Atalanta try to get back on track with Luis Muriel and Ruslan Malinovskyi against a Cagliari side missing suspended Joao Pedro.

It kicks off at 11.30 GMT in Bergamo, you can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s six Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

Liveblog: Serie A inc Atalanta-Cagliari, Venezia-Napoli, Juventus-Verona

La Dea are starting to feel the pressure for a top four finish after three goalless stalemates in the last four rounds, interrupted by a 6-2 victory away to decimated Udinese.

Part of that form was down to a COVID outbreak, which has now passed, so only Aleksei Miranchuk with a thigh injury and Josip Ilicic as he deals with mental health issues remain unavailable.

Duvan Zapata is back on the bench after a lengthy lay-off, with new buys Jeremie Boga and Valentin Mihaila.

Gian Piero Gasperini adapts to a 4-2-3-1 formation, something he has been leaning towards in recent weeks.

Cagliari have improved lately with seven points from the last four Serie A games, but Walter Mazzarri has serious selection problems.

Top scorer Joao Pedro is suspended, with Marko Rog, Kevin Strootman, Nahitan Nandez and Sebastian Walukiewicz injured, while Gabriele Zappa and Giorgio Altare have COVID.

Keita Balde Diao is at the Africa Cup of Nations too, further limiting options.

Atalanta: Musso; Zappacosta, Djimsiti, Palomino, Pezzella; Freuler, Koopmeiners; Malinovskyi, Pessina, Pasalic; Muriel

Cagliari: Cragno; Goldaniga, Lovato, Obert; Bellanova, Deiola, Grassi, Dalbert, Lykogiannis; Marin; Pereiro

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