Atalanta are contemporary from a Champions League win over Chelsea, so Ademola Lookman, Charles De Ketelaere and Gianluca Scamacca face Marco Palestra’s Cagliari.
It kicks off on the in Bergamo at 19.45 GMT.
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BERGAMO, ITALY – DECEMBER 09: Ademola Lookman of Atalanta controls the ball while beneath stress from Moises Caicedo of Chelsea throughout the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD6 match between Atalanta BC and Chelsea FC at Stadio di Bergamo on December 09, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photograph by Carl Recine/Getty Photographs)
This has been a outstanding few days for Atalanta, who shrugged off a Serie A defeat to Verona by finishing a comeback
That end result put them within the prime eight they usually might even go straight into the Spherical of 16 in the event that they sustain this sort of European kind.
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Nevertheless, they’re nonetheless taking part in catch-up domestically after the dismal Ivan Juric period, and beneath Raffaele Palladino have misplaced to Napoli and Verona round a 2-0 win over Fiorentina.
Remarkably, that was their solely victory within the final 10 Serie A rounds.
Raoul Bellanova limped off throughout the Chelsea recreation and is dominated out for circa a month, together with Kamaldeen Sulemana and Mitchel Bakker.
Isak Hien can also be out of motion after coming down with flu signs.
De Ketelaere, Scamacca and Lookman are beginning to actually gel as a entrance three, so there are not any adjustments there.
Squad rotation is in defence, as midweek Sead Kolasinac had his first begin since knee surgical procedure in April, however he begins once more.
BERGAMO, ITALY – DECEMBER 09: Raffaele Palladino head coach of Atalanta BC throughout the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD6 match between Atalanta BC and Chelsea FC at Stadio di Bergamo on December 09, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photographs)
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Cagliari had been on a unfavourable run of 4 attracts within the final 9 rounds, however ended it with a shock 1-0 victory over 10-man Roma.
Colombia worldwide veteran Yerry Mina continues to be out of motion, together with Mattia Felici, Ze Pedro and Andrea Belotti, however Adam Obert returns to the squad.
Gennaro Borrelli, Sebastiano Esposito and Michael Folorunsho lead the assault, however the participant being watched most fastidiously is Palestra.
That’s partly for his many spectacular performances down the correct flank in current weeks, however above all as a result of he’s on mortgage from Atalanta.
The 20-year-old was a star of their youth academy and has been given this chance to show himself in Serie A.
CAGLIARI, ITALY – OCTOBER 19: Marco Palestra of Cagliari in motion throughout the Serie A match between Cagliari Calcio and Bologna FC 1909 at Stadio Sant’Elia on October 19, 2025 in Cagliari, Italy. (Photograph by Enrico Locci/Getty Photographs)
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Atalanta vs. Cagliari official line-ups
Atalanta: Carnesecchi; Kossounou, Djimsiti, Kolasinac; Zappacosta, De Roon, Ederson, Bernasconi; De Ketelaere, Scamacca, Lookman
Cagliari: Caprile; Zappa, Luperto, J Rodriguez, Obert; Adopo, Deiola; Palestra, S Esposito, Folorunsho; Borrelli
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