Atalanta will maintain their historic lead in the Italian football league when they host second-to-last place Cremonese in Stage 6 on Sunday.

Atalanta remained alone in the lead in Stage 5, beating Monza 2-0 and losing 0-4 to former Roma teammate Udinese, increasing their lead to 13 points after four wins and one draw. ahead of their direct rivals by two points. Napoli and Milan, the reigning champions.

For the first time since 1964, Atalanta single-handedly topped the standings.

Atalanta looks like an extraordinary candidate to extend their lead given the modest level of their newcomer guest Cremonese in the top flight, who has earned just one point from his first five matches.

Atalanta is likely to be in third place ahead of the Cremonese match because rivals Napoli and Milan will open the stage on Saturday with two relatively easy matches, the first against the 14th away Spezia and the second against the 18- the owner of Sampdoria.

Napoli come into the clash against Spezia in high spirits after a massive 4-1 victory over their guest Liverpool in the first round of the Champions League group stage.

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For their part, Milan gave their rivals a stern warning of their readiness to defend their title when they decided an Angry Derby against rivals and neighbors Inter 3-2 late last week.

Milan are hoping to capitalize on the shattered morale of the Sampdoria players, who have so far not achieved a single victory, and their attacking line has scored only two goals.

Saturday also hosts Inter, eighth and runner-up last season, with their sixth guest, Torino.

Inter are four points behind Atalanta as they look to undo their 2-0 defeats to neighbors Milan and away side Bayern at the start of their group stage run in the prestigious continental competition.

The case of Juventus is not unlike Inter as they seek to heal the wounds of a 1-2 defeat to French side Paris Saint-Germain in the first round of the Champions League group stage and improve their results. in Calcio, where they achieved only two wins and three draws.

Juventus, one of 4 unbeaten teams in the league along with Atalanta, Napoli and Milan, play a relatively easy game on Sunday against their tenth guest, Salernitana.

In other matches, Lecce plays with Monza, Sassuolo with Udinese, Bologna with Fiorentina, and Lazio with Verona. Europa League Europa League.