Round No. 22 of the Serie A season will feature some exciting lower end of the table fixtures.
As it stands, just six points separate 12th-place Monza and 18th-place Hellas Verona in the race for survival.
Atalanta are one team not in the battle against relegation. However, their opponent in round No. 22, Udinese, are fighting against the drop. La Dea are fifth ahead of the weekend, while Udinese are 16th.
The trend between these teams across their last three encounters was draws. Earlier this season, Udinese claimed a 1-1 home draw with Atalanta. No team has drawn more games this season in Serie A than Udinese. They failed to win their last three league games.
Atalanta went unbeaten in their last three Serie A matches, picking up seven points from nine. They conceded just once across those three games, scoring seven goals. Last weekend saw Atalanta defeat Frosinone 5-0.
Lecce picked up a 1-0 win at home against Genoa in the teams’ reverse fixture. Genoa had a man sent off in the loss. Since then, the Grifone have improved on the pitch. Alberto Gilardino’s team went unbeaten in their last six games and is up to 11th.
Genoa won each of their last three home matches versus Lecce dating back to 2012. The Grifone have a record of 3W-5D-2L at the Marassi this season. They went unbeaten in their last six home matches.
Lecce, on the other hand, have not one on the road this season. They are on a three-game away losing streak in Serie A.
Frosinone recently lost 5-0 loss to Atalanta. Confidence may be low, as the Lions head to Verona this weekend. However, Frosinone defeated Hellas Verona 2-1 earlier this season at home. It was their fourth win in the last six meetings with Hellas Verona in all competitions.
This is a relegation six-pointer, with Frosinone in 13th place and five points ahead of Hellas Verona in the standings. Since losing to Atalanta, the Lions defeated Cagliari 3-1 in the league. The win ended a five-game losing streak.
Hellas Verona took six points from their last six games. The Gialloblu lost 2-1 away to Roma last time out. Verona scored just 19 goals in their opening 21 matches.
Monza won their last two games against Sassuolo by identical 1-0 scores. Will the 1-0 Monza win trend continue this weekend at home against Sassuolo? Well, their two consecutive 1-0 wins were at Sassuolo’s Mapei Stadium.
Monza are on a two-game Serie A losing streak. A 5-1 loss to Inter was followed by a 3-0 defeat against Empoli.
Sassuolo are 15th in the standings, with 19 points from 20 games. They took a mere four points from the last six matches. The Neroverdi are coming off a 3-0 loss away to Juventus. Sassuolo did go unbeaten in four of their last five home matches in Serie A.