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Atalanta will face Cesena at Gewiss Stadium on Wednesday in the last 16 of the 2024-25 Coppa Italia campaign. The home side are enjoying a brilliant run of results in Serie A at the moment but will break from their surprise title charge this week as they turn their attention to cup action.
They hosted Sassuolo in their cup opener last season and picked up a 3-1 win, with Charles De Ketelaere and the now departed Aleksei Miranchuk handing the Bergamo outfit a comfortable three-goal lead before their opponents scored a late consolation goal.
Cesena have performed remarkably well upon returning to the Italian second tier this season and are set for a matchup against one of the nation's best. They beat Pisa 1-0 in the previous round of the Coppa Italia, with Raffaele Celia scoring the sole goal of the game early after the restart to clinch the win for the Seahorses and open his account for the club.
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The visitors last appeared at this stage of the competition back in the 2016-17 campaign, facing Sassuolo on the road and picking up a shock 2-1 victory.
Atalanta vs Cesena Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- There have been 31 meetings between Atalanta and Cesena. The hosts have won 14 of those matches while the visitors have won just twice, with their other 15 matchups ending level.
- The two teams last faced off in a Serie A clash back in April 2015 which ended 2-2.
- The hosts are undefeated in their last 22 games in this fixture, a run stretching back to the 1980s.
- The Seahorses are without a clean sheet in their last four matches.
Atalanta vs Cesena Prediction
Atalanta have won all but one of their last 11 games across all competitions and have lost just once since the start of October. They have lost just one of their last seven games at the Gewiss Stadium and can be expected to win this one.
Cesena's latest result ended a run of consecutive defeats and they will be looking to build on that this week. They have, however, struggled for results on the road of late and could see defeat against significantly stronger opposition on Wednesday.
Prediction: Atalanta 3-1 Cesena
Atalanta vs Cesena Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Atalanta to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Four of the last five matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in four of their last five matchups)
