Football Italia
·26 October 2024
Football Italia
·26 October 2024
Atalanta aim to shake off a frustrating Champions League draw by taking on stuttering Hellas Verona with Charles De Ketelaere, Mateo Retegui and Ademola Lookman upfront.
It kicks off at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).
La Dea saw their strong form interrupted by a disappointing 0-0 home draw against Celtic midweek, a tie they absolutely dominated with numerous scoring opportunities that were not taken.
The injury list remains extensive for Odilon Kossounou, Marco Brescianini, Giorgio Scalvini and Gianluca Scamacca, plus Rafael Toloi fit only for the bench.
Capocannoniere Retegui leads the way with De Ketelaere and Lookman in support.
Casper Tengstedt of Hellas Verona celebrates during the Italian Serie A soccer match Hellas Verona vs Venezia at Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium in Verona, Italy, 04 October 2024. EPA-EFE/Emanuele Pennnacchio
Verona have had a pretty disastrous run of games recently, losing four of the last five, interrupted only by a 2-1 win over local rivals Venezia.
Ondrej Duda is suspended, with Juan Manuel Cruz, Abdou Harroui, Martin Frese and Pawel Dawidowicz injured.
The big news is the return of Suat Serdar returns to the starting XI for the first time since his muscular injury against Napoli in Week 1.
Amin Sarr also gets his first start in a transformed trident.
Atalanta: Carnesecchi; Djimsiti, Hien, Kolasinac; Zappacosta, De Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri; Lookman, De Ketelaere; Retegui
Verona: Montipò; Magnani, Coppola, Ghilardi; Tchatchoua, Serdar, Belahyane, Bradaric; Livramento, Kastanos; Sarr