SSN BET - Match of the Day: Atalanta - Shakhtar Donetsk /01.10.2019
Hello! The second round of the Champions League group stage starts today. The match of the Champions League debutant is interesting for me today, especially since this match opens today's match program.
And start with the home team. Atalanta, as I said above, will debut this season in the Champions League. Last season, the modest club from Bergamo took third place in Serie A, beating Inter, Roma and Milan and Torino no less strong at that time. In the new season, Atalanta confirms the status of one of the new league leaders, proving that last year's success was not an accident. Six rounds passed in Serie A, and not one of them was easy for Atalanta, except for the last match with Sassuolo, where Atalanta led 0-4 in the first half and ended the match with a score of 1-4. Prior to this, Atalanta beat Roma with a score of 0-2, tied with Fiorentina 2-2, wrested a victory in the end of the match from Genoa (1-2) and against SPAL in the starting round (2-3). Also, one match was lost to the strong Torino with a score of 2-3. The debut in the Champions League with the team of Gianpiero Gasperini failed, in the last round they were defeated by Dynamo Zagreb with a score of 4-0. And where else if not in the home arena to start winning.
The Ukrainian club is a regular member of the Champions League. On the side of Shakhtar today at least a huge experience of European matches. In the Ukrainian Premier League, Shakhtar have no equal, the closest pursuer - Desna is 10 points behind, all the forces are devoted to the Champions League. In the last round, Donetsk defeated Vorskla with a score of 4-0, and earlier in the round, defeated Desna with a score of 0-1 at a party. Before that, there was a super-goal match with Zarya, which ended with Shakhtar's strong-willed victory with a score of 4-3. In the Champions League, Donetsk was unable to score points with Manchester City, the English club was head and shoulders superior to the Ukrainian one and won 0-3. Today, their opponent is no less serious, and the game will be away.
So to summarize. It will be an interesting match, Shakhtar can play with Italian teams, but Atalanta is now on a decent move in Italy, plus he plays in the home arena. Both clubs suffered devastating defeats in the first round and will try their best to score points in today's match. Atalanta has a powerful attack line that stably scores at least two goals in Serie A, but an unstable defense. The miner scores a lot and misses very little in the Ukrainian Premier League, but here the level of the game is many times higher, but the game will take place in Italy.
I will consider this match in live. But I will assume that Atalanta will score his two goals today and make a small bet on the Individual Total of Atalanta over 1.5 with 1.76.
Good Luck!