Atalanta and Sassuolo go head-to-head for European ambitions, with Josip Ilicic and Duvan Zapata against Domenico Berardi and Francesco Caputo.
It kicks off in Bergamo at 14.00 GMT, you can follow the build-up and action as it happens from today’s 10 Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
Atalanta and Sassuolo go head-to-head for European ambitions, with Josip Ilicic and Duvan Zapata against Domenico Berardi and Francesco Caputo.
It kicks off in Bergamo at 14.00 GMT, you can follow the build-up and action as it happens from today’s 10 Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
La Dea ended 2020 in stuttering fashion, fumbling a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 with Bologna, but their last few weeks have been overshadowed by the breakdown between Papu Gomez and Gian Piero Gasperini.
The captain is frozen out yet again, so Ilicic pips Aleksei Miranchuk to the post for a starting spot with Matteo Pessina and Duvan Zapata, leaving Luis Muriel as an option off the bench.
Rafael Toloi is injured, Mattia Caldara returns to the squad, but is not fit to start, so Jose Luis Palomino steps in.
Sassuolo have rediscovered their form at the same time as Caputo got back into the starting XI and it’s no coincidence.
The hitman leads the way here again with Berardi, Junior Hamed Traore and Jeremie Boga, but Marlon, Filippo Romagna and Gregoire Defrel are out of action.
Atalanta: Gollini; Djimsiti, Romero, Palomino; Hateboer, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Pessina, Ilicic; Duvan Zapata
Sassuolo: Consigli; Muldur, Chiriches, Ferrari, Kyriakopoulos; Locatelli, Lopez; Berardi, Traore, Boga; Caputo
Ref: Maresca