Atalanta vs Real Madrid prediction and betting tips on December 10, 2024
Game Prediction
Atalanta and Real Madrid will play in the 6th round of the Champions League on December 10, 2024. Gasperini will try to take revenge on Ancelotti for the lost UEFA Super Cup.
Our prediction for the match Atalanta vs Real Madrid
“The Bergamascs”, after several unsuccessful years, had a successful previous season. There was one “but” – a defeat in the Coppa Italia final to Juventus. Still, the final 4th place in the Serie A was combined with the win in the Europa League by Gasperini and his footballers. “The Whites”, after the 2022/2023 decline, took a number of trophies: the Super Cup and the Spanish Primera and, that is the most important, once again, the Champions League.
At the beginning of the new season, “the Goddess”, with a renewed line-up, suffered several setbacks, but regained their shape in the autumn. Speaking about the Champions League, the club’s return was quite successful. The representatives of Italy, although mainly due to away matches, won the game against Shakhtar, Stuttgart and Young Boys, scoring at least 2 goals (moreover, the team crushed the Swiss with a 6-1 result). As for the home meetings, there were only goalless draws, with Arsenal and Celtic.
“The Galacticos” won the UEFA Super Cup, having reached a 2-0 score in the battle against Atalanta, and Mbappé celebrated his debut with a goal. Still, then there were enough setbacks for “the royal club” and criticism of Kylian personally. Especially for the Champions League – the owner of the greatest European trophy managed to beat Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund in a strong-willed style on the native field. It is reasonable to mention that Ancelotti’s wards lost the away confrontations with Lille and Liverpool, and there had been a 1-3 failure in the home struggle with inconsistent opponent, Milan, before a 0-2 result at Anfield.
Atalanta vs Real Madrid: key statistics and trends
- Atalanta has won 4 out of 5 previous matches in the tournament.
- Real Madrid has lost 3 times in the current Champions League.
- Atalanta has scored 27% of goals between the 31st and the 45th minutes of meetings.
- Atalanta has scored at least once in 9 previous games.
- Atalanta wins the first half in 48% of matches, Real Madrid – in 39% of struggles.
Atalanta vs Real Madrid: possible starting line-ups
Atalanta (possible line-up): Carnesecchi - Kolasinac, Hien, Kossounou – Ruggeri, Brescianini, de Ketelaere, Pasalic, de Ron, Cuadrado – Retegui.
Real Madrid (possible line-up): Courtois – Mendy, Rudiger, Asensio, Valverde – Modrić, Camavinga, Bellingham, Güler – Brahim Diaz, Mbappé.
Previous head-to-head matches: Atalanta vs Real Madrid
The Italians had lost twice to the Spanish giants in the Champions League play-offs before the aforementioned defeat in the Super Cup, in 2021.
Free prediction for the match Atalanta vs Real Madrid
Even now, the guests are given a minimal, but advantage. Still, Gasperini will finally try to take revenge – it is worth betting on “total: over 2.5” (odd: 1.61).