Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta aim for a spot in the Europa League quarter-finals against Bayer Leverkusen after winning the first leg at home last week. Check out the probable line-ups.
La Dea returns to the pitch in Germany today at 17.45 UK time after last week’s 3-2 in Bergamo.
They are without Duvan Zapata, Aleksey Miranchuck and Josip Ilicic, while José Luis Palomino is favourite is favourite to get the nod over Berat Djimsiti at centre-back. Atalanta won the last two European fixtures after failing to win in the previous four. They won three and lost one game after winning the first leg in a UEFA competition.
Bayer Leverkusen must cope without former Roma striker Patrik Schick who also missed the first leg in Bergamo last week. Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Andrey Lunev are also out of action.
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Atalanta – probable line-ups
Bayer (4-2-3-1): Hradecky; Fosu-Mensah, Tah, Tapsoba, Bakker; Aranguiz, Palacios; Diaby, Demirbay, Paulinho; Alario.
Atalanta (3-5-2): Musso; Toloi, Demiral, Palomino, Hateboer, De Roon, Koopmeiners, Freuler, Zappacosta; Malinovskyi, Muriel.