Fiorentina v Atalanta
Football - Italy - Serie A
Saturday, 17 December 2011 - Kickoff 7:45pm

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Fiorentina (4-4-6 13:13)

Mananger Delio Rossi is oriented to have his Fiorentina side play with a 4-4-2 formation with the confirmation of the young Salifu in midfield for the absence of the injured Montolivo.

In defense Cassani does not recover, probably Nastasic will play in the middle of defense. In midfield, Behrami and Vargas on the wings.

In attack the good news is the full recovery of Jovetic that scored in Thursday's Europa League match against young team. Kroldrup is injured.

Atalanta (5-7-2 17:16)

There is plenty of good news for Atalanta with several players coming back into the team for this match.

In the middle part of the defense Lucchini returns, he will play with Manfredini. On the left wing Peluso is ready to play and Masiello has recovered to line-up at right-back.

In midfield, the structure should be confirmed with Schelotto and Padoin hand lanes, in the middle Cigarini and Carmona. Brighi and Capelli are injured.

Team Lineups

Fiorentina : Boruc De Silvestri Gamberini Nastasic Pasqual Behrami Salifu Lazzari Vargas Jovetic Gilardino

Atalanta : Consigli Masiello Lucchini Manfredini Peluso Schelotto Cigarini Carmona Padoin Moralez Denis

The Betting Verdict :

Atalanta is one nice surprise of this first half of season, and if you ignore their -6 point penalty then Atalanta would now have 22 points with 5th place in the standing.

In comparison Fiorentina starts very bad with Mihajlovic in charge - but now the Viola is very hungry with new coach Delio Rossi (for me one of the best in Italy). So, there is much pressure in Firenze, supporters are nervous for the last result and footballers can not fail in this match.

I saw last match of both teams and I understand that Fiorentina can win only if the play with JO-JO Jovetic. So, he will play.

Atalanta is so tired right now, they nearly lost at home the last match against Catania (they draw just because Sicilians played all 2nd half with 10 players).

So I definitely prefer a bet on Fiorentina in this match, they have more motivation and pressure in this match.

The Statistics :

The Pick :

Fiorentina 2-0 Atalanta

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take Fiorentina to win - best odds are around 1.92