Despite officially qualifying to the playoff stage with 3 games to spare on Sunday night, there will be no time to rest on the laurels for Atalanta U-23s as the Serie C NOW MD35 (Group A) fixture will see the Nerazzurri off to Padua to take on the league’s current second-best on Saturday, April 13, at 20:45 CEST.

The reverse fixture saw coach Modesto’s lads suffer a narrow home defeat as the visitors  imposed themselves 1-0 in Caravaggio on the Matchday 17 game played on December 9 – click here for the official match resume.

LATEST RESULTS

Currently 5th on 55 points ( respectively, 5 behind Triestina and one clear of Legnago) and with a place in the knockout stage already in their pocket, Atalanta U23s will return to roaming ways after bouncing back from 2 draws and 2 setbacks with a blazing 4-1 home win against Pro Patria thanks to Vlahović’s double and single goals from De Nipoti and Capone.

As for the Patavians, currently 2nd on 70 points,  Padova will open the Euganeo stadium’s gates to the Nerazzurri after drawing 1-1 away to Lumezzane – which crushed the Biancoscudati‘s hopes of winning the league as the honours even at the Tullio Saleri stadium officially sealed Mantova’s Group A win.

REFEREE

Mr. Giuseppe Rispoli from the Locri AIA section will officiate the match. His assistants will Andrea Romagnoli from Albano Laziale and Tommaso Mambelli from Cesena, while the fourth official will be Giovanni Antonini from Rimini.

WHERE TO WATCH

Padova vs. Atalanta U23s will be both aired live on Sky Sport’s TV channels and streamed online via Now TV and Sky Go.