sampdoria have won only 1 of their 8 most recent fixtures and have lost 8 of their last 10 league games.
Away form in the league shows 3 defeats from their last 4 Serie A matches. Sampdoria have kept just a single clean sheet in their last 13 away league games.
Team news and Atalanta are without the injured duo of Davide Zappacosta and Duván Zapata.
Sampdoria are expected to be without injured forward Ignacio Pussetto but every other player should be available for the visitors.
Atalanta must start this game as the clear favourites given their form and position in the table compared to Sampdoria. We expect to see the hosts take maximum points, with over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring.