Football Bet of the Day: Atalanta will call the Teun

New boys to suffer again

Monza v Atalanta
Monday 05 September, 17:30
Live on BT Sport 1

The Foals fell last night, and took us down with them, as Borussia Mönchengladbach's 1-0 defeat to Mainz meant there was no goal for our tip Marcus Thuram to get involved with. We're still looking good though, and we'll head to Monza for their Serie A clash with Atalanta.

Monza's first ever ascent to the Italian top flight has been powered by former Milan bosses Silvio Berlusconi and Adriano Galliani. Indeed, Galliani is a native of Monza and a lifelong Monza fan. However, all is not well at the U-Power Stadium.

Monza have made a flurry of new signings in a bid to build a competitive squad, but that was always going to involve a settling-down period, and Monza have lost all four of their matches. Giovanni Stroppa's side has conceded 11 goals and scored just twice.

Atalanta hope to fully focus on the task at hand, now that the transfer window is shut and the immediate future of some of their players has been resolved. Remo Freuler was the biggest departure, with Ruslan Malinovskyi, Duvan Zapata and Hans Hateboer still with La Dea.

The Bergamo-based club has started with three wins and a draw in Serie A. Dutch midfielder Teun Koopmeiners scored a hat-trick in the 3-1 win over Torino (including two spot-kicks) and also netted the winner at Verona last time out.

There are two ways we could approach this. You can either back Atalanta -1.0 on the Asian Handicap at 2.245/4, a handicap they have already covered twice in four games. Alternatively, you could use the Sportsbook's Bet Builder and combine an Atalanta win with Teun Koopmeiners to have a shot on target at 2.0811/10.