Second-placed Lazio have to end their terrible away record and Atalanta’s excellent home form if they want to stay near the top.
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The Aquile went into this midweek round in joint second place with Inter, Fiorentina and Napoli, just two points off l
Second-placed Lazio have to end their terrible away record and Atalanta’s excellent home form if they want to stay near the top.
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The Aquile went into this midweek round in joint second place with Inter, Fiorentina and Napoli, just two points off leaders Roma.
While Stefano Pioli’s men have a perfect record at the Olimpico, they’ve struggled on their travels and here face an Atalanta side that has taken 10 points from an available 12 on home turf.
Stefan de Vrij, Marco Parolo and Keita Balde Diao are still sidelined, but Stefan Radu and Wesley Hoedt are back in the squad.
Alessandro Matri is picked up front with support from Antonio Candreva, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Felipe Anderson.
Atalanta have Rafael Toloi suspended following his red card at Juventus, plus Marcelo Estigarribia injured.
Mauricio Pinilla leads the attack with Alejandro Gomez and Maxi Moralez.
Coach Edy Reja certainly knows Lazio well, having been their Coach in two successful spells.
Lazio’s record in Bergamo is not reassuring, winning only seven times in Serie A compared to 21 draws and 19 defeats.
Last season this fixture ended in a 1-1 draw with Giuseppe Biava and Parolo on target, while the most recent Biancocelesti victory was 1-0 in August 2012.
Atalanta: Sportiello; Masiello, Stendardo, Paletta, Dramè; Carmona, De Roon, Kurtic; Maxi Moralez, Pinilla, Gomez
Atalanta bench: Bassi, Radunovic, Bellini, Brivio, Cherubin, Grassi, Conti, Raimondi, Cigarini, Migliaccio, D'Alessandro, Denis, Monachello
Lazio: Marchetti; Basta, Hoedt, Gentiletti, Lulic; Onazi, Biglia; Candreva, Milinkovic, Felipe Anderson; Matri
Lazio bench: Berisha, Konko, Mauricio, Patric, Braafheid, Radu, Morrison, Cataldi, Kishna, Mauri, Klose, Djordjevic