Juventus v Atalanta: Turin side backed at 1.74 to return to winning ways

Juventus host Atalanta at Juventus Stadium in Turin on Sunday, 20 September 2026, with kick-off at 16:00 GMT. Mahamad Sangare, presenter of the sports debate programme La VAR on Burkina info TV, expects the home side to edge a closely fought Serie A contest.

Juventus are eighth with seven points after four matches, while Atalanta are 11th on six. Both teams are looking to recover from disappointing league results: Juventus lost 3-2 at Sassuolo last weekend, while Atalanta have suffered successive defeats against Roma (2-1) and Cagliari (1-2).

Luciano Spalletti’s Juventus finished sixth last season, two points outside the Champions League places. They began this campaign with victories over Frosinone (1-0) and Parma (2-0), drew 1-1 with AC Milan and then lost at Sassuolo. Their response came in the Europa League, where they defeated NEC 5-0.

Atalanta, who finished seventh last season, appointed Maurizio Sarri during the summer. They qualified for the regular phase of the Conference League by eliminating Hapoel Tel Aviv and opened their Serie A campaign with wins against Sassuolo (2-1) and Bologna (1-0) before losing to Roma and Cagliari.

Team news and key players

Juventus have several injury absences, including regular starters Locatelli, Thuram and Yildiz, reserve full-back Cabal and attacking players Boga and Ekhator. Cambiaso and McKennie have recovered and could return to the squad.

Former Lille player Zhegrova scored twice after coming off the bench last weekend and has two Serie A goals this season. Kolo Muani, who has one league assist, is competing with fellow new signing Woltemade for a starting place; both scored in the Europa League this week.

Atalanta remain without potentially first-choice defender Hien and substitute winger Sulemana. Scamacca, who has scored once in Serie A this season, found the net in the latest round and was supported by De Ketelaere, who has one league assist, and Rowe. Raspadori and Krstovic, both with one Serie A goal, started on the bench.

The club have also seen significant turnover. Palestra joined Chelsea after a loan spell at Genoa, while Ahanor, Djimsiti, Godfrey, De Roon, Brescianini, Maldini and Toure also departed. Sulemana moved to Sassuolo and Musah, who returned to AC Milan after a loan spell, was not retained. Atalanta recruited Kristensen from Udinese, Rowe from Bologna, and midfielders Kessie, Gaetano and Elmas from Al-Ahli, Cagliari and RB Leipzig respectively.

Juventus won the most recent meeting 1-0 in Bergamo on 11 April 2026. Across the past five years, they have won three of the encounters, Atalanta two and five have ended level. Atalanta’s biggest victory in that period was a 4-0 win in Turin on 9 March 2025.

Juventus average 7.8 corners across their past five matches, compared with Atalanta’s three. The statistical markets list Juventus to win at 1.74, double chance Juventus at 1.197, both teams not to score at 1.923, under 1.5 first-half goals at 1.47 and more than 7.5 match corners at 1.25.

The suggested selections are Juventus to win at 1.74, more than 8.5 corners at 1.47, more than 3.5 yellow cards at 2.2, and a 2-1 Juventus victory at 8.00. The last 15 meetings have averaged 9.7 corners, rising to 10.6 when Juventus are at home. Juventus average 4.25 cards per Serie A match this season. Francisco Conceicao, expected to start on the right, is priced at 3.00 to score; he has one league assist and four shots on target.