Our prediction for this Serie A match:
All eyes will be on Stadio Diego Armando Maradona when Napoli and Atalanta go head to head in the Serie A derby. The Neapolitans are leading the chase for Scudetto, but both Milan and Inter are breathing down their neck. The league leaders dropped two points in a 2-2 draw with Sassuolo, and, no doubt, they are eager to return to winning ways as soon as possible. The bad news for the hosts, though, is that key defender Kalidou Koulibaly suffered an injury in the midweek draw.
The Orobici, on the other hand, rolled over Venezia 4-0 in their last league match. Atalanta are on a four-game winning run in the Italian top flight, and given their attacking potential, we believe that over 2.5 goals betting option should be considered. As for the away team, both Lovato and Gosens are out of contention with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Dries Mertens):
Dries Mertens is a Belgian football player born on the 6th of May 1987 in Leuven. Mertens started his football career in the youth of RSC Anderlecht and AA Gent. In season 2005/2006 he made his debut for the first team of AA Gent.
After playing for AGOVV, FC Utrecht and PSV Mertens got transferred to Napoli for approximately 9.5 million euro. Mertens made his debut for the Belgian national team in October 2010 and played over 40 games for the national team already. Mertens played during World Cup 2014 and EURO 2016 for Belgium.
Mertens is a right attacking midfielder, which can play as a forward as well. Mertens is known for being a very small fast player, which has the ability to get past several defenders and deliver a cross to his team mates. In his career Mertens didn’t win any big prizes yet. The biggest achievements of Mertens are winning the Dutch national cup with PSV in 2011/2012, the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa in 2014 with Napoli.
Highlighted Team (Atalanta):
Atalanta Bergamasco Calcio, better known as Atalanta Bergamo is an Italian football club from Bergamo which was founded in 1907 and is currently active in the Serie A.
The club host it’s home games in the Atleti Azzuri d’Italia stadium which holds a capacity of 27 000 sats. The club colors of Atalanta Bergamo are blue and black. Atalanta Bergamo holds the nickname Nerazzuri which is the same as Inter Milan.
Biggest succes of Atalanta Bergamo was in 1963 where the club managed to win the national cup (Coppa Italia). Atalanta won the Serie B three times (in 1959, 1984, 2006 and 2011). In Europe the club from Bergamo managed to stunt and reached the semi finals of the Europe Cup 2.