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Club football returns this weekend and Empoli will host Atalanta at Carlo Castellani on Sunday in another Italian Serie A matchweek.
Empoli has returned to the Italian top flight this season after spending the last two seasons away. They did pretty well on their return, even though they lost 2-0 to Jose Mourinho’s Roma in their last game.
Gli Azzurri Sits 10th in the league with nine points in seven games, the highest of the three newly promoted teams. They have won three games, including a 1-0 win over Juventus, and will look to boost their score this weekend.
Atalanta, who have finished third in Serie A for the past three seasons, have not started the campaign as well as they would have liked. They were beaten 3-2 by AC Milan at home in their last game.
The Déa sit eighth in the standings, just two points behind their Sunday hosts. They are already 10 points behind Inter Milan at the top of the table and will look to regain ground with a victory on Sunday.
Empoli vs Atalanta Head to Head
There have been 18 meetings between the two parties in the past. The record between the teams is tight with Empoli winning five times, Atalanta winning six times and seven ending in draws.
The two teams last met in Serie A in 2019, a game that ended scoreless.
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Empoli vs Atalanta Team News
Empoli
Andrea Pinamonti was injured in the first half of Empoli’s last game and is expected to miss Sunday’s game. The attacker is the only injured player for the hosts.
Injured: Andrea Pinamonti
Doubtful: Nothing
Suspended: Nothing
Atalanta
Hans Hateboer, Robin Gosens and Matteo Pessina are all injured and are not available for selection. Berat Djimsiti has undergone surgery for a broken forearm suffered while on international service with Albania and will be away for a month.
Injured: Hans Hateboer, Robin Gosens, Matteo Pessina, Berat Djimsiti
Doubtful: Nothing
Suspended: Nothing
Empoli vs Atalanta Predicts XI
Empoli Predicts XI (4-3-1-2): Guglielmo Vicario; Petar Stojanovic, Simone Romagnoli, Mattia Viti, Riccardo Marchizza; Nicolas Haas, Samuele Ricci, Filippo Bandinelli; Nedim Bajrami; Federico Di Francesco, Leonardo Mancuso
Atalanta Predicts XI (3-4-1-2): Juan Musso; Rafael Toloi, Merih Demiral, José Luis Palomino; Davide Zappacosta, Marten De Room, Teun Koopmeiners, Joakim Mæhle; Mario Pasalic; Ruslan Malinovskyi, Luis Muriel
Empoli vs Atalanta prediction
Empoli has performed well this season and has won two of their last three games, scoring six goals in that span.
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Atalanta won’t be too happy with how they started the season. They do, however, have a chance to get their campaign back on track against one of the league’s new faces and should be able to do so.
Prediction: Empoli 1-2 Atalanta
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