Posted on Saturday, 11th February 2012 by Sumeet Paul

Top scorer German Denis returns from suspension for , however the Argentine ace hasn’t scored since December 21. Coach Stefano Colantuono must deal with absence of suspended duo Luca Cigarini and Andrea Consigli, as he looks to improve their poor recent form which has seen them lose four of the last five. La Dea will be under pressure to gain a result, as a defeat could see the gap between the two sides reduced to three points, with completing the bottom three in 17th place.

Serse Cosmi’s side have improved in recent weeks, losing just once in their last five, including a shock 1-0 home win against Inter. Julio Sergio is set to continue between the posts in the absence of first choice ‘keeper Massimiliano Benassi, but Tomovic and Delvecchio are ruled out through injury and Moris Carrozzieri is suspended. Lecce’s away form is intriguingly better than their home record, with three of their four wins this season coming on the road. However, should they harbour realistic hopes of escaping the drop, they will need to shore up a defence which has leaked 38 goals so far this season, the second worst record in Serie A.

Probable Line-ups:

Atalanta (4-4-2): Frezzolini, Raimondi, Stendardo, Lucchini, Peluso, Schelotto, Brighi, Carmona, Moralez, Gabbiadini, Denis

Subs; Polito, Ferri, Manfredini, Ferreira Pinto, Bonaventura, Tiribocchi, Marilungo

Lecce (3-5-2): Julio Sergio, Oddo, Miglionico, Esposito, Cuadrado, Blasi, Giacomazzi, Bertolacci, Brivio, Muriel, Di Michele

Subs; Gabrieli, Giandonato, Obodo, Grossmuller, Seferovic, Bojinov

Form Guide:

Atalanta: LWLLL

08/01/12 – Atalanta 0-2 Milan

15/01/12 – Lazio 2-0 Atalanta

21/01/12 – Atalanta 0-2 Juventus

29/01/12 – Cesena 0-1 Atalanta

05/02/12 – Palermo 2-1 Atalanta

Lecce: DLWDW

15/01/12 – Fiorentina 0-1 Lecce

22/01/12 – Lecce 2-2 Chievo

29/01/12 – Lecce 1-0 Inter

01/02/12 – Udinese 2-1 Lecce

05/02/12 – Lecce 0-0 Bologna

Top Scorers:

Atalanta;

Denis – 12

Moralez – 5

Lecce;

Di Michele – 6

Giacomazzi – 3

Assists:

Atalanta;

Moralez – 3

Schelotto – 3

Lecce;

Muriel – 4

Grossmuller – 3

Head-to-Head:

21/09/11 – Lecce 1-2 Atalanta

22/03/09 – Lecce 2-2 Atalanta

02/11/08 – Atalanta 0-0 Lecce

22/01/05 – Lecce 1-0 Atalanta

11/09/04 – Atalanta 2-2 Lecce

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  1. Clark Stupple Clark Stupple Says:
    February 11th, 2012 at 10:45 am

    Glad to see Brighi could be making a rare start and over the moon Gabbiadini could keep his place and partner Denis could be a good chaulk and cheese partnership Gabbiadini going to be something special mark my words FORZA ATALANTA 1907!!!!

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