Atalanta welcome Parma to Gewiss Stadium in this weekend’s Italian Serie A final day action.The visitors are still fighting to stay in the league while the host are looking for a solid end to the season. The Bergamo club have looked much better than the visitors lately and should have the upper hand here.
Atalanta head into their final fixture off the back of a 3-2 league win at Genoa last time out in Serie A. That result extends their unbeaten run to six matches, claiming five wins in that run.
Goals have been a big part of that run for Atalanta, who can count a 4-0 victory at Monza among their recent results. However, Gian Piero Gasperini's men have struggled to keep things tight at the back at home and are without a clean sheet in four of their last five matches in Bergamo.
Parma head into the final game of the season after a resilient 0-0 home league draw to title-chasing Napoli. While there are positives from the performance and result, Cristian Chivu's men remain winless in their last four matches and sit just two points above the relegation zone.
Things have been much worse on the road for Parma, who are winless in their last 12 Serie A away matches. However, they tend to be a bit more open on the road and have scored in five of their last eight away matches.
How the bookies view it: Hot favourites Atalanta
Atalanta have been installed as overwhelming favourites among the bookies and are priced at 7/10 by BoyleSports to claim the win. An unlikely victory for Parma is valued at 10/3 with BoyleSports, who are offering odds of 5/2 for a draw.
Head to head: Atalanta on top
Atalanta have a 16-13 advantage with 11 draws from 40 previous matches against Parma. The Bergamo club claimed a 3-1 victory in the reverse fixture.
Players to watch: Lethal Retegui
Serie A’s Capocannoniere favourite, Mateo Retegui has netted 25 league goals for Napoli and will be keen to add to that tally. The striker was on target in the reverse fixture and is priced at 6/5 by BoyleSports to score anytime.
Ange-Yoan Bonny has scored six league goals for Parma this campaign and is often involved in most of their attacking plays. The forward could be worth keeping an eye on to find the net at 3/1 with BoyleSports.
Probable lineups
Atalanta will be without Juan Cuadrado, Sead Kolasinac, and Gianluca Scamacca are still unavailable due to injuries. However, Ademola Lookman, Marten de Roon and Retegui are expected to start.
Matteo Cancellieri, Giovanni Leoni, and Mateusz Kowalski are unavailable due to injuries. However, Mateo Pellegrino, Jacob Ondrejka and Ange-Yoan Bonny are expected to start.
Atalanta: Patricio, Kossounou, Hien, de Roon, Palestra, Sulemana, Brescianini, Ruggeri, Maldini, Samardzic, Retegui
Parma: Suzuki, Hainaut, Carcati, Balogh, Keita, Valeri, Sohm, Hermani, Del Prato, Bonny, Pellegrino
Anything else catch the eye?
Both teams have scored in three of their last four meetings and a repeat is expected here at 8/13 with BoyleSports Four of the last six league meetings have produced over 3.5 goals and a similar outcome is priced at 13/8 with BoyleSports.
Atalanta have scored in both halves of five of the last six competitive meetings and the trend is expected to continue at 6/4 on BoyleSports. The Bergamo club have secured the first half win in three of the last four league meetings and a repeat is valued at 13/10 on BoyleSports.
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