Lombardy inhabitants Atalanta BC and AC Milan who have impeccable unbeaten records to their credit will face off playing Friday Night football in Bergamo.
It is now eight consecutive victories in the Serie A that have placed La Dea at the scudetto race, are Milan are currently nine points behind their counterparts with only one game in hand.
The victory, which extended atalanta recent run to eighth successive wins kept them just one point behind serie a leaders roma while also moving the bergamaschi to within one win of their club record nine victories in succession achieved in January 2020.
Marten De Roon and former Roma player Nicolo Zaniolo scored at the Stadio Olimpico midweek as a sensational start to the new 2024-25 season.
Atalanta have pulled more than 30 points after 14 Serie A games for the first time, and they are freely Shining as they in the top of charts in terms of scoring goals.
However, Franchioni’s favourite target has scored twenty times or more goals frequently in the previous eleven league games on home soil at the Gewiss Stadium before a thrilling encounter against Milan.
A player they signed from Rossoneri this summer, Charles De Ketelaere featured in five goals during the 6-1 rampage against Young Boys in the Champions League last week; after clinching the Europa League title last season, the Nerazzurri are unbeaten in Europe this season.
Gaining one of eight Champions League places to the last 32 as standard – and two points ahead of Milan – Atalanta are performing superbly across all competitions.
Though Atalanta emerged victorious in the last match in Bergamo in a match played just a year ago by a margin of 3-2 and also they triumphed 2-1 in a match in Coppa Italia in San Siro, Milan has defeated Atalanta four times out of the last of the eight confrontations in Serie A.
But despite a patchy start to the season, the Rossoneri enter this game gazing up at their regional rivals in the standings, now sitting in seventh place.
After defeating Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, Paulo Fonseca's team appears to have picked up their game recently. Last week, Milan pulled five points clear of the elimination zone with their third consecutive Champions League victory.
In the Italian first division, Empoli was defeated 3-0 last weekend thanks to a brace from Tijjani Reijnders, bringing their record of clean sheets from their last ten league games to six.
Then, Tuesday night, Milan dominated the first half of their Coppa Italia match against Serie B leaders Sassuolo, scoring four goals in the opening 23 minutes of play thanks to an incredible Reijnders goal. Milan won 6-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals.
However, the second-city team has only won two of six league games this season away from their headquarters, so it might be difficult for them to continue their winning streak past Friday.
While the majority of his team is available to select from, Gian Piero Gasperini, who must serve the second game of a touchline ban, will not be in the home dugout on Friday night.
