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2020-21 Serie A
17-19 October 2020
Matchday 4 of 38
Atalanta will be aiming to build on their strong start to the
2020/21 Serie A season when they travel to Stadio San Paolo to take on Napoli on Saturday. Kick-off is at 15:00.
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La Dea kicked on from where they left off last season and go into this weekend's round of fixtures atop the Serie A standings, having recorded three wins from three matches.
Gian Piero Gasperini's free scoring team have already netted 13 goals this season. Atalanta beat Torino 4-2, Lazio 4-1 and Cagliari 5-2 before the international break this month.
The Atalanta manager has dismissed talks about his team's title credentials stating that it is still too early to make such claims, but Gasperini does feel his side is stronger than they were last season.
“We turned the game around and we dominated, but their goal for 4-2 in theory reopened a match that had seemed closed. These are areas where we need to improve,” Gasperini said following his team's win in Bergamo.
“We've never pulled back from any challenge. However, we cannot have the Scudetto as an initial aim at the start of the season. We’ll try to start strong, as we always do, and are up against teams that are improved, a league that will be more balanced.
“As time goes on, we’ll see where we are, how the others are doing, and then evaluate it, but Atalanta cannot begin looking for the title. Last season, if we had won in Turin with five or six rounds to go, we might’ve had a chance, but we got there step by step. It wasn’t the initial aim.
“I do feel we are stronger now than last season. We’ve got more confidence, as with today we conceded first, but didn’t let it faze us. There is greater self-belief, and also some players who arrived and give us more options, more alternative ways to play," he concluded.
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Napoli also boast a perfect record having recorded two wins from their two matches this season.
Gli Azzurri beat Parma 2-0 before thumping Genoa 6-0 in Naples.
The corresponding fixture last season ended in a 2-2 draw.
Napoli vs Atalanta head-to-head statistics:
Matches played: 42
Napoli wins: 15
Atalanta wins: 14
Draws: 13
Serie A fixtures, matchday 4:
Saturday, 17 October
15:00 -
Napoli vs Atalanta
18:00 - Sampdoria vs Lazio
18:00 - Inter vs AC Milan
20:45 -
Crotone vs Juventus
Sunday, 18 October
12:30 - Bologna vs Sassuolo
15:00 - Spezia vs Fiorentina
15:00 - Torino vs Cagliari
18:00 - Udinese vs Parma
20:45 -
Roma vs Benevento
Monday, 19 October
20:45 -
Verona vs Genoa
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