Union Saint Gilloise vs Atalanta Predictions

• Atalanta have won ten of their last 14 matches
• Union Saint-Gilloise have won just three of their last nine matches
• Atalanta have kept five clean sheets in eight outings

Atalanta can record vital victory

Union Saint-Gilloise need a win to have any hope of breaking into the top 24 of the Champions League standings while a top-eight finish is still a possibility for Atalanta.

The Serie A visitors are currently 13th with one game to go but only behind eighth-placed Chelsea on goal difference, so a victory could be enough to propel them into those positions.

Having to play at the home of Anderlecht at Lotto Park in order to meet UEFA regulations, Union Saint-Gilloise have struggled having lost 4-0 hosting both Newcastle and Inter as well as suffering a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Marseille.

Atalanta had won three Champions League matches on the spin against Marseille, Eintracht Frankfurt and Chelsea, only to let a gilt-edged opportunity pass them by as they lost 3-2 at home to Athletic Bilbao last Wednesday.

However, Raffaele Palladino’s men bounced back from that setback to ease past Parma 4-0, which was their sixth victory in their last eight Serie A matches.

The Belgian hosts were beaten 2-0 at Bayern on matchday seven, which was a fifth defeat in seven Champions League outings, and they were held to a goalless draw at Leuven on Saturday.

So Atalanta hold the aces and, having kept clean sheets in five of their last eight matches, they could grind it out to record a convincing 2-0 victory.