Serie A matchday No. 18 will kick off this weekend. Inter lead the league by four points over Juventus.
Meanwhile, the race for the top four continues to grow, with fourth-placed Bologna and 10th-placed Torino separated by just seven points.
Lecce did the Serie A double over Atalanta a season ago. Both matches ended 2-1 in favour of the Giallorossi. Can Lecce continue their winning form versus Atalanta?
Atalanta are in the running for qualification to the Champions League. However, La Dea are in poor form currently, with just two wins in their last six games. They lost 1-0 to Bologna last time out.
Lecce are also in poor form, with one win in their last six matches. The Giallorossi are coming off a 2-0 defeat to Inter. Lecce did not win an away match in any of their eight road games.
Empoli went unbeaten in five of their last six matches versus Cagliari in all competitions. This will be the teams’ first encounter since 2021-22.
Saturday’s game is a six-point relegation battle. Cagliari are 18th in the league, with 13 points. They won just one of their last six fixtures in Serie A. The Islanders conceded 31 goals this season.
Empoli are 19th with 12 points. They are on a two-game losing streak. The Azzurri conceded 30 goals to their opponents. No team scored fewer goals in the opening 17 games than Empoli. They tallied just 10 goals.
Bologna are one of the most in-form teams in Serie A. They have one of the most sought after coaches in European football. Thiago Motta is being lined up to coach far larger clubs, including AC Milan.
Four of the last six matches between these teams finished as stalemates. Bologna won the other two fixtures. Last season, the Rossoblu did the Serie A double over Udinese by scores of 2-1 and 3-0.
Bologna went unbeaten in their last five Serie A games, posting 13 points. Udinese, on the other hand, are bottom of the Serie A form table. The Zebrette took four points from the last six games and failed to win any of those matches.
Hellas Verona and Salernitana will face off in a relegation six-pointer on Saturday. Salernitana are bottom of the Serie A table, with nine points. Hellas are 16th, with 14 points from 17 matches.
The home team picked up wins last season in the clubs’ head-to-head matches. Hellas will hope to keep that trend going. The home side won just one of their last six matches in Serie A.
Salernitana picked up five points from their last six games. However, they failed to win any of their last five matches in Serie A.