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2021/22 Italian Serie A
Matchday 24
Atalanta v Cagliari
Gewiss Stadium
Bergamo, Italy
Sunday, 6 February 2022
Kick-off is at 13h30
Atalanta will attempt to reduce the gap to the top-three when they take on
Serie A strugglers Cagliari at the Gewiss Stadium on Sunday, February 6.
Gian Piero Gasperini's side has slowly been losing ground in the title race after winning just one of their last five league encounters.
La Dea are 10 points adrift of Inter Milan at the top of the table and just one clear of fifth-placed Juventus albeit with a game in hand.
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The goalless draw with Lazio on January 22 was their third in four games, but Gasperini was pleased to pick up a point given that he had 10 players available for the clash in Rome.
"We could've done more, we always can do more, but it's difficult for me to not be happy with this performance," he told Sky Sport Italia.
"So many lads had to adapt to different roles, then we lost [Aleksei] Miranchuk to injury as well, just as he was starting to take advantage of the spaces opening up.
"I didn't have any forwards on the bench, so we lacked alternatives, but I am very happy with what we managed to do."
The 18th-placed Rossoblu edged closer to safety following the 1-1 draw with Fiorentina on January 23, which took them within a point of Venezia.
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Walter Mazzarri's men kicked off 2022 with back-to-back 2-1 wins against Sampdoria and Bologna, but a 1-0 defeat away to Roma saw them remain in the relegation zone.
Mazzarri bemoaned the team's inability to see out the contest against La Viola after Joao Pedro had given them a 47th-minute lead,
"The game was won, we lacked that experience to bring home a match that was conducted as we were doing until the penalty and the expulsion of Odriozola, continuing to play and propose. We lost two heavy points and that makes me angry," he said after the stalemate.
Head-to-Head (Last Five Serie A Meetings)
Matches - 5
Atalanta - 4
Cagliari - 1
Draws - 0
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