Serie A: Napoli vs Atalanta preview

Surprise package Atalanta visit Napoli on Saturday at San Paolo Stadium in one of the most interesting clashes of the Serie A weekend. Atalanta won the reverse fixture 1-0 in October, but Napoli won both direct meetings last season. Overall, the two teams divided the points equally in their last six direct matches, with two wins apiece and two draws. However, Atalanta have not won at Napoli since 2012, while Napoli won four of the last six home matches against Atalanta. Napoli have suffered a 3-1 Champions League defeat at Real Madrid last week, their first defeat in all competitions since October 2016. They recovered well from that disappointment with a 3-1 Serie A victory at Chievo last weekend and consolidated their third place. They are just two points behind second-placed Roma and will probably battle with them for that position until the last days of the season. Allan and Lorenzo Tonelli are the only injury concerns for head coach Maurizio Sarri, who can count on Leonardo Pavoletti and Arkadiusz Milik again. Atalanta are still going strong after an impressive start to the season, they are currently in fifth place and have a real chance of qualifying for the Europa League at the end of the season. They have not lost a match since the middle of January, collecting four wins and a draw since then. They have won their last three matches and conceded just one goal during that spell. Head coach Gian Piero Gasperini doesn't have any injury concerns ahead of this match, so he will most likely field his usual starting eleven. Probable line-ups: Napoli: Reina - Hysaj, Koulibaly, Albiol, Ghoulam - Zielinski, Diawara, Hamsik - Callejon, Mertens, Insigne Atalanta: Berisha - Masiello, Caldara, Toloi - Conti, Kessie, Freuler, Kurtic, Spinazzola - Gomez, Petagna My prediction: Napoli to win 2-1. Here are the odds for the match at Bet365: Napoli win - 1.57 Draw - 4.00 Atalanta win - 6.00