Lazio vs. Atalanta 1/22/22 Serie A Soccer Pick, Predictions, and Odds

Lazio and Atalanta are clashing at Stadio Olimpico in round 23 of the Italian Serie A. Lazio are one of the best teams in Serie A in the attacking end, but their defense is just horrible this season. Atalanta is undefeated in their last 4 games, but they couldn’t score a goal against Inter last weekend.

As I’ve mentioned, Lazio’s defense is terrible, like super terrible, and they have conceded 39 goals in 22 games. Fortunately for Lazio, they have the offense to compensate for their bad defense, and they have scored 46 goals so far this season. Immobile is one of the best goalscorers in Serie A, and he already has 17 goals to his name. Milinkovic-Savic has added 7 goals and 7 assists. There are a lot of injuries in Lazio, they also have a yellow card suspension, which means their team will once again be shuffled. With an offense like that, it’s easy not to care about your defense, but they won’t be always able to score 3 or 4 goals in a game. Lazio is now in 6^th place with 35 points, and they are still pretty close to the Champions League spot.

Atalanta is one of the top 4 teams in Serie A, they are incredibly talented in the attacking end, but even 44 scored goals in 21 games are not the best they can do. Atalanta can score a lot more than this, but they are struggling to stay consistent this season. Thanks to losing only 1 of their last 14 Serie A games, Atalanta is now in 4^th place, but Napoli is only 4 points away. Zapata is the leading goalscorer for Atalanta with 9 goals, but he is injured and will miss this game. Pasalic is the second-best goalscorer for Atalanta with 8 goals and 5 assists. Alongside Zapata, Gosens, Hateboer, Ilicic, and Malinovskyi are also injured. I gotta admit, the schedule is not easy for Atalanta, and these tough games are coming to them at the wrong time, but with the offensive capabilities Atalanta has, I think they could snag some points, and I think they could definitely score some goals in the next few weeks. Atalanta has the talent to be in the top 4, I would even go that far to say they could win the title, but as many teams are this season, Atalanta is struggling on the defensive end as well.

Lazio has lost only 1 home game so far this season, and they are playing well, at least in the attacking end. Atalanta can score against anyone, but they can’t defend right now, which means goals are the way to go.