It's the Coppa Italia final on Wednesday night, and it's the first of two cup finals in a week for Atalanta. In this one, their domestic cup final, they take on Juventus, a game between 4th and 5th in the league when you look at the standings. It should be a cracker, between two evenly matched teams, but I think one of them has shown enough recently to come out on top.
Atalanta Form GuideJust when Atalanta were slipping away from the top four race, they've pulled themselves back into it. Still in 5th, but they've been excellent recently, and with three games to play, they're four points behind Juventus and Bologna, who both have two left to play, this is going to go down to the wire.
In the league, Atalanta have won their last four games in a row. During that period, they've played three cup games, winning two and drawing one, but all working towards them qualifying for two cup finals. At the weekend, they won a big clash 2-1 at home to Roma, to keep their top four hopes alive, and keep Roma behind them.
Juventus Form GuideThe league run that Juventus are on at the minute is incredible for a club of their stature. They have not won for 11 games, remarkable, and to make matters even more bizarre at the club, they have drawn their last five league games in a row now. They've managed to qualify for this final by winning one leg and losing one leg to Lazio, but even that wasn't comfortable, or showing any kind of quality.
At the weekend, Juventus had a draw that was incredibly disappointing, as they drew 1-1 at home with bottom and already relegated Salernitana. Draws prior to that were against better opposition, Roma and AC Milan, but at this moment, if Juventus do want the top four, they need to find a win.
Match PredictionJuventus have hit a really bad run, and even though they took a point at the weekend, it was a really bad one. Compare that to Atalanta, the opposite, they're flying right now and pushing hard, I am going to take Atalanta to win this one in 90 minutes, and lift the Coppa Italia title.
