Serie A Preview: Roma vs Atalanta - Team News, Lineups & Prediction

%WIDGET:IMAGE|url=https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Roma_Atalanta_Preview-630x354.jpg%Roma head coach Gian Piero Gasperini faces his old club, Atalanta, at the Stadio Olimpico this weekend as both teams look to maintain perfect Serie A starts. These are two of only six teams to have opened the 2026/27 campaign with consecutive wins, setting the stage for an enthralling showdown on Saturday evening.It’s been a brilliant start to Gasperini’s second season at Roma. After a 4-0 rout of Fiorentina on the opening Serie A weekend, the Giallorossi thrashed Lecce by that exact scoreline on Monday, perhaps suggesting they could be fighting for their first Scudetto since 2001 this term.Donyell Malen has been stacking his highlight reel in the early stages of the season. In addition to netting a hat-trick against Fiorentina, the Dutch forward scored a quick-fire first-half brace at Stadio Via del Mare, taking his tally to five goals already.