Match Information
Match Overview
Matchday 12 of the Serie A regular season brings Atalanta and Inter together at New Balance Arena on November 22, with kickoff at 19:45 UTC. The league table frames the fixture clearly: Inter arrive in second place, while Atalanta sit twelfth, a gap that makes this a significant test for a home side still searching for consistency.
The most telling factor is the contrast in recent league form. Atalanta's last four Serie A outings produced a win at Monza (1-0 on November 8), a 0-3 home defeat to Parma on November 2, a 2-2 draw at Fiorentina on October 29 and a 4-4 home draw with Frosinone on October 25. That sequence points to a side capable of scoring freely but conceding just as readily, having let in 9 goals across those four league matches. Inter, by contrast, won three of their last four league games, beating Como 2-0 at home on November 8, Venezia 2-0 away on October 28 and Fiorentina 2-1 on October 25. Their only league defeat in that spell was 3-1 at AC Milan on October 31.
The head-to-head record adds a psychological layer. Inter have won eight of the last ten meetings, with two drawn and Atalanta yet to win in that span. The most recent encounter, on March 14, ended 1-1, the closest Atalanta have come to breaking the pattern in recent years.
Schedule context is also relevant. Both clubs have had European fixtures in this period: Atalanta drew 1-1 with Kairat Almaty in the Europa Conference League on November 5, while Inter won 3-0 at Feyenoord in the Champions League on November 3. Both sides had a Serie A game on November 8, so the rest profile appears broadly similar.
Neither club has reported any unavailable players, meaning both managers, Maurizio Sarri and Cristian Chivu, should have full squads to choose from. That makes the tactical contest between a high-scoring but leaky Atalanta and a consistent Inter side the central storyline.
Predicted Lineups
Atalanta
Carnesecchi; Zappacosta, Scalvini, Kolašinac, Bernasconi; Éderson, Pasalic; Elmas, De Ketelaere, Zalewski; Krstović
Inter
Josep Martínez; Akanji, Bastoni, Carlos Augusto; Spence, Barella, Çalhanoğlu, Zieliński, Dimarco; Esposito, Thuram
Team Form Analysis
Atalanta
League Position: 12Atalanta Form Analysis
Atalanta's recent run across all competitions reads W, D, L, D, D, with one win in five matches. The trajectory is uneven: a 1-0 victory at Monza on November 8 ended a stretch in which the side had drawn or lost every match since the Frosinone game on October 25.
Attacking output has been a relative strength. Atalanta scored four against Frosinone, two at Fiorentina and one in each of the matches against Kairat Almaty and Monza, so they found the net in four of their last five games. The only blank came in the 0-3 home loss to Parma on November 2.
Defensively, the numbers are a concern. In their last five matches Atalanta conceded 4 to Frosinone, 3 to Parma, 2 to Fiorentina and 1 to Kairat Almaty, with the clean sheet at Monza the lone exception. That is 10 goals against across five matches.
The quality of opposition varies. Fiorentina and Parma are fellow Serie A sides, while Kairat Almaty were Europa Conference League opponents. The 1-1 draw at home to Kairat Almaty on November 5 came in League Stage matchday 3 and adds to the sense of a side struggling to convert possession and chances into reliable results. Inter will present a considerably sterner test than any of those opponents.
Inter
League Position: 2Inter Form Analysis
Inter's last five matches across all competitions read W, W, L, W, W, a strong return of four wins. The only setback was the 3-1 defeat at AC Milan on October 31, and the response was immediate: a 3-0 away win at Feyenoord in the Champions League on November 3, followed by a 2-0 home win over Como on November 8.
The attack has been productive, scoring 10 goals in those five matches. Inter scored twice against Como, three at Feyenoord, once at Milan, twice at Venezia and twice against Fiorentina, so they found the net in every one of the five games.
Defensively, they conceded only four goals across the five matches, three of them in the Milan defeat. Clean sheets came against Como, Feyenoord and Venezia, which gives the back line a solid recent record outside the derby loss.
Four of the five fixtures were away from home or against European opposition, so the run carries weight. The league results over Fiorentina, Venezia and Como, combined with the Champions League win in the Netherlands, suggest a team managing a demanding schedule well while sitting second in Serie A.
Head-to-Head
Atalanta
Inter
Recent Meetings
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | Inter | 1 - 1 | Atalanta |
| 2025-12-28 | Atalanta | 0 - 1 | Inter |
| 2025-03-16 | Atalanta | 0 - 2 | Inter |
| 2025-01-02 | Inter | 2 - 0 | Atalanta |
| 2024-08-30 | Inter | 4 - 0 | Atalanta |
| 2024-02-28 | Inter | 4 - 0 | Atalanta |
| 2023-11-04 | Atalanta | 1 - 2 | Inter |
| 2023-05-27 | Inter | 3 - 2 | Atalanta |
| 2023-01-31 | Inter | 1 - 0 | Atalanta |
| 2022-11-13 | Atalanta | 2 - 3 | Inter |
Memorable Matches
The recent history between these clubs leans heavily toward Inter, but several fixtures stand out. On November 13, 2022, Atalanta lost 2-3 to Inter, a high-scoring contest that showed Atalanta could trade blows with their opponents. On May 27, 2023, Inter edged a 3-2 win at home, another narrow, goal-filled encounter.
More one-sided results followed. Inter won 4-0 twice, on February 28, 2024 and August 30, 2024, the biggest margins in the recent record.
The most recent meeting, on March 14, 2026, finished 1-1 at Inter's ground. It is the only draw in the last ten meetings other than the earlier spell of Inter wins, and it stands as Atalanta's closest recent attempt at a first win in the fixture since the start of this sequence. Before that, Inter had also won 1-0 away on December 28, 2
Injury Concerns
Atalanta
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