Stuttering Atalanta host title contenders Juventus at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, as Week 12 of Serie A continues on Saturday.
Atalanta had gone unbeaten with the new coach Antonio Conte in charge, but have hit a brick wall of two consecutive defeats against Livorno and Cagliari.
The Turin giants have been failing towards the end of their games as it was in their last Serie A round. Leading 2-0 against Napoli, they collapsed by conceding three goals in 23 minutes for their first home defeat of the campaign.
But the midweek Champions League win at Maccabi Haifa, have slighty boost ahead of this trip to Bergamo.
Amauri is suspended following his red card against Napoli, joined on the sidelines by the injured Vincenzo Iaquinta, Alessandro Del Piero, Hasan Salihamidzic, Claudio Marchisio, Jonathan Zebina and Momo Sissoko.
Sebastian Giovinco pulled out of the Maccabi match with a muscular twinge and Fabio Cannavaro was rested.
Atalanta are forced to do without Robert Acquafresca, Ferreira Pinto, Tomas Manfredini, Diego De Ascentis, Gyorgy Garics and Edgar Barreto, the latter out for three months after fracturing the metatarsal in his left foot.
The last time these two teams met in Bergamo back in April 2008 it ended in a 4-0 drubbing with Del Piero bagging a hat-trick. Juventus are undefeated here in Serie A since March 2001.
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