AS Roma

vs

Atalanta

Injuries & Suspensions

• AS Roma: A. Dovbyk (Groin Injury), P. Dybala (Knee Injury), E. Ferguson (Ankle Injury), M. Kone (Muscle Injury), L. Pellegrini (Thigh Injury), G. Mancini (Injury), Wesley Franca (Muscle Injury), A. Dovbyk (Groin Injury), P. Dybala (Knee Injury), E. Ferguson (Ankle Injury)
• Atalanta: I. Hien (Thigh Injury), K. Sulemana (Foot Injury)

Form (Last 5)

• Home: L L W L W
• Away: D D W W L

H2H (Last 5)

• 2026-01-03 · Atalanta · 1-0 · AS Roma
• 2025-05-12 · Atalanta · 2-1 · AS Roma
• 2024-12-02 · AS Roma · 0-2 · Atalanta
• 2024-05-12 · Atalanta · 2-1 · AS Roma
• 2024-01-07 · AS Roma · 1-1 · Atalanta

Match Preview

Atalanta carry recent H2H victories and Roma's list of attacking absences raises doubts; an away win is plausible given form and personnel issues.

Key Notes

This fixture pits two closely matched sides in the Serie A table, with AS Roma occupying 6th (57 points) and Atalanta 7th (53 points). Roma have a strong overall home record - 18 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses - but they arrive with significant offensive concerns. Roma will miss Paulo Dybala (knee), Dovbyk (groin) and Lorenzo Pellegrini (thigh), among others, which strips goalscoring options and creativity from their usual starting XI. Several players are also listed as questionable, further clouding selection.

Atalanta travel with a robust away profile (14 wins, 11 draws, 7 losses) and have enjoyed recent success in this matchup. H2H results show Atalanta beating Roma 1-0 in Bergamo in January 2026 and taking other positive results in recent seasons. Those victories underline Atalanta’s tactical ability to press and exploit transitions against Roma when defenders or creators are missing. Atalanta's squad appears less depleted; only a handful of players are questionable.

Tactically, Roma may try to compensate for absences by prioritising defensive solidity, but that approach risks surrendering initiative to an Atalanta side comfortable on the counter and in structured pressing phases. Given Roma's personnel losses in attack and Atalanta's favourable recent H2H record, the away win is an attractive selection at the available odds.

Recommendation: back Atalanta to win. Confidence is moderate because Roma retain quality and home advantage, but the scale of their attacking absences and Atalanta’s recent head-to-head form justify the away selection.

Prediction

Atalanta win • Odds 3.35 • Confidence 6/10