Serie A official line-ups: Atalanta vs. Cagliari | OneFootball

Atalanta are fresh from a Champions League win over Chelsea, so Ademola Lookman, Charles De Ketelaere and Gianluca Scamacca face Marco Palestra’s Cagliari.

It kicks off at the New Balance Arena in Bergamo at 19.45 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s three Serie A games on the Liveblog.

BERGAMO, ITALY – DECEMBER 09: Ademola Lookman of Atalanta controls the ball whilst under pressure from Moises Caicedo of Chelsea during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD6 match between Atalanta BC and Chelsea FC at Stadio di Bergamo on December 09, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

This has been a remarkable few days for Atalanta, who shrugged off a Serie A defeat to Verona by completing a comeback to beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Champions League.

That result put them in the top eight and they could even go straight into the Round of 16 if they keep up this kind of European form.

However, they’re still playing catch-up domestically after the dismal Ivan Juric era, and under Raffaele Palladino have lost to Napoli and Verona around a 2-0 win over Fiorentina.

Remarkably, that was their only victory in the last 10 Serie A rounds.

Raoul Bellanova limped off during the Chelsea game and is ruled out for circa a month, along with Kamaldeen Sulemana and Mitchel Bakker.

Isak Hien is also out of action after coming down with flu symptoms.

De Ketelaere, Scamacca and Lookman are starting to really gel as a front three, so there are no changes there.

Squad rotation is in defence, as midweek Sead Kolasinac had his first start since knee surgery in April, but he starts again.

BERGAMO, ITALY – DECEMBER 09: Raffaele Palladino head coach of Atalanta BC during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD6 match between Atalanta BC and Chelsea FC at Stadio di Bergamo on December 09, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

Cagliari had been on a negative run of four draws in the last nine rounds, but ended it with a shock 1-0 victory over 10-man Roma.

Colombia international veteran Yerry Mina is still out of action, along with Mattia Felici, Ze Pedro and Andrea Belotti, but Adam Obert returns to the squad.

Gennaro Borrelli, Sebastiano Esposito and Michael Folorunsho lead the attack, but the player being watched most carefully is Palestra.

That is partly for his many impressive performances down the right flank in recent weeks, but above all because he is on loan from Atalanta.

The 20-year-old was a star of their youth academy and has been given this opportunity to prove himself in Serie A.

CAGLIARI, ITALY – OCTOBER 19: Marco Palestra of Cagliari in action during the Serie A match between Cagliari Calcio and Bologna FC 1909 at Stadio Sant’Elia on October 19, 2025 in Cagliari, Italy. (Photo by Enrico Locci/Getty Images)

Atalanta vs. Cagliari official line-ups

Atalanta: Carnesecchi; Kossounou, Djimsiti, Kolasinac; Zappacosta, De Roon, Ederson, Bernasconi; De Ketelaere, Scamacca, Lookman

Cagliari: Caprile; Zappa, Luperto, J Rodriguez, Obert; Adopo, Deiola; Palestra, S Esposito, Folorunsho; Borrelli