Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Atalanta will be aiming to bounce back from a 2-1 loss to Frosinone when they take on Monza in the Serie A round 3 on Saturday evening. The Orobici are eager to impress in their first home game of the process, but they will have to prove their worth on the field. All Jose Luis Palomino, El Bilal Toure, and Hans Hateboer are out of contention with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
The Biancorossi, on the other hand, quickly recovered from a 2-0 loss to Inter, with the team beating Empoli in front of home fans. Monza, though, often struggle on the travels and we do not believe that they are going to spoil Atalanta’s debut at Gewiss Stadium. As for the visiting side, there are no fresh injury concerns ahead of the trip to Bergamo.
Highlighted Player (Duvan Zapata):
Duvan Zapata was born in Cali, Colombia on 1 April, 1991. The 186-cm-tall attacker started his youth career at America de Cali, playing for the club between 2004 and 2008. In 2008 he made his debut for the first team and three years later he scored his first hat-trick for the Colombian outfit, in a 3-2 win over Deportivo Pereira.
In 2011 he signed a loan deal with Estudiantes and he found the net for the Argentine team on his debut against Belgrano. After scoring 11 goals in 37 appearances for Estudiantes, the Colombian striker joined Napoli in 2013, but he failed to establish himself as a first-choice attacker.
On 22 July, 2015 Zapata joined fellow Serie A team Udinese on loan and it has to be noted that he scored eight goals in 24 league appearances for the Zebrette. Duvan Zapata has 5 caps for Colombia U20 team, but he has yet to make his debut for the senior side.