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.

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.

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/)

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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.