The main triggering point for a bet against Atalanta is their serious injury crisis ahead of the game. They’ve been hit hard by the expected absence of Djimsiti and Toloi - both regular centre-backs for Gasperini. Many believe the manager will have to call for the help of inexperienced Matteo Lovato, who’s yet to make a debut at a competition of such magnitude as the Champions League.

Furthermore Atalanta can’t count on wingbacks Hateboer (since a while) and Gosens (recently injured). While these two are easier to replace, it still shrinks the team’s squad to a bare minimum, weakening the bench.

In attacking third things aren’t great either - Matteo Pessina, Ata’s main fantasista in the 3412 (3421) formation is ruled out as well.

As things look on paper, with all credit to Atalanta, their lineup to face MU should prove too weak. Ilicic is too moody to trust and with him highly dependent on the day form, there could be nobody to get the attacking act together and feed centre-forward Zapata.

Man United are in a small crisis of their own, which is nothing new as they occasionally get hit by these waves under Solksjaer as expectations for the team to succeed are 2nd to none in EPL after their recent transfer window and signings of Sancho, Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo.

While they are admittedly struggling to perform the Champions League scene is always a totally different story. Hosts are sitting only 3rd in the group and need to follow up their matchday 2 result (2-1 win vs. Villarreal) with another 3 points performance.

Over Solksjaer’s spell at Man United they’ve always found ways to bounce back from poor results and this case perfectly meets the criteria. They were hammered 2-4 at the weekend by Leicester and for a club this big such defeats always serve as extra motivation.

I expect Atalanta to feel the damage of their injury hit defense and not be able to avoid conceding a couple of goals.

亚特兰大的主要问题是他们在赛前的严重伤病危机。由于吉姆西蒂和托洛伊（加斯佩里尼的常规中后卫）预计缺席，他们受到了沉重打击。许多人认为主教练将不得不寻求经验不足的马泰奥·洛瓦托的帮助，他还没有在欧洲冠军联赛这样规模的比赛中首次亮相。

此外，亚特兰大不能指望边后卫哈特布尔（一段时间以来）和戈森斯（最近受伤）。虽然这两个更容易替换，但它仍然将球队的阵容缩小到最低限度，削弱了替补席。

在进攻第三方面也不是很好 - 马泰奥佩西纳，阿塔在3412（3421）阵型中的主要幻想也被排除在外。 从表面上看，这都归功于亚特兰大，他们面对 MU 的阵容应该证明太弱了。伊利西奇喜怒无常，无法信任，而且他高度依赖白天的状态，可能没有人能将进攻动作集中起来并为中锋提供补给萨帕塔。

曼联正处于自己的小危机中，这并不是什么新鲜事，因为他们偶尔会受到索尔克斯亚尔领导下的这些浪潮的打击，因为在最近的转会窗口和桑乔、瓦拉内和桑乔的签约之后，对球队成功的期望在英超联赛中排名第二克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多。

诚然，虽然他们在欧冠舞台上表现不佳，但情况总是完全不同。东道主在小组中仅排名第 3，他们需要在第 2 场比赛的结果（2-1 战胜比利亚雷亚尔）之后再获得 3 分。

在索尔克斯亚尔执教曼联期间，他们总能找到从糟糕的结果中恢复过来的方法，这个案例完全符合标准。他们在周末被莱斯特城以 2-4 的比分击败，对于俱乐部来说，如此大的失利总是额外的动力。

我预测亚特兰大会感受到他们的伤病对防守造成的影响，看好曼联取胜。