Different sides at furthest edges of the Serie A standings gather for their last apparatus of 2021 as Atalanta BC visit battling Genoa on Tuesday.
La Dea mentor Gian Piero Gasperini gets back to Stadio Luigi Ferraris to take on his old club, following a weighty misfortune which finished his side's charge towards the top, while the hosts have won recently once such a long ways as the season's first half attracts to a nearby.
Following a fine run of six straight successes in the association, Atalanta were top picks to beat top-four adversaries Roma on Saturday, yet it took under a moment for their guests to strike on the counter at the Gewiss Stadium, through Tammy Abraham's objective.
At the point when Nicolo Zaniolo added a second prior to the half-hour, Gian Piero Gasperini's men were always unable to completely recuperate, in spite of pulling an objective back not long before the stretch and having almost 3/4 of the ball. Having been cut open twice more, their 4-1 loss put an uncalled-for full stop on what had been a magnificent Serie A streak.
That was additionally their second home misfortune in the last three games, with their past turn around in Bergamo seeing them leave the Champions League because of Villarreal.
Regardless, Atalanta have still lost only three of their last 15 games on the whole, and such consistency has started dreams of another implausible Scudetto challenge for a reliably overachieving club who have effectively beaten both Napoli and Juventus this term.
Moreover, they have especially dominated when out and about, with a staggering record of eight successes and no losses from their nine away excursions along the Italian promontory up until this point.
Scoring at a pace of more than two for each game as the meeting side, the Nerazzurri's last away day of 2021 should appear to be an early Christmas present, given their next adversaries' horrendous home record and recollections of last season's 4-3 triumph at Marassi - one of three successes in their last five experiences with Gasperini's previous managers.
A 1-0 Coppa Italia prevail upon individual Serie A strugglers Salernitana brought some short relief for Genoa last week, and a generally very uncommon achievement saw them advance to the third round of the opposition. In any case, harking back to the serious glare of Serie An activity, the Grifone withered once more, as they tumbled to their tenth loss of the mission at the end of the week.
Andriy Shevchenko's men have not left away with most extreme places in the first class since mid-September, and they presently mope down in the transfer zone - only two focuses over their absolute bottom cup casualties.
Having collected only 10 focuses from 18 matches, Shevchenko's fresh introduction has neglected to incite the expected inspire in outcomes, and the final part of the period looks loaded with risk for the Ligurian side.
For sure, the principal half finds some conclusion with as troublesome an apparatus as could be envisioned, versus a group that stands far superior to all others with regards to frame out and about. Paradoxically, Genoa have neglected to win even once at Marassi this term, and they surrender objectives there at an upsetting pace of more than two for each game.
A single point from six Serie A matches under Shevchenko - including a 3-1 misfortune to unpleasant adversaries Sampdoria in the Derby della Lanterna - implies that the tension is as of now becoming on the previous Milan striker's shoulders.
The Grifone's new mentor has wailed over the fragile certainty he acquired inside the crew, and Filippo Melegoni's relief strike toward the finish of Friday's 3-1 misfortune at Lazio was just the subsequent objective scored under his rule. In this manner, a Christmas supernatural occurrence might be needed for Genoa to break their triumphant dry season on Tuesday.
Genoa possible XI : Sirigu; Vanheusden, Masiello, Criscito, Ghiglione, Sturaro, Badelj, Hernani, Cambiaso, Pandev, Destro
Atalanta BC possible XI : Musso; Toloi, Demiral, Palomino Zappacosta, Freuler, De Roon, Maehle, Pessina, Malinovskyi, Zapata
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