The ninth season in the Premier League turned out to be unsuccessful for Norwich. The team left the elite tournament ahead of schedule unable to cope with the starting excitement. After 36 rounds of the 2019/20 season, the yellow-greens have only five wins and six draws, which brought 21 points. If this number is lucky in some card game, then in the Premier League this is an early ticket to the Championship. The Canaries have the worst defensive performance – 58 goals conceded, with 26 goals scored, which is 0.72 goals per game. The main goalscorers of the team are Pukki (11 goals) and Cantwell (six goals). Hosts failed the summer session of the Premier League. They have got seven defeats in the championship and in the last two games they lost dry – from West Ham (0: 4) and Chelsea (0: 1). The last hope of the German mentor and fans of the team was for the FA Cup, but the match with Manchester United was not pulled by the outsider, although he moved the game into extra time. Biram, Lightner, Hanley and Zimmernmann will not be able to take part in today’s match, they will not cope with a leg injury.
Atalanta fought in the group stage of the Champions League in the fall and failed to perform well on two fronts. The team of Gianpiero Gamperini lost a lot of points in the first round. These points are now lacking the Bergamascans in order to fully qualify for the title, while they have 70 points in their assets, with which they occupy first place in the table. The intrigue in the fight for the Scudetto could have been much sharper now, if Atalanta had kept the victory over Juventus in Turin, but two penalties deprived them of two well-deserved points. The lag behind the old lady is currently seven points, which will be extremely problematic to win back by the end of the season, but theoretically it is still possible. In the last round, Atalanta defeated Brescia at home with a score of 6: 2, thus gaining 21 victories of the season and extending the unbeaten streak in all tournaments to 15 matches.
