Ademola Lookman and Rasmus Højlund start in attack for Atalanta, while Lecce's Marco Baroni looks to Assan Ceesay and Lameck Banda.
Lecce won the reverse fixture and haven’t won two games in one season against La Dea since 1993-94. Atalanta are unbeaten in 11 of their 12 home games against Lecce and the Giallorossi’s only win in Bergamo was in 1994. [Napoli](/teams/napoli) have earned more points than Atalanta in 2023, but La Dea is the team with the most goals in the new year, 19, 2.7 per game on average.
Gewiss Stadium is set to host the exciting weekend matchup between home side Atalanta BC and visiting club Lecce on Sunday in Serie A action.
Atalanta vs Lecce match preview: TV & streaming details, ticket information, free betting tips & prediction…
Atalanta vs Lecce prediction and football match preview by Lomsen on Sunday, 19 February 2023 - H2H, Stats & Results - Odds: 1.84.
O Lecce has a very important loss in the midfield as is the Spanish Joan González. On the other hand, Lecce is a team that gets a lot of performance with little play and chances.
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Lecce won 2-1 at Atalanta on Sunday to take a big step towards Serie A safety and damage their opponents' bid for Champions League football next season.
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Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini was furious with his players in the first half but the home team improved after the break. Ademola Lookman thought he had ...
Atalanta was level on points with fourth-place Roma and two ahead of Lazio. Instead, Lecce doubled its lead in the 74th minute when a corner was taken short and the ball whipped in by Gabriel Strefezza for a completely unmarked Blin to head home. MILAN — Atalanta’s push for the top four in Serie A was dented on Sunday by a surprise 2-1 loss at home to Lecce as the race for the Champions League qualifying places intensified.
Matchday 23 of the 2022-2023 Serie A TIM saw the visitors win 2-1 at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo thanks to goals from Ceesay and Blin, ...
In the 94th minute, Falcone had to stick one hand up to palm Muriel’s ferocious strike out from under the bar, handing over Lecce the three points. The match proved a tough one, as the visitors took an early lead with a long-range finish from Ceesay on 4 minutes. Notes: Demiral (A), Zappacosta (A), Di Francesco (L), Gallo (L), Blin (L), and Mæhle (A) booked. Coach Gasperini also threw Vorlický on for his Atalanta debut. Vorlický also had a chance right away, as his right-foot curler was smothered by Falcone. Lecce doubled their lead four minutes later with a Blin header from a corner.
After earning a home draw against Roma last weekend, Lecce earned another positive result as they defeated Atalanta this afternoon in Bergamo. A mistake.
Rasmus Højlund scored a goal for Atalanta three minutes before the end of the game. Atalanta was tied with Roma in the fourth spot and two points above Lazio.
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Milan, Feb 19, 2023 (AFP) - Assan Ceesay opened the scoring in the fourth minute in Bergamo with a thumping low strike from distance and Alexis Blin headed ...
Defeat was harsh on Spezia, who are waiting for Leonardo Semplici to become their new coach after sacking Luca Gotti, as they had Juve on the back foot for large chunks of the match and were twice denied by super Mattia Perin saves in the second half. Instead they are seventh and awaiting a decision on their appeal against that punishment, Moise Kean and Angel Di Maria scoring the goals in each half which claimed the points at the Stadio Alberto Picco. One place behind Atalanta are Juventus, who are now nine points away from the European spots after their third league win on the bounce, 2-0 at struggling Spezia.
Milan, Feb 19, 2023 (AFP) - Assan Ceesay opened the scoring in the fourth minute in Bergamo with a thumping low strike from distance and Alexis Blin headed ...
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Ademola Lookman was in action for the entirety of the contest but couldn't do anything to help Atalanta avoid defeat at home to Lecce.
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Atalanta's push for the top four in Serie A has suffered a setback, beaten 2-1 at home by Lecce as the race for the Champions League qualifying places ...
Rasmus Hojlund pulled one back for Atalanta three minutes from time. Lecce gifted Atalanta a way back into the match when goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone hesitated on a clearance, allowing Hojlund to close and deflect the ball into the net. Atalanta’s push for the top four in Serie A has suffered a setback, beaten 2-1 at home by Lecce as the race for the Champions League qualifying places intensified.
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini was unhappy with his players after defeat to Lecce.La Dea suffered a top four setback with the 2-1 reverse.
“On the corner, we usually don't suffer those situations, but today we conceded with a free header. We had about 20 attacking situations today, we had to get something more from that." “We always seem to concede these goals early on and if it keeps happening then clearly that is our limitation.
MILAN: Atalanta's push for the top four in Serie A was dented on Sunday by a surprise 2-1 loss at home to Lecce as the race for the Champions League ...
He had scored in the Europa Conference League win over Cluj midweek. Head-to-head is the first tiebreaker at the end of the season. Lazio was two points outside the top four, with Atalanta a point further back. Lecce gifted Atalanta a way back into the match when goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone hesitated on a clearance allowing Højlund to close and deflect the ball into the net. Instead, Lecce doubled their lead in the 74th minute when a corner was taken short and the ball whipped in by Gabriel Strefezza for a completely unmarked Blin to head home. Rasmus Hojlund pulled one back for Atalanta three minutes from time.
Not everyone enjoys Marco Baroni's defensive style, but he doesn't care – and with good reason.
They have made a habit of surprising the top-four contenders with draws against Napoli, Milan and Roma, as well as a win over Lazio. Lecce became a team of two halves, the front three accompanied by one midfielder at a time to harry Atalanta high up the pitch, while the rest camped cautiously inside their own half, making sure their opponents would never get a free run into the area when they broke through the press. Atalanta pulled a goal back, Rasmus Højlund blocking the goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone’s attempted clearance straight into the net, but the home side were too late to rescue a point. Lecce doubled their lead with just over a quarter of an hour left to play, with Alexis Blin, yet another Corvino discovery, heading home from a corner. The manager has introduced us to a cast of colourful new characters. This despite the smallest wage bill in the division – barely a sixth of what Juventus spend – and regularly fielding teams with the youngest average age. A third Atalanta player then arrived but somehow Ceesay eluded them all, slipping through the gap, cutting inside, and arrowing a shot into the far bottom corner from more than 30 yards out. Instead, it was the turn of Assan Ceesay, the 28-year-old Gambia centre-forward signed from FC Zurich, to take centre stage. He has heard the grumbles about his 4-3-3 all season, and for much of the last one as well. Or how about Federico Baschirotto, the centre-back with a bodybuilder’s physique, A 59-year-old manager with more than 15 clubs on his coaching CV, Baroni has been around the block enough times to know his own mind. They had been rounding into form since the start of 2023, piling up goals and muscling their way back into the fight for Champions League places.
The choices that Stefano Pioli will make for the attack that will face Atalanta on Sunday already seem obvious, according to a report.
In fact, it already seems obvious what the attacking choices will be. [La Gazzetta dello Sport](https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Milan/20-02-2023/milan-de-ketelaere-gol-460314614125.shtml) have analysed Charles De Ketelaere’s current difficult moment and how he has the support of the entire club from team-mates to management, but they also write that the Belgian is unlikely to start in the next game against Atalanta at the weekend. The choices that Stefano Pioli will make for the attack that will face Atalanta on Sunday already seem obvious, according to a report.
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