Bergamo plays host to a potential thriller on Thursday night as high-flying Atalanta welcome Napoli to town (kick-off 19:30).
PROBABLE LINE-UPSAtalanta (3-4-2-1): Gollini; Toloi, Caldara, Djimsiti; Hateboer, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Ilicic, Gomez; Zapata.
Suspended: Malinovskyi.
Napoli (4-3-3): Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Maksimovic, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Fabian Ruiz, Demme, Zielinski; Callejon, Mertens, Insigne.
Unavailable: Allan.
KEY STATISTICS– Atalanta are unbeaten in their last two Serie A games against Napoli (W1 D1) – they last went three consecutive matches without defeat against them in March 2015.
– Atalanta lead by 20 wins to 10 at home to Napoli (D18).
– Atalanta have lost their last two home games against Napoli in Serie A – the first time this has happened.
– Atalanta remain unbeaten in their three previous meetings with Napoli on a Thursday (W1 D2).
– Atalanta have scored 40 goals on home soil in Serie A this season, more than in any other top flight campaign.
– Napoli have won their last four Serie A away matches, keeping two clean sheets: they last won five such matches consecutively in February 2018 (six).
– Atalanta’s Gian Piero Gasperini’s next game in charge will be his 400th in Serie A.
– Atalanta striker Duván Zapata scored 11 goals in his 37 league appearances for Napoli between 2013 and 2015.
– Luis Muriel’s first ever Serie A goal came against Napoli in December 2011 when he was at Lecce.
– Dries Mertens has been directly involved in four of Napoli’s last eight goals against Atalanta, scoring three and providing one assist.
Source: forzaitalianfootball.com