In a six-pointer in the fight for a top-four finish in Serie A this season, Atalanta welcomes Juventus to the Gewiss Stadium.

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On Sunday, struggling Atalanta BC and in-form Juventus meet in a crucial match for a top-four berth, with both teams having taken very different courses since the turn of the year.

After three wins and two draws since the winter break, In Serie A, Juve leads La Dea by two points, and while a win for the Bianconeri would extend their lead, a win for the hosts would help them catch up to their Turin opponents.
On Thursday, Atalanta played Fiorentina in a Coppa Italia quarter-final in need of a morale-boosting win after another Serie A defeat the weekend before.

However, a late collapse against 10-man Viola saw them eliminated from the cup ( a competition in which they lost the final to Juventus last season ) and sentenced the Bergamo club to a fourth match without a win.
The Nerazzurri's defeat at the Gewiss Stadium, where they play their third of four consecutive home games on Sunday, adds to their bad record in Lombardy, where they have only three victories in 12 league visits.
That puts Atalanta in the bottom half of the table for points earned at home, with Gian Piero Gasperini's fifth-placed side most recently losing a painful 2-1 setback to relegation-threatened Cagliari on Sunday, when goalkeeper Juan Musso was sent red.

Despite losing in the cup final last season, Atalanta have won their last two league matches against Juventus without conceding a goal - their best-ever winning streak against the Bianconeri in Serie A - and could become the first team in over a decade to win three consecutive top-flight matches against Juve.
However, a season-ending injury to top striker Duvan Zapata has contributed to a drop in strike rate in recent weeks, perhaps jeopardizing the Bergamaschi's chances of winning consecutive home games against the Old Lady for the first time in nearly 70 years.

On February 10, 2022, Juventus' Paulo Dybala celebrates his first goal with Denis Zakaria and Dusan Vlahovic.
Juventus' recent good fortune continued on Thursday evening, when a late own goal knocked Sassuolo out of the Coppa Italia quarter-finals.
Despite the fact that an unfortunate Ruan Tressoldi was credited with the game-winning goal. The cup holders, who moved into the top four of Serie A with a win over Hellas Verona last week, credit another big-money signing, Dusan Vlahovic, for their progress.

The Serbian striker's powerful run and strike was significantly deflected past Gianluca Pegolo, adding to his debut goal for the Bianconeri against Verona, bolstering his claim for the Capocannoniere title , With 18 league goals, the former Fiorentina striker is tied with Ciro Immobile.
Juve could be back in contention for some collective prizes now that he has arrived, as they have been in fine form and could even be outside contenders for the Scudetto, trailing leaders Inter by just seven points ahead of the weekend, despite missing out in the dramatic Supercoppa loss to Inter last month.

In addition to remaining in the Champions League, where they will face Villarreal in the last-16, Max Allegri's side will play a two-legged Coppa semi-final with Fiorentina in the coming weeks, as well as next Friday's Derby della Mole against an improved Torino.
Juventus have now preserved a clean sheet in each of their previous three league games and are unbeaten in their last ten Serie A games, their longest such run since the end of 2020. As a result, they arrive in Bergamo as favorites to pull
away from their stumbling opponents, although the 1-0 loss in Turin in November will keep them on their toes.

Team News

Juventus coach Max Allegri is expected to make numerous changes from the team that defeated Sassuolo on Thursday, with Danilo and first-choice goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny expected to return to the starting XI.

Dusan Vlahovic will almost certainly start in attack, he'll be making his 100th Serie A appearance against a team he's already scored four goals against. While Alvaro Morata and Paulo Dybala are expected to compete for a place in the Bianconeri's new number seven's support.
While Giorgio Chiellini and long-term absentee Federico Chiesa remain sidelined, Federico Bernardeschi may now be fit enough to make the bench.

Meanwhile, Atalanta are concerned about the fitness of Jose Luis Palomino and Giuseppe Pezzella, who could join Colombian striker Duvan Zapata on the sidelines for the remainder of the season.
Luis Muriel, a compatriot of Zapata's, has yet to score a league goal against Juventus in 15 attempts, but he is expected to lead the line for La Dea, maybe with the help of Ruslan Malinovskyi and January addition Jeremie Boga, who scored in his debut start for the club in midweek.
Because goalkeeper Juan Musso is sidelined following his red card last weekend, Francesco Rossi and Marco Sportiello
will compete for the final spot in the hosts' defense.

Scores Predictions

The combination of Atalanta's recent troubles, below-par home form, and the loss of their top striker makes them a weakened proposition since the sides last played, and all signs point to a Juve victory this weekend.

Not only that, but the visitors now have their own fearsome front line, which can look to break through the hosts' defense at least once during a tense 90 minutes.
So I say the scores will be Atalanta BC 1-2 Juventus at the end of 90 minutes.