With these early games in 2021 coming so quick and fast, it's fair to expect most teams to take their weekend form into the midweek fixtures.

Atalanta really gave a lesson to Sassuolo at the weekend with a smashing 5-1 win and without the necessity to travel will welcome struggling Parma ready and willing to add more to their goals tally.

Seems, that the dressing room tension between Gasperini and Papu Gomez if not completely settled, then at least no longer affecting the team. Atalanta did have short-term issues due to the conflict of their star and head coach, which dated back to their Champions League campaign, but since then the team delivered a convincing 4:1 win over AS Roma and then a follow up 5:1 demolition of Sassuolo.

Zapata and, most importantly, Ilicic have hit the stride. The latter's put a long long depression behind him now and is leading the offensive line, making everyone forget about Papu for a while.

There is enough depth and experience in Atalanta's squad to maintain the same form in 2 games per week schedule, so I am confident they are not going to be a different team on Wednesday to the one we witnessed vs.Sassuolo.

Parma, on the other hand, is really sinking at the moment under manager Fabio Liverani. I am confident, his dismissal is on the cards now and another heavy defeat will see him leave the club. Liverani already took Lecce to Serie B last season and is doing the same with Parma here. Their football is extremely unbalanced, bringing a lot of parallales with the way Lecce were the season before.

With the 0:3 defeat vs Torino still fresh at the back of their minds, it is hard to see Parma show any proper reaction on this trip. Their problems are made worse by the absence of, arguably, best weapon for this sort of games - speedy Gervinho (top scorer with 4 goals), who is out with injury. Besides in-form Kucka is also unavailable, together with defenders Iacoponi and Osorio.

This match could not come at a worse moment for Parma and it feels another big margin defeat is on the cards for them.

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鉴于2021年的早期比赛来得如此之快，大部分球队都能在周中表现出周末的状态。亚特兰大在周末的5-1大胜给萨索洛上了一课。

看来，加斯佩里尼和帕普·戈麦斯之间的更衣室紧张关系如果没有完全解决，那么至少不会再影响球队。亚特兰大在短期内确实存在一些问题，因为他们的球星和主教练之间的冲突，这可以追溯到他们的冠军联赛，但从那以后，球队以4:1令人信服地战胜了罗马，然后又以5:1的比分击败了萨索洛。

萨帕塔和最重要的是，伊利西奇已经取得了进展。后者现在已经把长期的沮丧抛在脑后，领导着进攻线，让所有人都暂时忘记了帕普。

亚特兰大的阵容有足够的深度和经验来维持每周两场比赛的状态，所以我相信他们在周三的比赛中不会和我们在萨索洛的比赛中看到的不同。

另一方面，帕尔马在教练法比奥·利维拉尼的带领下正在走下坡路。我很有信心，他很可能会被解雇，而另一场惨败将会让他离开俱乐部。利维拉尼上赛季已经把莱切带到乙级，现在也在和帕尔马做同样的事情。他们的足球非常不平衡，和上个赛季莱切的足球有很多相似之处。

在0:3输给都灵的比赛中，他们还记忆犹新，很难看到帕尔马在这场比赛中有任何适当的反应。他们的问题因为缺少了这类比赛的最佳武器——快速的热尔维尼奥(4个进球的最佳射手)而变得更糟，他因伤缺阵。除了状态良好的库卡，后卫亚科波尼和奥索里奥也无法上场。

这场比赛对帕尔马来说是最糟糕的时刻，他们很可能会遭遇另一场巨大的失败。