H2H: Atalanta vs Liverpool – Prediction (Champions League

H2H: Atalanta v Liverpool – Comparison.

Duván Zapata has three goals across Atalanta’s first two UCL matches, netting his team’s first goal in both. Meanwhile, Diogo Jota has scored a second-half goal in three straight Liverpool matches (in all competitions). All eight of Atalanta’s competitive matches this season have featured over 2.5 total goals.

Atalanta Insights.

Atalanta are unbeaten after two matches in their second-ever UEFA Champions League (UCL) group stage (W1, D1). A 4-0 thumping in the first match was followed by a two-goal comeback to salvage a draw on the second matchday. They possess a good record against English teams in major European competitions so far (W2, D1, L1). Last season saw seven of Atalanta’s nine matches in this tournament feature over 2.5 total goals (3.89 average). At home, they had mixed results in last season’s UCL (W2, D1, L1) with a lower goal average (3.0), and they have won just one of three at home in all competitions this season (W1, D1, L1 – goal average of 5.0 per match).

Liverpool Insights.

Liverpool, meanwhile, have major defensive absences, and will fear Atalanta’s offensive power having conceded 1.83 goals on average across their last six competitive matches (W4, D1, L1). Still, the ‘Reds’ have four straight wins in all competitions, including two wins while keeping a clean sheet in the UCL. Currently on a three-match winning run away from home in the UCL group stage, Liverpool have nonetheless lost in three straight visits to italian clubs in European competitions. They’ve won three of their last five fixtures in all competitions, and goals have been flowing (5.0 on average per match) with Liverpool conceding 2+ goals in three of the five.