Champions League: Atalanta vs Slavia Prague – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Champions League round 3 match between Atalanta and Slavia Prague and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Atalanta hope to live up to their early billing as the Champions League title favourites on Wednesday when they welcome Slavia Prague over to the New Balance Arena for a round 3 match.

Form: Atalanta vs Slavia Prague

Atalanta Form

Atalanta look in good shape before their upcoming match, as they seek to remain unbeaten. They started by taking out Club Brugge in a 2-1 win, before a 1-1 draw followed against Como. Their most recent outing resulted in a 0-0 draw in a hard fought encounter with Lazio. Atalanta claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Champions League. They also drew two and lost two, scored ten goals and conceded seven.

Slavia Prague Form

Slavia Prague only managed two draws in their last three matches. They started by losing 3-0 at the hands of Inter, before drawing 1-1 with Sparta Prague. They secured another draw in their latest encounter against FC Zlin resulting 0-0. Slavia Prague are winless in their last six away games in the Champions League, in which they drew three and lost three. They conceded 14 goals while scoring three themselves.

Betting stats for Atalanta and Slavia Prague

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Atalanta and Slavia Prague. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players on top: Atalanta vs Slavia Prague

As the new Champions League campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Atalanta and Slavia Prague this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

Betting markets: Atalanta vs Slavia Prague

Full-time result

Atalanta claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing two. Slavia Prague won five of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost two of the games in this run. Atalanta are without defeat in 5 matches on the spin. Slavia Prague did not lose any of their last 5 matches at home.

Both teams to score

Atalanta scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Slavia Prague scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Slavia Prague will feel optimistic about scoring this coming Wednesday with Atalanta managing a measly two clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous 10 games.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Atalanta’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Slavia Prague, who managed to score 1.7 times in those matches.