Atalanta vs Milan

A big Sunday night match for the Rossoneri: our preview of the challenge ahead in Bergamo.

[2-1 win over the Giallorossi](https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/serie-a/2021-10-31/three-big-points-in-the-capital) on 31 October 2021. [Matchday 2](https://www.acmilan.com/en/season/2022/schedule/serie-a) of Serie A began yesterday with Torino 0-0 Lazio, Udinese 0-0 Salernitana, Inter 3-0 Spezia and Sassuolo 1-0 Lecce. [great win over Udinese](https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/serie-a) on the opening day of the campaign, there's plenty of optimism in the Rossoneri camp. The two sides facing off emerged victorious from their respective league [openers](https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/serie-a/2022-08-13/ac-milan-win-six-goal-thriller-on-opening-day) and will be aiming to win in order to continue their perfect starts to the new Serie A season. The Orobici, who are being led by Gasperini for the seventh successive year, started the 2022/23 Serie A campaign with a 2-0 away victory over Sampdoria. It's more or less a six-pointer and a very important game so soon in the season, so we need to have the right approach. To assess the league, we'll have to wait until around ten games have passed. The lads need to work hard to cause me selection headaches and the team selection for tomorrow won't be easy. After five consecutive seasons of European football, Atalanta finished last season in eighth place and therefore won't be involved in any European competitions this campaign. [Stefano Pioli's](https://www.acmilan.com/en/teams/men-first-team/coach) AC Milan will be a tough one away to Gian Piero Gasperini's Atalanta. The team's midfield will be boosted by the return of Sandro Tonali, who scored one of AC Milan's three goals in their victory over La Dea the last time they played in Bergamo. "They've changed a few players but the spine of the team is the same.

How to watch AC Milan in action against Atalanta on UK and U.S. TV plus which streaming service.

So which TV channel is the game on and how can you stream it live online? Defenders Merih Demiral and Davide Zappacosta have been sidelined for Atalanta, but are expected to return at some point against Milan, while Ederson is on the treatment table. The Rossoneri kicked off their title defence last week with a 4-2 victory over Udinese and can ensure they are among the early pace-setters with another win this week in Bergamo.

The defending champions next face a buoyant Atalanta on Monday. The match between Atalanta and AC Milan will be played at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo.

The match between Atalanta and AC Milan will be played at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo. Italian defender Rafael Toloi opened the scoring for his side in the 26th minute of the match. AC Milan’s Croatian striker Ante Rebic scored a brace in the match to earn three points for his side The defending champions next face a buoyant Atalanta on Monday.

The side are in search of another three points quite close to home as Pioli figures out how to best manage the attack.

Leao is yet to score his opening goal of the season and will want to continue his stellar form from last season but looked slightly lethargic in the opener. Leao will definitely get doubled up on by Toloi and Hateboer but this is a game he enjoys and can use his speed and the open spaces down the wing to break that defensive line. As seen in the previous one, the little Algerian in more than capable of holding his position amidst physical tackles and crucially not losing the ball in the middle of the park.

How to watch AC Milan in action against Atalanta on UK and U.S. TV plus which streaming service.

So which TV channel is the game on and how can you stream it live online? Defenders Merih Demiral and Davide Zappacosta have been sidelined for Atalanta, but are expected to return at some point against Milan, while Ederson is on the treatment table. The Rossoneri kicked off their title defence last week with a 4-2 victory over Udinese and can ensure they are among the early pace-setters with another win this week in Bergamo.

The first truly big match of the season is here, as title holders Milan have Sandro Tonali back with Rafael Leao against Atalanta's Ruslan Malinovskyi and.

[Ademola Lookman](https://football-italia.net/player/ademola-lookman/) scored on his Serie A debut and was expected to start here, but instead it is [Ruslan Malinovskyi](https://football-italia.net/player/ruslan-malinovskyi/), whose wife confirmed he is on the verge of being sold, with Tottenham and Olympique Marseille interested. [Charles](https://football-italia.net/player/charles/) De Ketelaere, flanked by [Junior Messias](https://football-italia.net/player/junior-messias/) and [Rafael](https://football-italia.net/player/rafael/) Leao behind [Ante Rebic](https://football-italia.net/player/ante-rebic/), as [Olivier Giroud](https://football-italia.net/player/olivier-giroud/) is not 100 per cent fit. [Merih Demiral](https://football-italia.net/player/merih-demiral/) and [Davide Zappacosta](https://football-italia.net/player/davide-zappacosta/) back in the squad, but banned Jose Luis Palomino – who failed a doping test in pre-season – and injured [Ederson](https://football-italia.net/player/ederson-2/) are still absent. [Milan](/teams/milan) have [Sandro](https://football-italia.net/player/sandro/) Tonali back with [Rafael](https://football-italia.net/player/rafael/) Leao against [Atalanta](/teams/atalanta)’s [Ruslan Malinovskyi](https://football-italia.net/player/ruslan-malinovskyi/) and Duvan Zapata. [Zlatan Ibrahimovic](https://football-italia.net/player/zlatan-ibrahimovic/), but [Rade Krunic](https://football-italia.net/player/rade-krunic/) was also ruled out for a month due to a thigh strain, so at least Tonali returns from his slight muscular issue. [You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s four Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.](https://football-italia.net/serie-a-week-2-liveblog-inc-napoli-monza-and-atalanta-milan/)

AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli has named just one change to his starting line-up for the game against Atalanta compared to the team that beat Udinese.

With Sandro Tonali now back to full fitness he will slot in the midfield in place of Rade Krunic – who is out due to a thigh muscle problem – next to Ismael Bennacer as the only change to the team that beat Udinese. As was reported during the week’s build-up to the game, Pioli has opted for the same defence of Davide Calabria, Pierre Kalulu, Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernandez to be fielded ahead of Mike Maignan. AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli has named just one change to his starting line-up for the game against Atalanta compared to the team that beat Udinese.

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The pressure is mounting... Two strikers on the pitch now. Fantastic finish from the midfielder. It's an unstoppable effort, and Milan are level! Another cross comes into the Atalanta box, and Messias glances a header wide of the far post. That's all we've got time for this evening.

SportsBrief.com News ☆ Atalanta vs AC Milan clash ended in a 1-1 draw at Gewiss Stadium on Sunday, August 21. Ruslan Malinovskyi netted the opener for ...

Milan secured a 4-2 comfortable win in their opening match of the season against Udinese at San Siro, and were looking to build on the momentum when they took their trip to Atalanta. AC Milan's hopes of making it two wins in two in the new Serie A season were dented when they travelled to the Gewiss Stadium on Sunday to face - Atalanta vs AC Milan Serie A clash ended in a 1-1 draw at Gewiss Stadium on Sunday, August 21