Serie A 2020/21: Juventus vs Atalanta

Serie A champions Juventus faced off against league strugglers Atalanta on Wednesday evening, with both sides hoping to pick up much needed three points. However, the game ended in a stalemate, which may be a fair reflection over the course of the ninety minutes.

Gian Piero Gasperini’s side have been quite inconsistent this season off the back of a fantastic 2019/20 campaign where they reached the UEFA Champions League semi-final and managed to finish third in Serie A. The Bergamo based team moved up to eighth place following the draw against Juventus, and they will be hoping that this result will hold them in good stead for Sunday’s bout against Roma.

Juventus on the other hand are still unbeaten in the league but have now been held to six draws in their 12 Serie A matches in the current campaign. In comparison with last season, they only had five draws under Maurizio Sarri. Considering both Milan and Napoli drops point on Wednesday too, a draw seems more so to be two points dropped rather than a point gained.

This article will be a tactical analysis of the draw between the two sides. It will be an in-depth analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of both sides in their tactics, throughout the game, as well as taking a look at where each team could have improved in their set-up.

Lineups and formations:

Both sides came into this game off the back of two brilliant victories with respect to the opponents. Juventus had beaten Genoa 3-1 at the weekend away from home, whilst Atalanta had put Fiorentina to the sword playing some of the best football from them so far this season with a 3-0 win against La Viola.

For I Bianconeri, there were only three changes made by Andrea Pirlo. Juventus deployed a 4-4-2 yet again as their base formation. Danilo came back into the side at left-back over Alex Sandro who took his place on the bench.